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02 Aug 16
Trumpf: no impact (yet) from Brexit vote

Industrial laser giant with a significant footprint in the UK reports headwinds from China in its preliminary annual sales figures.

02 Aug 16
Glowforge lands $22M series B venture round

Seattle start-up now plans to start shipping quasi-industrial laser cutting systems to first customers from December.

02 Aug 16
Kyocera acquires Melles Griot's Japanese operation

IDEX subsidiary sold for $19 million in all-cash transaction.

01 Aug 16
Merck licenses Nanoco quantum dots

German chemicals giant becomes second major player to license cadmium-free nanomaterials in little over a week.

29 Jul 16
IPG steady as sales hit new high

Fiber laser giant holds onto market share at expense of lower selling prices.

28 Jul 16
Laser order boom continues at Coherent

Stock prices nudges all-time high as Coherent lands more big orders for OLED display production.

27 Jul 16
ams expands again with MAZeT acquisition

Austrian optical sensing firm says latest strategic deal will help it grow automotive, industrial and medical applications.

26 Jul 16
Philips Lighting buoyant as LED sales tick up

Stock holds recent gains following initial public offering earlier this summer.

26 Jul 16
Nanoco signs long-term deal on cadmium-free quantum dots

UK firm signs non-exclusive seven-year agreement with Taiwan’s Wah Hong Industrial.

20 Jul 16
ASML boosted by extreme UV orders

Four orders for production EUV lithography systems placed in latest quarter, as TSMC reveals its plans to deploy the technology.

19 Jul 16
THz systems sales to grow at 16% through 2020

Analyst Tematys reveals market drivers and which technologies suit each application.

19 Jul 16
Princeton Lightwave targets automotive lidar

New Jersey photonics firm sets up new business unit to commercialize Geiger-mode lidar technology.

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