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• 12/15/2011 -- Micro-cutting stents using fiber lasers
  Rugby, UK – Micro-cutting stents is one of the most demanding manufacturing applications in the medical device industry. With tube diameters between 1 mm and 10 mm and a wall thickness of around 100 µm, precision cutting is essential.
• 10/12/2011 -- Spectrum will preview Sienna 600 and 800 high speed laser wire strippers
  Spectrum Technologies PLC, Bridgend, U.K., is set to preview two new models within an expanding SIENNA laser wire stripper range at the Productronica exhibition in Munich, Germany in November.
• 06/01/2011 -- Preco awarded ISO 13485 certification
  Somerset, Wis. – Preco Inc. is now able to provide additional contract manufacturing services and automated processing equipment to manufacturers of medical devices thanks to an effort in the last quarter of 2010 to get the Somerset facility ISO 13485:2003 certified.
• 07/14/2011 -- Litron to build medical implant device
  Agawam, Mass. – Litron Inc. has been selected by Angel Medical Systems Inc., Shrewsbury, N.J., to build the Phase II implants for its Guardian implantable device.
• 12/05/2011 -- Improved fiber lasers for industrial applications
  Paderborn, Germany – Gooch & Housego, the global optical and systems manufacturer, has announced the launch of a European Union-funded FP7 project, in which the company is the lead partner. The initial meeting for the 4.5 million Euro collaborative project, "Integrated Disruptive Components for 2 Micron Fiber Lasers" (ISLA), was held in October at Trinity College, Dublin.