After more than a decade heading up the UK optics firm, Gareth Jones is set to switch to chairman duties.

Earnings pushed back but the PV giant points to strong bookings and a new CdTe cell efficiency record.

Yorkshire-based 600 Group, which sells laser marking equipment, acquires a 26.3% stake in the photonic module maker.

Product sales climb 10% in second quarter at the Israeli medical laser company.

Fast-growing Seville company Innovaciones Microelectronicas, better known as Anafocus, designs CMOS image sensors.

Award-winning Israeli developer of fiber lasers set to boost Spectra-Physics portfolio.

But the laser firm posts more strong bookings and hints at new acquisition activity.

Fiber laser company reports yet another record quarter as sales and margins rise strongly.

University of Utah spin-out Vutara acquired by the scientific instrumentation giant.

Private equity owner Eurazeo seeks a buyer for the French maker of optoelectronic components.

But the thermal imaging giant reports an overall slowdown in sales following its restructuring.

Preliminary figures from the machine tool and laser company show order growth of 16 per cent.