Siemens invests £27m in UK additive manufacturing facility
Siemens has invested £27 million in a new UK additive manufacturing facility that will produce components for the aerospace, automotive and power generation industries
Siemens has invested £27 million in a new UK additive manufacturing facility that will produce components for the aerospace, automotive and power generation industries
This year's Lasys, the international trade fair for laser material processing, is set to attract around 200 exhibitors displaying laser systems, machines and processes when it takes place at Messe Stuttgart from 5-7 June
Bystronic, a Swiss developer of laser systems for cutting sheet metal, has acquired TTM Laser, an Italian producer of laser-based tube and profile processing solutions
The UK laser industry has urged the UK Government to follow a strategy deploying lasers within production processes to grow the manufacturing sector
A new UK laser marking firm, ES Precision, has been established from ES Technology, the Rofin-Baasel UK subsidiary that was closed because of rationalisations made by Coherent
IPG Photonics achieved $1.41 billion in yearly revenue throughout 2017, a 40 per cent increase over that recorded last year
GE Additive has announced that its subsidiary Arcam AB has delisted from the Nasdaq (Stockholm) exchange
Trumpf has acquired Aachen-based laser manufacturer Amphos in a move to strengthen its ultrashort pulse offerings
GE Additive has appointed new CEO and vice president Jason Oliver to lead its operations, including those of its subsidiaries Concept Laser, Arcam and GeonX
Advalue Photonics, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA, has expanded its applications lab for laser material processing
By Dave MacLellan, Executive Director, AILU
Gemma Church finds that additive manufacturing is being used to transform lives through advanced implants and guides for surgeons
Matthew Dale looks at what can be achieved by combining robots with lasers, including a novel tool for repairing jet engines being developed by Rolls-Royce
High-power blue diode lasers are becoming available that have significant advantages over traditional infrared lasers for machining metals. Greg Blackman investigates