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IPG Photonics acquires Photonics Innovations Inc. (Feb 1, 2010)

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.

Laser materials processing symposium (Jan 21, 2010)

State College, PA--The ASM International's Emerging Technologies Awareness Committee (ETAC) and Joining Critical Technologies Sector (JCTS) have scheduled the Materials Science & Technology 2010 Conference & Exhibition (MS&T ‘10), for October 17-21, in Houston, Texas.

CCAT establishes industry award (Jan 19, 2010)

East Hartford, CT--The organizers of the Symposium for Advanced Laser Applications (SALA), the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT) are pleased to announce the establishment of the CCAT Innovation Award for Laser Applications in Manufacturing Operations.

Solution Center for production problems (Jan 19, 2010)

Stuttgart, Germany--A new visitor service has been added to the event line-up at LASYS 2010 with "Solution Center - meet the experts": an independent, established advisory service for all kinds of production problems. This Solution Center is the brainchild of the experts on the LASYS advisory council.

Manufacturing funding in the UK (Jan 18, 2010)

Southampton, UK – The South East Photonics Network (SEPNET) welcomes the UK Government’s announcement of a state of the art manufacturing research center at the University of Southampton with a focus on photonics.

UV laser microprocessing services (Jan 6, 2010)
Pelham, NH--Photomachining Inc. is one of a few global industrial laser job shops that offer ultraviolet (UV) laser microprocessing using excimer lasers and frequency tripled and quadrupled lasers. Read More >>

Circuit frames for PCB repair (Jan 6, 2010)
Rolling Meadows, IL--Best Inc., a supplier of PCB rework and repair services, has released a new line of circuit frames for PCB repair that can be custom laser engraved to match the pads or trace areas requiring repair. Read More >>

Making fair comparisons (Dec 30, 2009)
Recently an article from The Register popped up in my e-mail with a report on work done for Volkswagen using electromagnetic pulses (EMP) to cut holes in press hardened steel. Read More >>

Laserdyne ends 2009 with a bang (Dec 23, 2009)
As another sign that the application of laser processing in the global turbine engine manufacturing business is expanding, Prima North America's Laserdyne Systems (Champlin, MN) announced the receipt of two orders, that exceed $2 million, for Laserdyne 795 multi-axis laser systems. Read More >>

It's opposite to what you think... (Dec 23, 2009)
It's interesting how human nature gets in the way of actions. We have this built-in intuition that many times saves us from danger, however, often times misleads us. It's similar to the signals a train gets while on a track from one place to the next. Read More >>

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