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18 Jan 17
ASML's EUV tool backlog hits €2BN

Orders for more production units prompts CEO Peter Wennink to say company is moving into 'next phase' of EUV industrialization.

16 Jan 17
$15M equity round for phone camera startup Corephotonics

Israeli firm specializing in new 'dual camera' and folding optics technology wins backing from Samsung and Foxconn.

13 Jan 17
Light-sheet microscope startup Luxendo raises €8M

Heidelberg firm spun out of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory investing in production capacity and plans to launch new quantitative fluorescence imaging tool.

11 Jan 17
Novanta ups Laser Quantum stake to 76%

£25.5M cash investment means UK laser firm effectively becomes a subsidiary of company formerly known as GSI Group.

11 Jan 17
Panasonic buys direct diode laser maker TeraDiode

To reinforce Japanese giant's laser processing business with TeraDiode's direct diode laser technology.

04 Jan 17
ON Semiconductor licenses vision platform for automotive imaging

Image processing technology initially developed by signal processing specialist CEVA.

03 Jan 17
Elbit lands $35M laser designator deals

Israeli arms firm to supply airborne targeting systems to two unspecified Asia-Pacific customers.

22 Dec 16
Trumpf Venture splashes € millions into Xarion Laser Acoustics

New investment vehicle puts "seven-digit sum" into Austrian optical microphone inventor.

21 Dec 16
Happy 200th birthday! Zeiss reports best year for business

Sales exceed €4.8 billion, earnings above €615 million in 200th anniversary of founder Carl's birth.

21 Dec 16
Belgian startup lands €7M for optical glucose monitoring chip

Indigo Diabetes wins backing from an international syndicate of investors in series A round.

20 Dec 16
Silicon photonics firm Elenion emerges from ‘stealth mode’

Company launched by investor Marlin Equity Partners will be led by industry veteran Larry Schwerin.

20 Dec 16
Lensar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Florida firm that specializes in femtosecond laser systems for cataract surgery says operations will continue as normal during its reorganization.

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