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Congratulations to LVD on its 60th anniversary

05/18/2012

What began as a small entity in Belgium's West Flanders region is today a global supplier of punching, laser cutting, and forming/bending machinery.

UK laser shops expanding with new tools, facilities

05/17/2012

Recent announcements from UK laser job shops confirm what was heard at last week's AKL conference in Germany: business is brisk despite the region's economic turbulence.

Lincoln Electric buys Wayne Trail, eyes industrial laser inroads

05/17/2012

Arc welding/cutting tool maker Lincoln Electric is broadening the reach of its hybrid laser welding technology by acquiring fellow Ohio firm Wayne Trail Technologies.

A-Laser expands UV laser cutting with new LPKF tool

05/16/2012

A new MicroLine 1120 P system from LPKF will expand the Milpitas, CA firm's laser cutting capacity.

OSHA, LIA renew laser safety partnership

05/16/2012

The two-year extension emphasizes preventing exposure to beam and nonbeam hazards in the workplace, disemminating information through media and events.

Laser Operations appoints CEO, manufacturing exec

05/15/2012

Laser Operations marketing exec Vittorio Fossati-Bellani is promoted to CEO, and shares a history with the company's new manufacturing director, Robert Miller.

Picosecond laser enables new high-tech devices

05/15/2012

Industrially proven and robust, picosecond lasers are proving their worth in cutting and patterning of delicate materials for a wide variety of industrial applications.

US seeks proposals for additive manufacturing institute

05/14/2012 The US federal government is soliciting nonprofit or university proposals for an Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, a proof-of-concept prototype for the proposed National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI).

Products

Ultrafast laser amplifier, optical oscillator

05/18/2012

Spectra-Physics unveiled two new ultrafast lasers at CLEO 2012: a high-power amplifier and optical parametric oscillator (OPO).

Laser safety eyewear

05/18/2012

Laservision's new eyewear offer excellent color recognition and fit over prescription eyewear, intended for use with intense pulse light systems.

200 W continuous output laser bars

05/16/2012

Osram Opto Semiconductors, Regensburg, Germany, has unveiled a new series of laser bars with 200 Watts of continuous optical output power.

Laser marking workstation

05/14/2012

FOBA is prepping a new workstation for laser marking to be launched at the end of this summer.

Highest-power green diode-pumped solid-state laser

05/07/2012 Spectra-Physics' new continuous-wave diode-pumped solid-state green laser with 25 W power targets applications in ultrafast laser pumping, doping solar cells...

This Month's Issue

Industrial Laser Solutions

04/01/2012
Volume 27, 2012 - Issue 2 Industrial Laser Solutions

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