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• 12/05/2011 -- Laser material processing and intelligent energy field manufacturing
  A combination of energy forms and innovative processes can generate the best method for laser material processing, says Wenwu Zhang in this feature article.
• 12/12/2011 -- 3D-Micromac honored with Excellence Award
  Chemnitz, Germany – In November, 3D-Micromac AG was honored with an Excellence Award for the development of the innovative laser micromachining system microFLEX, which is used for laser processing of thin films on flexible substrates.
• 11/28/2011 -- OPTRA introduces Risley prism pairs for fast steering laser beams to laser machining market
  OPTRA, Topsfield, Mass., has introduced compact Risley Prism pairs for fast steering laser beams to the laser machining market.
• 11/22/2011 -- Laser processing aids manufacture of smart windows
  Jena, Germany – Jenoptik’s Lasers & Material Processing division has won its first orders for laser processing systems used in the manufacture of energy saving high-tech glass, so-called smart windows. The company will be supplying US-American plants with laser processing systems for high-tech glass. In 2011, this new application generated total order intakes in the single figure million euro range.
• 11/10/2011 -- Laser patterning of transparent electrode films: from solar panels through high-end displays
  The availability of an expanded range of laser pulsewidths and wavelengths enables patterning of transparent conductive oxides to be optimized for applications as disparate as solar cells and OLED displays, say authors Ralf Hellmann and Colin Moorhouse.