Coherent's revenues drop 30 per cent year-on-year, while IPG’s decrease by 12 per cent
IPG Photonics has said it doesn’t expect to reach the 2018 third quarter revenue guidance range it set itself at the end of July 2018
Driven by sheet metal processing, system and fibre vendors are combining beams with high reliability, finds Andy Extance
A quarterly update on the most recent photonics firm financial postings
Records in both annual sales and orders received have been broken by laser manufacturers throughout 2017, with global politics having little effect on business so far
Fibre laser manufacturer IPG Photonics has generated revenue of $392.6 million and a net income of $115.6 million in the third quarter of 2017 ending 30 September
Fibre laser manufacturer IPG Photonics has generated revenue of $369.4 million in the second quarter of 2017, a significant 46 per cent increase year-over-year. Coherent posted Q3 sales of £464.1 million
Fibre laser expert IPG Photonics has signed an agreement to acquire laser system manufacturer Innovative Laser Technologies for $40 million
IPG Photonics has acquired OptiGrate, a manufacturer of chirped volume Bragg grating (VBG) technologies and thermos-refractive glass, for an undisclosed sum
IPG Photonics has reported annual sales exceeding $1 billion in 2016, an increase of 12 per cent year-over-year
FormFactor's fast photonic wafer probers enable rapid tests through faster photonic alignment than previously possible. (Credit: FormFactor Inc)
Integration, automation, collaboration, customisation and designing for testing and manufacturability will help component and system makers lower costs and increase production, finds Andy Extance
Credit: THOR Biomedicine
Several different light-based treatments that have relied on lasers are now finding uses for LEDs, finds Andy Extance
In Electro Optics’ most recent webinar, career flexibility and interdisciplinary skills were highlighted as important traits in the future workforce
Carlos Lee talks to Maik Müller, chief executive officer at Nynomic, a holding company of nine photonics enterprises operating in the life science, clean tech and green tech sectors
