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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in laser technology, today announced the launch of its latest generation adjustable ring mode fiber laser ARM FL. This next generation platform, featuring a new advanced controller, offers all the functions of its predecessor while reducing the volume and footprint by 50%.

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced that as a result of an ongoing strategic portfolio assessment, the company will evaluate strategic alternatives for its Streamlined Hydrometallurgical Advanced Recycling Process (SHARP™) technology to efficiently recover and recycle critical metals from lithium-ion batteries (LiBs).

Proposed CHIPS Act Funding of up to $33 Million Would Support Expansion and Modernization at Coherent’s Existing Plant in Sherman, Texas, and Create Approximately 70 Jobs

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in high-performance optical networking solutions, has announced the production release of high-speed indium phosphide (InP) photodiodes.

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR) (“Coherent,” “We,” or the “Company”), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced financial results today for its fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2024.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced that it is evaluating strategic alternatives for its battery technology platform.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR) (“Coherent,” “We,” or the “Company”), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that it will release first-quarter fiscal 2025 financial results on Wednesday, November 6, after the New York Stock Exchange closes. The release will be followed by a live audio webcast at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss the results.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (the “Company” or “Coherent”) (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced that following a comprehensive search, it has appointed Rob Beard as the Company’s new Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer, and Corporate Secretary, effective today. Rob replaces current Chief Legal Officer Ron Basso, who is retiring. The Company has also promoted Marie Batz Martin to Chief Compliance Officer, reporting to Rob. 

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (the “Company”) (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced that the Company made awards of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and performance stock units (“PSUs”) to its new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Sherri R. Luther, effective on her start date, October 11, 2024. The awards were made pursuant to the Company’s previously announced offer letter agreement with Ms. Luther, and as a material inducement to her joining the Company as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (the “Company” or “Coherent”) (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced that following a comprehensive search, it has appointed Sherri Luther as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective today.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in photonics solutions for the semiconductor industry, is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Excellence in Sustainability Award by KLA. This recognition highlights achievements by Coherent for sustainability efforts as part of the KLA Supply Chain Sustainability program.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today the sale of its manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, UK. The sale is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to streamline operations and optimize its global footprint.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and laser technologies, announced today the launch of its 200 mm silicon carbide epitaxial wafers (SiC epi-wafers). Substrate and epi-wafer shipments from the company at 350 micron and 500 micron thickness are now underway.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that it has won the 2024 ECOC Exhibition Industry Award for Best Product in the Data Center Innovation category for its Datacenter Lightwave Cross-Connect (DLXTM) Optical Circuit Switch.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in materials, networking, and lasers, will participate in multiple panels and workshops at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany, September 22-24.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in optical communications components and subsystems, announced today that it will showcase its new products and technologies for next-generation optical communications networks at ECOC 2024 exhibition, September 23-25 at the Messe Frankfurt, Booth #A10. Coherent thought leaders will present at panels, technical sessions and workshops.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in optical communications, announced today the demonstration of two advanced transceiver modules at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2024, set to take place in Frankfurt, Germany, September 23-26. These modules, both operating at 200 Gbps per lane, demonstrate the company’s commitment to continued leadership and innovation across multiple optical technologies.

Image 1: 2x400 mW Dual-Chip 980 nm Micro-Pump Laser.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced new additions to its optical communications test portfolio with the launch of new high-port-count instruments in the WaveShaper family and enhanced offerings in the WaveMaker family. These new products include the WaveShaper® 32000B and 32002B reconfigurable optical processors, now available in Super-C and Super-C plus Super-L band configurations, and the WaveMaker® 500A programmable optical spectrum generator designed specifically for Super-C band applications.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today the launch of new high-efficiency continuous wave (CW) distributed feedback (DFB) lasers. Specifically engineered for silicon photonics transceiver modules, this innovative laser family represents a leap forward in indium phosphide (InP) laser technology.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR) (“Coherent,” “We,” or the “Company”), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced financial results today for its fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended June 30, 2024.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that the company will release its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, in a press release posted on Coherent’s website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations after market close on Thursday, August 15. Coherent’s management will host a live audio webcast to discuss these results at 5 p.m. ET that same afternoon.

