Fibre laser expert IPG Photonics has signed an agreement to acquire laser system manufacturer Innovative Laser Technologies for $40 million
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News
16 June 2017
The world’s largest selective laser melting facility was officially opened on 1 June as part of the joint ‘SLM-XL’ research project being carried out by the Aachen Center for 3D printing
14 June 2017
Photonics group Jenoptik has relocated its business to a new building on a modern, sixteen-acre engineering campus in Rochester Hills, Michigan, USA
13 June 2017
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen and RWTH Aachen University have been awarded a €50,000 prize for an ultra-high-speed laser material deposition process called EHLA
White papers
24 June 2016
Analysis & opinion
12 June 2017
The European Appolo project, which aims to establish connections within the industrial laser processing ecosystem, is drawing to a close. Gediminas Raciukaitis, head of the department for laser technologies at the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology in Lithuania, updates on the outcomes
12 June 2017
Dave MacLellan, executive director at AILU, writes about a UK strategy for laser material processing
Features
01 June 2017
Greg Blackman investigates the art of laser system design and integration
01 June 2017
Matthew Dale discovers that laser welding is enabling battery manufacturers to address the growing demands of the electro-mobility industry
01 June 2017
Gemma Church finds jewellers are turning to lasers for repairing and engraving precious metals
14 March 2017
Greg Blackman on the safety equipment for protecting against higher power and ultrafast lasers
Press releases
MKS Instruments announced its easy-to-use laser measurement software Ophir StarLab 3.30, that turns a PC into a multi-channel laser power/energy display station
Scanlab’s new high-dynamics ExcelliShift z-scanner, unlike conventional z-axes, fully eliminates the use of transmissive optical elements
Events
Atlanta, GA, USA
22 October 2017 to 26 October 2017