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08 Sep 15
Value of OLEDs for lighting to peak at $6.7bn in 2023

Market set to boom at 75% CAGR, but then slip back; unit sales to continue growing says ElectroniCast.

08 Sep 15
Heliospectra sales up as US cannabis farms adopt LEDs

Swedish provider of horticultural LED lighting systems benefiting from changes to US drug laws.

03 Sep 15
Plessey expands LED production with £6.7M grant

UK-based developer of light-emitting semiconductors grown on silicon substrates to increase capacity by a factor of 30.

01 Sep 15
New CEO slashes GTAT workforce by 40%

Provider of furnaces for manufacturing sapphire expects to emerge from bankruptcy proceedings in the first quarter of 2016.

28 Aug 15
OmniVision ticks down on China volatility

Image sensor firm issues conservative financial guidance in wake of stock market fluctuations.

26 Aug 15
Boston spin-out RayVio to ramp deep-UV LED production

Company closed $9.3 million series B round of financing earlier this year.

26 Aug 15
Heidelberg licenses swept-source OCT tech

Exclusive global deal grants rights to 77 patents and applications for the novel approach in ophthalmology.

25 Aug 15
Optical WDM metro market hits ‘record level’

Research by Dell'Oro Group says Ciena, Huawei, and ZTE have captured half the market.

25 Aug 15
TSMC pulls plug on CIGS solar effort

Even the giant semiconductor foundry cannot find a way to sell modules based on the thin-film PV material profitably.

24 Aug 15
NKT sells Vytran subsidiary to Thorlabs

US firm continues its recent expansion with acquisition of fiber fusing specialist.

20 Aug 15
SPIE ups value of global photonics trade to $182 billion

Revisions to market analysis boost overall annual sales figures, with increased business observed in China.

19 Aug 15
Network equipment spend in Europe up 8% over 2014

European sales lift in Q2 2015 the only bright spot in an otherwise flat market for optical hardware, says analyst IHS.

 
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