The full agenda for the new Microelectronics UK event including Photonics UK, at the ExCel centre, London 24-25 September, is now live. The event will bring together the semiconductor, microelectronics, photonics and embedded systems communities for the first time featuring. A new event in the calendar the Photonics Leadership Group will be supporting the popular…
Details of the PLG’s 2025 analysis of the £18.5 billion UK photonics industry are now available in a video presentation on the UK Photonics Landscape from our Chief Executive, Dr John Lincoln. The extended analysis includes a look at the hottest growth markets, global photonics impact and regional breakdown. The presentation includes the PLG forecasts…
UK photonics grew by 16% from 2022 to 2024 and now generates annual revenues of £18.5 billion, according to the latest analysis from the Photonics Leadership Group at Laser World of Photonics in June 2025. Sector productivity now exceeds £101,000 gross value added per employee, making photonics one of the most productive sectors in the…
UK photonics has grown into a £18.5 billion industry, with like-for-like revenue growth from 2022 to 2024 of over 16%, double the growth seen from 2020-2022. Like-for-like profit growth has been even higher at over 25% over two years, whilst employment in the industry has grown at 8.2% in the same period. 84,800 people are…
Sellafield Ltd is seeking remote analytical techniques and solutions to characterise nuclear fuelderived waste materials, as part of it Game Challengers program This will enable better sentencing of that waste for futureprocessing operations and disposal, reducing associated risks and improving theefficiency of retrieval of legacy waste from existing storage facilities. The deadline for applications for…
A new approach to quantifying the structure of our industry and its impact further demonstrates the underlining nature of photonics The approach first looks for the most frequent technical terms in more than a decade of 0.5 million photonics publications from SPIE. On the assumption that SPIE publications are representative of photonics and only the…
A new approach to quantifying the core sub-sectors of photonics and the global impact of photonics will be presented by Dr John Lincoln, PLG Chief Executive for the first time at the SPIE Global Business Forum. New pioneering analysis quantifies the influence of photonics on innovation across all applications, in all fields. The global distribution…
Bringing the Space and Photonics sectors together to identify solutions and opportunities for applying optical technologies in the space sector. Hear the needs of the space sector and from those with experience of delivering space solution In conjunction with Anchored In, Innovate Connect and Photonics21, Photonics for Space 2025 follows on from the 2024 event…
Photonics21 has launched the Photonics21 Innovation Award 2025. This dedicated Innovation Challenge seeks to push for more entrepreneurship in photonics. The Photonics21 Innovation Award addresses PhD students, master students, young entrepreneurs, and makers alike who have an idea for a photonics product that can transform into a real business or product. This idea can be…
The UK government has released a green paper consultation on the next industrial strategy: Invest 2035: the UK’s modern industrial strategy. The strategy will be published in early Spring 2025 alongside the comprehensive spending review. Highlights include a focus on eight growth driving sectors including advanced manufacturing and digital technologies and a 10 year horizon.…
