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15 Sep 11
LED makers delay key equipment purchases

Leading MOCVD equipment vendor Aixtron slashes guidance amid increased economic concern.

12 Sep 11
Raytheon quiet on Elcan sell-off rumors

US defense contractor is said by Reuters to be auctioning its optical technologies division.

09 Sep 11
$150M loan finalized for 1366 Technologies

MIT spin-out has developed a streamlined manufacturing process that promises to cut the cost of silicon solar wafer production dramatically.

08 Sep 11
Cut-price LEDs slow 2011 growth to just 1%

Slower-than-expected TV backlight penetration and overcapacity will keep nitride LED market growth to a minimum.

08 Sep 11
poLight moves to scale up tunable lens production

Norwegian start-up specializing in wafer-level optics signs process demonstration agreement with SVTC Technologies.

07 Sep 11
SEMI adjusts capex spending forecast downwards

Key market for laser and photonic equipment vendors will grow 23% this year, not 31% as previously expected.

06 Sep 11
Broke Solyndra owes Schott $7.7 million

Full list of creditors includes a host of well-known optical component and laser companies, as a staff lawsuit is launched against the PV firm.

05 Sep 11
EPIA: solar electricity 'fully competitive' by 2020

The European Photovoltaics Industry Association says that even the UK will reach dynamic grid parity by the end of the decade.

05 Sep 11
Global Solar rolls Berlin CIGS factory

New fab has a production capacity of 35MW and is now moving to a three-shift operation.

01 Sep 11
OPEL forms new parent; touts process technology

CPV and tracker firm OPEL Solar International renamed OPEL Technologies, a holding company with two distinct business operations.

31 Aug 11
Solar shake-out continues with Solyndra bankruptcy

Californian CIGS pioneer says that nose-diving solar panel prices will push the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

31 Aug 11
Biotech laser firm cuts debt with $2.55M share issue

Hamilton Thorne, which provides laser systems for biotechnology applications, will also use proceeds to invest in R&D.

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