Investment into the photonics industry is becoming more hopeful, according to venture capitalists and other investors meeting at the 'Invest in Photonics 2010' event in Bordeaux, France last month
Analysis & opinion
08 March 2010
The organisers of LaserFest are marking the 50th anniversary of the first laser with a year of events around the world, as Stephen Mounsey discovers
03 March 2010
Around 200 exhibitors are expected at this year's Lasys trade fair, taking place in Stuttgart from 8-10 June and focusing on system solutions in laser material processing
18 January 2010
Phase-one goals for the large-scale CMOS photonics project, HELIOS, have been met or exceeded by the 19 partners involved, according to French organisation CEA-Leti, coordinator of the pan-European consortium
17 December 2009
The inaugural meeting of the Southern European Cluster in Photonics and Optics (SECPhO) has taken place in Terrassa, Spain on 16 December, with around 100 delegates and 30 companies exhibiting
07 December 2009
Fibre laser innovation is vital to the continuing success of the European materials processing industry, according to a collaborative project that has just received €16m in EU funding
30 October 2009
Coherent has acquired the North American operations of StockerYale in an asset purchase valued at $15m.
06 October 2009
After a recent report by the IoP and the EPSRC, Stephen Mounsey looks at some of the world-leading photonics research being undertaken by UK institutions, and asks how it might be more readily commercialised
08 September 2009
The Photonics Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and the UK Displays and Lighting KTN have merged to create the Photonics and Plastic Electronics KTN, as of 1 September
07 August 2009
The first glimmers of hope that the photonics industry may be coming out of the worst of the recession were evident this week as some of the biggest companies in the industry posted their most recent financial results, as Tom Wilkie reports
06 July 2009
Exhibitor numbers were up, visitors were down (but not by as much as had been feared) and the mood was reasonably upbeat at this year's Laser World of Photonics, as Warren Clark reports
10 June 2009
Oclaro, recently formed through a merger between Bookham and Avanex, has signalled a refinement of its corporate strategy by way of an asset-swapping deal with Newport Corporation
