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20 Sep 12
Ascent Solar stock tumbles on public offering news

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

19 Sep 12
PV equipment market slips to new low

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

18 Sep 12
Semprius CPV module factory ready to roll

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

18 Sep 12
Eskilson steps up as Inrad CEO Rutherford retires

VP of sales and marketing Amy Eskilson appointed new chief at the custom high-precision optics firm.

14 Sep 12
$20M investment for optical brain monitors

GE’s healthcare fund backs equity round in developer of combined near-infrared and ultrasonic blood and tissue monitor.

13 Sep 12
Plug pulled on concentrated PV developer GreenVolts

Californian company suspends operations with immediate effect, adding to wider CPV concerns.

10 Sep 12
US solar installations to reach 3.2 GW in 2012

Spike in utility deployments during the second quarter; market growth expected to slow in the second half of the year.

10 Sep 12
ASML shareholders back lithography investment

Go-ahead confirms that €1.38 billion will be invested in technology development for future EUV and 450 mm wafer systems.

06 Sep 12
Solar trade war escalates as EU starts investigation

Anti-dumping duties could be imposed on Chinese solar imports to Europe by the middle of next year.

05 Sep 12
Finisar slumps to quarterly loss on weak demand

But executive chairman Jerry Rawls thinks that communications firms will have to begin adding to their network capacities before long.

05 Sep 12
Jenoptik opens new high-power laser plant in Berlin

Production capacities will be more than doubled, expansion will enable company to meet "strong growth in demand" particularly from Asia.

04 Sep 12
JPSA Laser snapped up by IPG Photonics

Fiber laser company expands presence in fine-processing market with acquisition of the laser micromachining systems vendor.

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