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
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
European consortium to optimise additive production
5 November 2018
A consortium of European researchers and companies has developed an integrated software solution as part of a Horizon 2020 project that it says will optimise additive manufacturing
