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07 Aug 18
ESI up strongly as sales boom continues

Laser microfabrication systems firm looking to expand reach with new tools for advanced PCB production.

02 Aug 18
Osram adjusts businesses amid 'difficult' market

Company revises down 2018 forecast, announces plan to sell luminaires business, aiming to save €140 million by 2020.

01 Aug 18
Metrohm snaps up B&W Tek

Gradual integration of US-headquartered spectroscopy business will see B&W Tek brand retained in the near term.

01 Aug 18
Coherent expecting sales to dip in 2019

But the laser company remains confident of a major long-term opportunity in organic LED display production, once competitors to Samsung have refined their manufacturing processes.

31 Jul 18
IPG Photonics orders down on 'macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty'

Fiber laser giant reports another record-breaking quarter but CEO Valentin Gapontsev sounds warning on global trade outlook.

31 Jul 18
Cognex boosted by China's auto makers

Machine vision company posts another solid set of financial results as the technology continues to proliferate.

27 Jul 18
FLIR ticks up as earnings rise

Continued strength in machine vision and elsewhere sees stock price hit all-time high.

26 Jul 18
MKS sees semiconductor 'pause' after posting record quarter

Executive team confident that softening of key market sector will be temporary.

25 Jul 18
Infinera to buy Coriant in $430m deal

Californian firm also reported “strong” Q2 ahead of the deal which is expected to double revenues and strengthen vertical integration.

24 Jul 18
Lumibird confirms €100M sales target as lidar business grows

Strong demand for lidar sensors and new Laser Mégajoule contract help offset weaker medical and industrial laser sales.

20 Jul 18
Camera maker Basler buys up Silicon Software

Acquisition of card and software firm extends Basler's portfolio towards performance segment of computer vision market.

20 Jul 18
LensGen raises $11 million for intraocular lens development

Accommodating IOL technology could transform treatment of presbyopia.

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