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LIA's Arthur L. Schawlow award presented to Valentin Gapontsev Published: January 12, 2010 Valentin Gapontsev, founder, chairman, and CEO of IPG Photonics Corp., Oxford, Mass., has received the Laser Institute of America's 2009 Arthur L....

Durable Mecco partners with Manufacturing Solutions Published: December 15, 2009 Durable Mecco, a provider of marking systems in Franklin Park, Ill., has formed a strategic partnership with Manufacturing Solutions Inc. based in...

The Metal Shop installs new Mitsubishi laser Published: November 10, 2009 The Metal Shop LLC, a custom metal fabrication business in Crystal Lake, Ill., has installed a new Mitsubishi 3015 LVP LUS II laser with a 5- by...

ACS Precision adds laser machine Published: October 13, 2009 ACS Precision LLC, Mercersburg, Pa., has installed a 4,000-W Mitsubishi LXP laser machine, capable of processing material up to 0.75-in.-thick...

Aerofab installs Laserdyne system Published: October 13, 2009 Aerofab Inc., Indianapolis, has taken delivery of its ninth Laserdyne system from Prima North America – Laserdyne Systems. The Laserdyne...

Mitsubishi EDM partners with Oakland Community College Published: October 8, 2009 Mitsubishi EDM has announced a new partnership with the Advanced Technology Center of Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills campus. A new...

ACS Precision acquires Mitsubishi LXP laser machine Published: September 24, 2009 ACS Precision LLC, Mercersburg, Pa., an 11,900 square-foot flexible job shop that focuses on the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic metropolitan areas...

Bystronic hires sales engineer Published: September 22, 2009 Bystronic Inc. has hired Darren McCarthy as sales engineer for the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. McCarthy has 23 years...

Bystronic Canada celebrates one-year anniversary Published: September 21, 2009 Bystronic Canada celebrated its one-year anniversary on September 2, 2009 with its new service and spare parts location in Mississauga, Ontario....

TRUMPF presents award to distributor Published: September 9, 2009 TRUMPF Inc. presented a 2009 award of sales achievement to ICON Machine Tool Inc. at its annual distributor meeting held in July at the company's...

Miyachi Unitek opens Laser Applications Lab in the Midwest Published: September 9, 2009 Miyachi Unitek has announced the opening of its new Midwest Laser Applications Lab. The new facility enables the company to work with customers...

M&M installs Mazak laser system Published: August 11, 2009 M&M Manufacturing Co., Fort Worth, Texas, has installed a Mazak Hypergear 2D FMS laser cutting system. The machine is used primarily by the...

ICALEO to be held in November Published: July 14, 2009 The International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®) will be held Nov. 2-5 in Orlando. The conference brings...

Arvite Technologies adds CO2 CNC laser capacity Published: July 14, 2009 To increase its laser cutting capacity, Arvite Technologies Inc., Erie, Pa., has added a TRUMPF 2030 TruLaser to its production line. The machine...

Messer hires technical products sales manager Published: July 1, 2009 Messer Cutting Systems Inc., a manufacturer of thermal cutting gantry machines, has hired Bell Heller as technical products sales manager....

Bystronic Group, BLM Group form marketing alliance Published: June 30, 2009 Bystronic (sheet metal processing systems) and the BLM GROUP (tube processing systems) have formed an alliance to work closely together in market...

Laser Mechanisms adds fiber systems manager Published: June 9, 2009 Laser Mechanisms, Novi, Mich., has added Tom Kugler as fiber systems manager responsible for the ongoing refinement of the company's AccuFiber...

AMI adds FANUC laser service to network Published: May 12, 2009 Automated Machinery Inc. (AMI), Milford, Ohio, and Advanced Laser Services LLC (ALS), Douglasville, Ga., have announced a strategic alliance that...

Consulting, prototyping, training available for laser industry Published: April 27, 2009 Priority Cutting LLC has announced the launch of its new company that focuses on providing comprehensive consulting, prototyping, and training...

Rockford Toolcraft acquires flying-optic laser cutting system Published: April 14, 2009 Rockford Toolcraft Inc., a tool and die builder and metal stamper in Rockford, Ill., has acquired an Amada LC-F1NT series laser cutting machine....

TRUMPF Inc. names West Coast sales representative Published: April 14, 2009 Larry Johnson has been named a district sales representative for TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn. In this role, he is responsible for sales activity...

Cy Laser to distribute Italian laser systems in North America Published: April 14, 2009 Cy Laser LLC, Chicago, and Campana Livio S.r.l. and Finsomac S.r.l., both located in Schio, Italy, have reached an agreement for the exclusive...

LVD, HD establish joint venture company in China Published: April 1, 2009 LVD Company n.v. and Hubei Tri-Ring Metalforming Equipment Co., Ltd. (HD) have formed a joint venture company in Huangshi City, Hubei Province,...

TRUMPF redesigning its business in Taiwan Published: March 10, 2009 The TRUMPF Group is redesigning its business in Taiwan. In addition to marketing machine tools and lasers, the company is strengthening its...

ICALEO invites abstract submissions Published: March 10, 2009 The 28th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®) invites authors and presenters to participate in the...

LIA announces 2009 Educational Achievement Award recipient Published: March 10, 2009 The Laser Institute of America has announced that Ken Barat, certified laser safety officer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will be...

