SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Coherent, Inc. (Nasdaq: COHR) today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, John Ambroseo, is scheduled to present at the 18(th) Annual Needham Growth Conference to be held at the New York Palace Hotel on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at 12:00PM, EST. A live webcast of the presentation will be available at http://www.coherent.com/Investors/ and http://wsw.com/webcast/needham75/cohr.

Founded in 1966, Coherent, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of lasers and laser-based technology for scientific, commercial and industrial customers. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and is part of the Russell 2000 and Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index.

For more information about Coherent, visit the company's website at http://www.coherent.com/ for product and financial updates.

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