EU initiative seeking laser-based solutions to augment with advanced digital tools
9 February 2021
Selected solutions will become part of a 13-month support programme and be offered a full set of technical and business mentoring services
Horizon 2020
Photonics re-identified as key enabling technology by European Commission
24 March 2020
As a key enabling technology, photonics is recognised as being strategically important for Europe's industrial future
Horizon 2020 projects to create 3,500 high-tech jobs over next three years
7 November 2019
A new survey has found that 100 Horizon 2020 photonics projects, established between 2014 and 2018, will directly create 3,500 high-tech jobs in Europe over the next three years
New femtosecond laser to boost automotive production
29 May 2019
A new femtosecond laser capable of cutting and shaping ultra-high-strength boron steel a thousand times faster than existing technology is being developed for the automotive industry
EPIC advocates for photonics funding in Horizon Europe
1 May 2019
EPIC has announced that it is advocating for a photonics contractual public private partnership to be selected for funding under the future Horizon Europe 2021-2027 programme
Laser machine to enable mass-production of functionalised surfaces for consumer market
29 April 2019
A laser machine capable of producing large-area functionalised surfaces at high-throughput is being developed for the domestic appliance market
Horizon 2020 project to make ultrafast laser processing hundred-times faster
21 February 2019
A new €4.7 million Horizon 2020 project aims to make material processing with ultrafast lasers up to a hundred times faster over the next three years
Scientists use ultra-fast lasers to create world’s first self-cleaning metals
8 January 2019
A Horizon 2020 project has achieved a breakthrough using ultrafast high-power lasers that will enable the production of self-cleaning sheet metal on an industrial scale for the first time
Gaining control over laser welding
7 January 2019
A laser process head with real-time weld control has been demonstrated, after a four-year EU project. Daniel Lloyd, development engineer at Laser Optical Engineering, reports on the work
Horizon 2020 projects commencing in 2019 to develop new ultrafast lasers
6 December 2018
Two Horizon 2020 projects are set to begin at the start of 2019 that will see the development of two new ultrafast laser systems
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