Revenue and profit downward shifts were "partially offset" by a healthy sequential expansion in gross profit percentage.

Record sales of $235m due to strength in materials processing and high power laser sales.

Earnings margin up to 9.5%; revenue up 12%; carve-out of lamps business set for spring 2016.

Solid-state technology accounts for 40% of Philips' total lighting sales in latest quarter.

Acquisition of the imaging sensor firm by Chinese private equity group still subject to regulatory approval.

Sales rise 5 per cent despite sale of German firm's medical business a year ago, suggest preliminary figures.

Analyst report mirrors recent comments by First Solar CEO and suggests that annual market for PV installations will exceed $150BN in less than a decade.

Californian lighting firm continues transition two years after selling its GaN-on-silicon chip technology to Toshiba.

Stock sheds 10% of its value and drops to 12-month low.

Flemish investment company PMV adds 3D printing expertise in €7.5 M series B funding.

Current scaling challenges and questions over the maturity of extreme UV lithography shift Intel's metronome.

Formal separation on August 1; offshoots Lumentum and Viavi to trade on NASDAQ; shareholder terms revealed.