East Hartford, CT--CCAT’s upcoming SALA 2010 (April 14-15) will feature invited luncheon speaker Dr. Ronald Schaeffer, CEO of PhotoMachining Inc., a laser job shop and custom systems integrator in New Hampshire.

Stratford, CT – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has launched its new technology development organization – Sikorsky Innovations, whose mission is to develop and mature the technologies, products, and processes that will redefine the future of vertical flight.

East Hartford, CT--Attendees at this yeas SALA will view the latest in advanced industrial laser equipment and industrial laser materials processing applications shown at an Open House to be held April 15th at the Laser Applications Laboratories of the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT).

Dr. Ron Schaeffer, a member of the Industrial Laser Solutions International Editorial Advisory Board, shares  his recent experiences from an extended West Coast sales and marketing trip. We specifically asked him to check out the pulse of the recovery in industrial laser processing.

East Hartford, CT—Many industrial laser system companies may be unaware of the advantages offered by the U.S. government’s Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants. The organizers of the Symposium on Advanced Laser Applications (SALA) initiated sessions on SBIRs several years ago, and the response was such that they have continued the practice this year at the April 14–15 event.

East Hartford, CT - Concurrent Technology Corporation (CTC) has been involved in a number of laser coating removal efforts for aerospace applications. At the Symposium for Advanced Laser Applications (April 14-15, 2010) Gerard Mongelli will present an overview of some of the recent and future efforts that CTC has in this area including a review of the update to the Laser Automated De-coating System (LADS) at Ogden Air Logistic Center.

Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Incorporated is turning the tables on the economic downturn and positioning itself for the recovery, much as it prompts its own customers to do. The company is investing 10 percent of 2009 sales – and another 10 percent in 2010 – to re-tool its plant and implement lean practices from top to bottom.

East Hartford, CT – The controllability factor of laser processing is a feature that attracts process developers. This is one of the reasons that laser additive manufacturing (LAM) is currently a hot topic, especially laser cladding, which is a significant subset of LAM applications.

Stuttgart, Germany – The idea for the "Solution Center - meet the experts" for LASYS 2010 was created jointly with the LASYS Advisory Board to convince trade fair visitors of the benefits of innovative laser technology and to recommend individual solutions for their specific problems.

Oxford, MA - IPG Photonics Corporation, the world leader in high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, has acquired the outstanding shares of privately held, Birmingham, Alabama-based Photonics Innovations Inc. (PII), a maker of active and passive laser materials and tunable lasers for scientific, biomedical, technological, and eye-safe range-finding applications.