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July 03, 2026
Coherent has signed a letter of intent to receive up to USD 50 million under the US CHIPS and Science Act to expand its indium phosphide semiconductor manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas. The expansion will double manufacturing space and quadruple wafer production capacity, and is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs.

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May 04, 2026
Building on HyperLight’s collaboration with Wavetek, which brought TFLN photonics from laboratory innovation to a HVM line within a 6-inch CMOS foundry, Taiwan’s UMC is bringing to the partnership its 8-inch production capability and expertise.

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April 02, 2026
The semiconductor market has been sending mixed signals for some time now. Headline numbers suggest a return to growth, and in some segments even a strong rebound. At the same time, when looking more closely at how this growth is distributed, it becomes increasingly difficult to describe it as broad-based or evenly shared across the industry.

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March 10, 2026
High-mix, low-volume production has long been one of the most complex operational environments in the EMS industry. Short production runs, high product variability, frequent changeovers and constant time pressure mean that factories operate in a state of near-constant adaptation. At the same time, customer expectations for quality and flexibility continue to rise, while the availability of skilled labour remains limited. In such conditions, manufacturing ceases to be a collection of independent processes — it becomes a system in which every change carries wider operational consequences.

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March 05, 2026
Semtech Corporation, a provider of high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and cloud connectivity service solutions, has acquired HieFo Corporation (HieFo), a California-based private manufacturer of high-efficiency Indium Phosphide (InP) optoelectronic devices for optical transceivers used across data centre interconnects (DCI) and intra-data centre interconnects.

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March 04, 2026
Nvidia has entered a multiyear strategic partnership with Lumentum to accelerate the development of advanced optics technologies for next-generation AI infrastructure.

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March 03, 2026
Nvidia has entered a multiyear strategic agreement with Coherent to develop advanced optics technologies for next-generation AI infrastructure. The agreement includes a USD 2 billion investment by Nvidia in Coherent, alongside a multibillion-dollar purchase commitment for optical networking and laser products.

August 14, 2025
Photonics specialist Coherent has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Aerospace and Defence business to Advent, a private equity investor, for USD 400 million.

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August 07, 2025
Apple has announced a new USD 100 billion investment as part of a broader initiative to expand its operations and manufacturing footprint in the United States. The move raises the company’s total planned U.S. investment to USD 600 billion over the next four years.

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August 06, 2025
US-based photonics manufacturer Coherent has opened its first Datacom R&D centre in Malaysia, expanding its global footprint to advance optical transceiver technologies for AI and cloud computing.

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July 02, 2025
During Evertiq Expo Malmö 2025, Claus Aasholm, founder of Semiconductor Business Intelligence, offered a sobering reassessment of the global semiconductor market. In his keynote and follow-up interview, Aasholm argued that the industry’s historical four-year cycle has broken down – replaced by a fragmented, profit-driven upswing felt by only a select few.

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May 29, 2025
The Quantum Technology Research Centre (QTRC), launched by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is equipped with state-of-the-art experimental set-ups designed to propel R&D in critical quantum domains.

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May 06, 2025
Sweden is setting its sights on a stronger position in the global semiconductor industry. At Evertiq Expo Malmö 2025, experts, researchers, and industry leaders will gather to explore the future of Swedish electronics – from innovation and supply chains to concrete investments in domestic semiconductor capabilities.

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January 29, 2025
Ortel, a Photonics Foundries company, has transferred wafer fabrication for its C-Band, High-Power, Continuous Wave Laser Module platform to the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC), a pure-play III-V semiconductor wafer foundry.

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December 11, 2024
The Biden-Harris Administration has announced USD 99 million in proposed CHIPS Act funding for Coherent, SkyWater Technology, and X-Fab to strengthen U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain resilience, creating over 290 jobs across Texas and Minnesota.

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November 20, 2024
Austin American Technology (AAT) recently completed a key HydroJet installation in Guadalajara and secured several new projects in Ciudad Juárez.

October 29, 2024
Coherent Corp., a manufacturer of optical materials and semiconductors, says that it is evaluating strategic alternatives for its battery technology platform.

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October 08, 2024
Coherent has launched its 200 mm silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers. The company is now shipping substrate and epi-wafers with thicknesses of 350 and 500 microns.

September 30, 2024
The plant in Newton Aycliffe in northern England is the only secure domestic manufacturer of gallium arsenide semiconductors. The purchase is expected to save 100 skilled jobs.

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August 28, 2024
Thomas Ingenlath, who has served as CEO since Polestar's inception has resigned from the company and will officially step down on 1 October 2024. Michael Lohscheller, a seasoned automotive leader will assume the role of CEO.

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June 04, 2024
Coherent has appointed industry veteran Jim Anderson as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective.

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May 31, 2024
US semiconductor manufacturer Coherent could close or sell its facility in the north of the UK after Apple withdrew as a customer.

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April 12, 2024
US-based Coherent Corp has received a funding boost from the US government to accelerate the development of its wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconductors for defence purposes.

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March 27, 2024
Compound semiconductor specialist Coherent Corp. has established the world’s first capability for 6-inch indium phosphide (InP) wafer fabrication, at the company’s Sherman, Texas, and Järfälla, Sweden, wafer fabs.

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December 11, 2023
There is no denying that SiC will play a pivotal role in the semiconductor landscape in the future and the power device market specifically.

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December 07, 2023
Coherent has closed the USD 1 billion aggregate investment by Denso and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in the company's silicon carbide semiconductor business.

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November 01, 2023
Denso and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation have agreed to invest an aggregate of USD 1 billion in Coherent's silicon carbide business.

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