The automotive industry is one of the largest application areas of laser materials processing.
The industry is, as described by the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility, “a growth engine of Europe’s economy”, generating approximately 7% of the EU’s GDP in 2019[1].
As its name implies, laser marking involves the use of a focused continuous-wave, pulsed, or ultrashort-pulsed beam of light that interacts with the surface of a material to alter its appearance and properties.