PITTSBURGH, June 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, proudly announces the shipment of its 300-millionth optical transceiver from its manufacturing facility in Ipoh, Malaysia. This significant milestone underscores the scale, resiliency, and flexibility of Coherent supply chain solutions for customers.

PITTSBURGH, June 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (the “Company” or “Coherent”) (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced that following a comprehensive search, its Board of Directors has appointed Jim Anderson, an established industry executive with a proven track record of driving innovation and leading business transformations, as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective today. Mr. Anderson also joins the Company’s Board of Directors.

Coherent PM10K+ Speeds Measurements by 500%

PITTSBURGH, May 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in high-performance optical networking and laser solutions, announced today a first-to-market single-mode (SM), polarization-maintaining (PM) erbium-ytterbium co-doped optical fiber for high-power 1550 nm, narrow linewidth, and single-frequency amplifiers. Coherent is now the first company to support pure SM, PM optical fibers for >20 W average power capabilities.

PITTSBURGH, May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that the company will host an Instrumentation Market Overview webcast for investors, equity analysts, and the public on Tuesday, May 14, at 10:00 a.m. ET.

PITTSBURGH, May 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today the financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2024. These results have been posted as a letter to shareholders on the Investor Relations section of its website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations.

PITTSBURGH, April 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced a $500,000 sponsorship of two educational initiatives targeted to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in entrepreneurship, innovation, and advanced technology: the HBCU/MI Entrepreneurship & Innovation initiative by Leadership Needed Foundation and the Optica Foundation Amplify Scholarship for Black scientists.

Company Sets a 2040 Net-Zero Goal, Increases Its Renewable Electricity Use to 70%, and Joins the Responsible Business Alliance

PITTSBURGH, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that the company will release its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, in a shareholder letter posted on Coherent’s website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations after market close on Monday, May 6. Coherent’s management will host a conference call to discuss these results on Tuesday, May 7, at 8:00 a.m. ET.

PITTSBURGH, April 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in wide- and ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors, today announced that it secured $15 million in funding from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act of 2022 that provided the Department of Defense (DoD) with $2 billion to strengthen and revitalize the U.S. semiconductor supply chain.

PITTSBURGH, April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in advanced optical systems, announced today an agreement with the Space Foundation Discovery Center, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to provide on loan a demonstration mirror developed for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

PITTSBURGH, March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in optical communications components and subsystems, announced today that it will showcase its new products and technologies for next-generation optical communications networks at OFC 2024, March 26-28 at the San Diego Convention Center, Booth #3412. Coherent thought leaders will present at panels, technical sessions, and other OFC events.

Coherent expands capacity in its U.S. and European fabs and significantly reduces die cost for InP optoelectronic devices including lasers, detectors, and electronics

Live Demonstration at OFC 2024 Based on Ultrareliable DLX™ Technology

Sees a Path to 200G per Lane

PITTSBURGH, March 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that it will be demonstrating its 800 Gbps coherent transceiver module in QSFP-DD form factor at OFC 2024 in San Diego, March 26-28. The module will be demonstrated in 800G ZR mode transmitting over 9000 ps/nm of dispersion, equivalent to approximately 450 km of fiber.

PITTSBURGH, March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leading provider of high-performance optical networking solutions, today introduced its versatile I-temp 100G ZR QSFP28 digital coherent optics (DCO) transceiver.

Doubles Hair Removal Treatment Efficiency

PITTSBURGH, March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in optical networking, announced today the introduction of two new optical test instrumentation products:

PITTSBURGH, March 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a pioneer in photonic solutions, is proud to announce its participation at the upcoming Optica Executive Forum at OFC 2024, being held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on March 25 in conjunction with the OFC conference.

PITTSBURGH, March 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in optical materials, components, and subsystems, today announced its comprehensive microlens array (MLA) solution for beam collimation and coupling. This versatile platform addresses the growing need for high-performance beam shaping in demanding applications such as high-speed communication transceivers, both pluggable form factors and future CPO (co-packaged optics) solutions, optical circuit switches (OCSs), and LiDAR systems.

