London-listed owner of Ocean Optics and Labsphere buys the contract manufacturer from its venture owners and employees.

Demand for semiconductor wafer processing equipment will dip only slightly in 2012, while PV tool spending will crash by half, say analysts.

The US defense contractor takes a share in the developer of quantum cascade laser technologies following a series C financing round.

Impacted by a slow market in Asia and even worse results than it had forecast, the LED maker sees its valuation drop once again.

Another consolidatory step in the photonics industry, as Newport agrees a $230M cash purchase of the Israeli metrology and instrumentation firm.

Norway-based poLight's series B round, led by the Norwegian government's Investinor fund, could be extended by $6M later this year.

Survey of publicly listed photonics companies highlights stellar performance by e2v, Renishaw and Andor since the start of the year.

Large-scale, non-residential PV projects built in the US between now and 2015 will produce as much power as Germany's existing installations.

The US company adds to its photonics portfolio with a $52M cash acquisition of Aegis Lightwave and subsidiary AOFR.

Industry analysts at Solarbuzz say that shipments in the second quarter of 2011 were far weaker than had been projected.

Illinois spin-out with backing from Siemens tops up first tranche of series C funding round with additional debt finance.

With strong growth across the business and Raman applications gaining commercial traction, the UK firm acquires a huge new site.