Omega Optical, a manufacturer of precision optical filters and coatings, has been acquired by Artemis Capital Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm that partners with industrial technology companies
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Scanlab headquarters, Puchheim near Munich, Germany
Scanlab buys stake in Holo/or
07 September 2020
Laser scan system manufacturer Scanlab is purchasing a 25 per cent stake in Holo/or through its parent company, TechInvest Holding
PhotoniCare raises $7.2 million for OCT middle ear imaging
04 September 2020
PhotoniCare, a developer of OCT devices for diagnosing and monitoring middle ear infections, has announced an oversubscribed $5.2 million Series A financing round
Luminar's Iris lidar system
Luminar to be listed on Nasdaq through merger with Gores Metropoulo
03 September 2020
Lidar firm Luminar is set to become a publicly traded company through a merger with Gores Metropoulos.
A hollow-core optical fibre. Credit: Malak Galal, Fan Yang, Flavien Gyger, Luc Thévenaz/EPFL
EPFL team develop way to amplify light in hollow-core optical fibres
12 August 2020
'Our technology can be applied to any type of light, from infrared to ultraviolet, and to any gas,' the researchers said.
Epic introduces product launch service for members
12 August 2020
Carlos Lee from the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) details a new service to make up for the lack of exhibitions this year
Faccio, centre, working on laser system alignment and optimisation with student Mihail Petev, left, and Niclas Westerberg
$1m programme to support early-career quantum researchers
12 August 2020
SPIE and the University of Glasgow have established a $1 million programme to support graduate students in the field of quantum photonics
OCT device obtains cell-level details of curved cornea
12 August 2020
Researchers have acquired optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of the curved layers of a person’s cornea with cell-level detail and a large viewing area
Photonics West to take place in March 2021
21 July 2020
The event will take place 6-11 March 2021, in San Francisco's Moscone Center
UK's Heathrow airport deploys robots and handrail devices for UV disinfection
15 July 2020
The UK's largest airport will use UV robots at night to kill viruses and bacteria
Jenoptik acquires Trioptics
13 July 2020
The purchase will strengthen Jenoptik's Light and Optics division and expand its existing market shares in China, Japan, and Korea
EC approves AMS' acquisition of Osram
09 July 2020
The Commission concluded that the transaction would raise no competition concerns in the European Economic Area (EEA)
