Demand from automotive industry and for fiber lasers helps drive Trumpf to record-breaking revenue figure.

Lithography giant set to acquire its key provider of light sources in a bid to accelerate move to extreme ultraviolet systems.

As import tariffs on Chinese PV products are confirmed by the US Department of Commerce, the infamous thin-film PV firm accuses Suntech and others.

Expansion of Asian plants and restructuring of US facilities seen as crucial for future development.

The high-reliability semiconductor and imaging component manufacturer is expanding in Asia, but restructuring in the UK.

But Yole Développement report says that shortage of rare-earth elements could persist as incandescent lamps are phased out.

Shares rise in value after the imaging firm says that delayed order has been re-booked.

Leading market research firm Gartner says that global spending on wafer fab equipment will decline this year and remain flat in 2013.

Total PV module shipments in the US grew 43% in 2011 but employment fell by 10%, states a Department of Energy report.

Struggling manufacturer of thin-film photovoltaic films looks to raise cash to bolster weak balance sheet.

Book-to-bill ratio of just 0.33 measured in second quarter of 2012, with SEMI seeing no near-term recovery.

Site in Henderson, North Carolina, will reach production run-rate of 6 MW by the middle of next year.