The purchase will bolster EnPro's existing thin-film product offering in the industrial technology, life sciences, and semiconductor markets
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MicroLEDs are expected to be the next big display technology
Aledia raises €80m for microLED displays
12 October 2020
The company, a spin-out from CEA-Leti, is set to build a 52,000 square metre microLED manufacturing facility with the funds
Pixapp's grating coupling package
Two prototype PIC packaging platforms launched by EU pilot line
08 October 2020
Pixapp, the EU-funded photonic integrated circuit (PIC) assembly and packaging pilot line, has introduced two new prototype packaging platforms to enable the early-stage testing and evaluation of integrated photonic devices
Omega and Artemis leaders
Omega Optical acquired by Artemis
15 September 2020
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
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
