Entrepreneur interview: Rising in the East
8 April 2021
Carlos Lee talks to Petr Tůma about the growth of Czech-based 4isp, a distributor of HSG lasers, including its move to a leasing model and how it works with Chinese manufacturers
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Photonics shows resilience to pandemic
8 April 2021
Photonics West industry update paints a positive outlook. Matthew Dale reports
ASML uses light to print tiny patterns onto silicon during the mass production of semiconductor chips. credit: ASML
Harriot-Watt University and ASML partner on light sources for lithography
22 March 2021
Heriot-Watt University and ASML are partnering to develop new optical metrology light sources for chip manufacturing
Rockley Photonics combines with SC Health Corp, becomes $1.2bn publicly trade company
22 March 2021
The merger will accelerate the commercial launch of Rockley’s ‘clinic-on-the-wrist’ sensing technology
Lumentum and II-VI up bids to acquire Coherent
22 March 2021
On 18 March, Coherent confirmed receipt of a revised acquisition proposal from II-VI. Lumentum now has until the end of the day to make a revised offer.
‘I resigned and swore to myself that I’d be my own boss’
10 March 2021
Carlos Lee, EPIC’s director general, talks to Philippe Bolle, CEO of Skylane Optics, provider of transceivers for optical communication
The UK, Europe and the Horizon
10 March 2021
Despite Brexit uncertainties having affected its participation in photonics consortia, the UK is committed to collaboration in Horizon Europe for the long term, writes John Lincoln
French photonics industry grows six times faster than manufacturing sector
9 March 2021
Photonics companies in France have grown by 40 per cent in the last five years, six times faster than the manufacturing sector
Laser World of Photonics postponed until Spring 2022
16 February 2021
The coinciding conference, World of Photonics Congress, will be held in a digital format on the original dates of 20–24 June
Z-Laser bought by Boston-based private equity firm
15 February 2021
The manufacturer of laser sources and laser projectors will serve as the core and initial asset in Union Park’s newly-created holding company, Exaktera
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