Laser giant sets up joint venture with Italy's Sisma to develop a 3D printer for mass production of metal components.

Fiber laser upgrade and Time-Bandwidth addition help to offset temporary dip in demand for gesture recognition products.

Acquisition of the active optical component manufacturing units throws up 'a number of challenges'.

Subsidiary delivers record-breaking figures for quarterly sales, operating income and margin.

Record quarterly bookings for the laser firm, which will supply a new 9 µm source to Convergent Dental.

Fiber laser giant buys two more buildings in Massachusetts; CEO says new IPG systems outperform direct-diode rivals on efficiency.

Government spending squeeze limits sales growth as company looks to attract consumers with new low-cost thermal imaging products.

Results for the laser micromachining company's closing quarter of fiscal 2014 will be worse than forecast.

Cash-rich LED maker looking at strategic investments while pushing technology to new performance levels.

Memorandum of understanding raises possibility of thin-film solar panel maker locating research and manufacturing activity in the US.

Bookham founder Andrew Rickman attracts big bucks to develop silicon photonics-based comms system.

US sales of LED-based production lighting to double by 2020 to $80m.