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INDUSTRY
Global laser industry revenues expected to hit $9 billion by 2015
19 January 2012
Global laser industry revenues are expected to reach $9.4 billion by 2015 while demand from machine tools, telecom equipment, and China have driven sales since 2010 to a growth high of 52 per cent compared to 2009, according to photonics markets consultancy Strategies Unlimited
APPLICATIONS
Precision is the shape of things to come for security key profiles
5 January 2012
German company Aumat is now using high precision laser displacement sensors to examine security key blanks' surface profiles prior to production
INDUSTRY
ES Technology reports 130 per cent profit increase
5 January 2012
INDUSTRY
Newport buys ILX Lightwave in $9.3 million deal
3 January 2012
INDUSTRY
Jenoptik appoints laser processing systems business unit head
3 January 2012
TECHNOLOGY
Flir develops Superframing to avoid camera saturation
21 December 2011
TECHNOLOGY
Photonics West to see first public presentation of optical liquid crystal switch
21 December 2011
INDUSTRY
Avantes establishes UK subsidiary
21 December 2011
TECHNOLOGY
ISLA promises new generation game with 2-micron lasers
19 December 2011
News features
Recession is good for acquisitions and new products, say executives
25 October 2011
After the harsh market conditions of the past few years, investment in new markets and products was foremost on the minds of the Executive Panel Discussion speakers at this year's Photonex
Executives tackle the future at Photonex
6 October 2011
This year's Photonex Executive Panel Discussion, entitled 'Better prepared? Photonics faces the future with confidence', will feature viewpoints from top industry figures. It will be chaired once again by Dr Tom Wilkie, editor-in-chief of Electro Optics
Cold ablation liberates thin films from HAZ
16 September 2011
Lasers that fire for as little as a ten billionth of a second provide advantages with many materials, such as no heat affected zones or melting with cold ablation, as revealed at a recent AILU workshop. Rob Coppinger reports
Photonics leverage reaches 10 per cent of EU economy, 30m jobs
7 June 2011
A Photonics21 report states that the European photonics industry has a 'leveraged' impact on at least ten per cent of Europe's economy, €30tn of European trade, and around 30m jobs
Photonics industry buoyant at Laser World of Photonics
26 May 2011
The photonics industry is booming at the Laser World of Photonics event, held in Munich from 23-26 May. Greg Blackman reports on the show
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