PITTSBURGH, March 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in optical communications components and subsystems, has introduced a groundbreaking family of advanced, aberration-correcting, high-efficiency grisms and transmission gratings capable of encompassing the entire extended C+L band in a single optic. These enable construction of more cost-effective, efficient, and compact network components that support more communication channels, such as wavelength selective switches (WSS) and optical channel monitors.

PITTSBURGH, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that three of its products received awards in the 2024 Lightwave Innovation Reviews.

PITTSBURGH, March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that the company will host an investor briefing on Tuesday, March 26, from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm ET at the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference in San Diego, California. The briefing also will be accessible via webcast. The briefing will focus on the company’s optical communications market and will include discussion of market trends, products, technologies, and competitive positioning. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session.

Board to Commence a Comprehensive Executive Search Process

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today the financial results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2024. These results have been posted as a letter to shareholders on the Investor Relations section of its website.

Coherent will showcase its full suite of medical device manufacturing systems at MDM West, at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, Feb. 6-8.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in engineered materials, has been selected for multimillion-dollar funding under the Department of Energy (DOE) Fiscal Year 2023 Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Program Wide Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA-0002893). This funding will accelerate the development of Coherent’s patented chemical immobilization technology for lithium sulfur (Li-S) battery cells to meet next-generation electric vehicle (EV) requirements.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that it will exhibit industry-leading products and capabilities at SPIE Photonics West, Jan. 30-Feb. 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Booth #4805 (Hall F), and at BiOS Expo Jan. 27-28, part of Photonics West, in Booth #8630 (Hall D). Coherent will showcase its broad portfolio of products and technology innovations that are enabling a wide range of applications in industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets. Coherent thought leaders will present at industry events, workshops, and technical sessions.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in diffractive optics, today announced the introduction of a family of mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) and long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) wire-grid polarizers (WGPs) with industry-breakthrough performance for laser-based atmospheric remote sensing applications.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in industrial lasers for materials processing, today announced the introduction of its new HyperRapid NXT industrial picosecond laser operating at 532 nm with 100 W average power that enables ultraprecision manufacturing of thin-film solar cells.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leading provider of test and measurement instruments for optical communications, today announced the introduction of new members of the WaveShaper family, extending the performance and the wavelength range of these instruments.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that the company will release its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, in a shareholder letter posted on Coherent’s website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations after market close on Monday, February 5. Coherent’s management will host a conference call to discuss these results on Tuesday, February 6, at 8:00 a.m. ET.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in lasers and thermoelectrics for life sciences and scientific research, today announced the introduction of the OBIS 640 XT, a diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser module with up to 1000 mW output at 640 nm for super-resolution microscopy (SRM).

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in semiconductor lasers for depth sensors, today announced the introduction of an illumination module platform for short- and mid-range light detection and ranging (LiDAR) in automotive safety and robotic vision in industrial applications.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in optical sensing for consumer electronics, today announced the introduction of dot projector modules for depth sensing in consumer electronics, robotics, and autonomous vehicles.

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today published its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report 2023 and announced that it has set a net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target of FY2040. The ESG Report 2023 is available on the Coherent website at this link.

The new transceiver leverages the 140 GBaud IC-TROSA from Coherent, which was announced and demonstrated at ECOC 2023

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced that it has closed the $1 billion aggregate investment by DENSO CORPORATION and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in Coherent’s silicon carbide semiconductor business (the “Business”).

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that the company will hold an Industrial Market Overview webcast for investors, equity analysts, and the public on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. ET.

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today the financial results for its first quarter fiscal year 2024. These have been posted as a letter to shareholders to the investor relations section of its website.

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in lasers for life sciences, today announced that its Axon laser has won the 2023 Business Innovation Award from the Institute of Physics (IOP). The award was presented in a ceremony held Oct. 30.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that the company will release its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, in a shareholder letter posted on Coherent’s website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations after market close on Monday, November 6. Coherent’s management will host a conference call to discuss these results on Tuesday, November 7, at 8:00 a.m. ET.