Against a general backdrop of softening demand for semiconductor capital equipment, Newport reports record orders for the sector.

The infrared optics and materials supplier would rather spend cash on growing its business than on a share repurchase program.

Another record quarter on both the top and bottom lines for the fiber laser pioneer, as cutting applications take off.

Key equipment suppliers for solid-state lighting sense a pivotal moment in the development of the nascent industry.

Sales of high-power lasers and VCSELs remain strong, but the optoelectronics manufacturer is suffering from an unstable telecom market.

Giant order for excimer lasers to anneal large-area displays puts pressure on supplies of large beam-shaping optics.

Analysts at Lux Research predict that organic LED lighting fixtures will remain far too expensive for mainstream use.

Amid a pause in orders for conventional lithography equipment, Cymer will double staff numbers working on EUV sources by year-end.

Company working on quantum-dot inks to improve PV module performance had raised more than $53M in equity funding over the past five years.

While its government systems business is hampered by purchasing bureaucracy in the US military, FLIR makes an acquisition.

The developer of pico projectors based on direct-emitting green lasers will work on a prototype head-up display with a major auto maker.

Addition of businesses with combined annual revenues of around $150 million will take company close to its 2013 goal.