Photonics growth in Asia has begun to ease up, while the European industrial laser market is expected to grow over the next six months, it was reported by the VDMA during Laser World of Photonics
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10 July 2017
NKT Photonics has entered into an agreement to acquire Onefive, an ultrafast laser manufacturer headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland
07 July 2017
GE Additive, Concept Laser and Arcam have signed a memorandum of understanding with global technology group Oerlikon to collaborate on accelerating the industrialisation of additive manufacturing
19 June 2017
Fibre laser expert IPG Photonics has signed an agreement to acquire laser system manufacturer Innovative Laser Technologies for $40 million
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
12 May 2017
The increasing traction of fibre lasers replacing conventional lasers in materials processing has led to IPG and Coherent’s latest quarterly revenues being higher than expected, both firms have reported
26 April 2017
Volkswagen, Laser Zentrum Hannover, and five other partners have developed laser processes for automatic trimming, drilling and repair of 3D carbon fibre reinforced plastic components
19 April 2017
Researchers at the Institute of Applied Beam Technology in Bremen have developed a process monitoring system for laser additive manufacturing
18 April 2017
A new technology for writing electronic circuits directly onto polymers by modifying surface properties with a laser has been developed as part of the European Appolo project
18 April 2017
The Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC) in Rotherham, UK has ordered a custom laser welding system to support manufacturing process development
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