Seasoned photonics industry executive and now president of IDEX's optics and photonics business, Mike Cumbo talks exclusively to optics.org.

ACTMOST project to help SMEs access top-level expertise will prove influential in Europe, says co-ordinator Hugo Thienpont.

But the stock prices of Suntech, Trina and Yingli all rise sharply after a preliminary determination applies only a small tariff rate.

Prime Minister of Saxony Stanislaw Tillich is the guest of honor as the organic PV specialist officially opens a pilot-scale production line.

Interim report recommends making effective use of the National Ignition Facility to assess energy-generating potential.

New French grouping consolidates region with long tradition of optical innovation.

John Schulte, former CEO of the medical excimer laser specialist, could spend up to five years in jail.

As the UK government strives to rebalance its economy towards manufacturing, M Squared Lasers shows the way with photonics innovation.

Missions under development with the European Space Agency are set to feature a number of laser instruments.

Awards announced ahead of keynote presentation at the opening of the LASE conference.

Start-ups and SMEs showed strongly at this year’s Prism Awards, with a 60-laser tunnel imaging system and an industrial femtosecond laser among the winners.

Photonics technologies are key to Green Tech revolution required to drive economic recovery.