Prima North America, SARA sign cooperative development agreement Published: March 10, 2009 Prima North America, Champlin, Minn., a manufacturer of precision multiaxis laser machining systems, has announced the signing of a cooperative...

Prima North America announces laser system sale to IPG Published: February 10, 2009 Prima North America, Champlin, Minn., has sold a LASERDYNE® 795 XS system to IPG Photonics Corp. of Oxford, Mass. Prima says the installation...

TRUMPF names vice president, lasers Published: January 27, 2009 Dr. Christian Schmitz is joining TRUMPF Inc. as the vice president, lasers, effective February 1. He will be located at the company's North...

LIA to hold International Laser Safety Conference Published: January 13, 2009 Laser Institute of America (LIA), Orlando, Fla., will hold its International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC®) March 23-26 at John Ascuaga's...

FMA launches sheet metal operator certification program Published: December 16, 2008 The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has announced a new certification program for precision sheet metal...

Mazak Optonics plans new HQ in Elgin, Ill. Published: December 3, 2008 Mazak Optonics Corp. plans to move into a new, $10 million North American Headquarters complex in Elgin, Ill., by the end of the first quarter,...

nLight acquires majority interest in Optotools Published: November 11, 2008 A supplier of high-power semiconductor lasers and fibers, nLIGHT Corp., Vancouver, Wash., has acquired a majority interest in Optotools GmbH,...

Preco names VP of sales Published: November 11, 2008 Preco Inc., Somerset, Wis., has hired David Krattley as vice president of sales for the metals market within the laser equipment division....

Prima appoints European sales manager for Laserdyne systems Published: October 14, 2008 Prima North America Inc., the North American subsidiary of Prima Industrie S.p.A., Torino, Italy, has appointed Paolo Busti as European sales...

Bystronic opens Canadian office Published: September 20, 2008 Laser cutting and press brakes manufacturer Bystronic Inc. held a grand opening for its newest company, Bystronic Canada Ltd. on September 17,...

Industrial Metal Supply launches 3-D laser cutting and fabrication division Published: September 16, 2008 Industrial Metal Supply Co., Sun Valley, Calif., has created a new business unit that will provide six-axis, 3-D laser cutting and fabrication...

LIA conference addresses laser safety Published: September 16, 2008 Laser Institute of America (LIA), Orlando, Fla., will present the International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC®), an event that addresses all...

D&S Mfg. unveils expansion plan Published: August 12, 2008 Michael Dougherty, president of D&S Mfg. in Black River Falls, Wis., has announced the company's initiation of a $6.4 million expansion of its...

Laserdyne schedules User Group Meeting Published: August 12, 2008 Prima North America's Laserdyne Systems division will hold its annual User Group Meeting Oct. 1-2 near its facility in Champlin, Minn. The first...

Hypertherm acquires manufacturer, supplier of laser consumables Published: August 12, 2008 Hypertherm, Hanover, N.H., recently acquired ESSE A Srl., Italy, a manufacturer and supplier of laser consumables and accessories. The...

TRUMPF Canada names managing director Published: August 12, 2008 TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has appointed James Rogowski as managing director of TRUMPF Canada. The company recently acquired the remaining...

Forum explores shipyard applications for lasers Published: July 15, 2008 The second international forum on Shipyard Applications of Industrial Lasers (SAIL 2008) will aim to provide the shipyard community and...

Salvagnini Group opens subsidiary in Brazil Published: June 17, 2008 Salvagnini, Italy, opened Salvagnini do Brasil Ltda., an operating company based in Jos� dos Campos (SP), in March. The Brazilian subsidiary...

LAI adds officers to senior management team Published: June 17, 2008 LAI Intl. Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., a supplier of precision components and subassemblies for OEMs, has named two officers to its senior management...

TRUMPF combines operations in China Published: June 17, 2008 TRUMPF, Germany, recently broke ground on a new production building in Taicang, China. The building will bring the company's three existing...

LAI names strategic products director Published: May 15, 2008 LAI Intl. Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., a supplier of precision components and subassemblies for OEMs, has named Darcy Dodge as director of strategic...

Prima open house to feature laser cutting, bending technologies Published: May 15, 2008 Prima North America Inc., a manufacturer of 2-D and 3-D laser cutting and automation equipment, has announced plans to hold an open house/seminar...

GSI Group Laser Division appoints fiber laser product manager Published: April 15, 2008 GSI Group Inc. Laser Division, Rugby, U.K., a manufacturer of industrial lasers, has appointed Mark Richmond as product manager. Richmond, who...

Prima Industrie purchases Finn-Power Published: April 15, 2008 Prima Industrie S.p.A, Italy, has purchased Finn-Power Group, Finland, from EQT III, a European private equity group that acquired Finn-Power in...

Bystronic appoints Southeast sales engineer Published: March 11, 2008 Bystronic Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y., has appointed Curtis Frabotta as sales engineer assigned to the Southeast territory. Frabotta, who has...

TRUMPF names distributor award recipient Published: March 11, 2008 The Laser Marking division of TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., presented its Outstanding Distributor Performance award to Gosiger Inc.'s Indiana...

Laserdyne names North American sales manager Published: March 11, 2008 Prima North America Inc., Chicopee, Mass., a manufacturer of industrial laser systems, recently promoted Carl Bryant to North American sales...

LIA offers safety officer training course online Published: February 12, 2008 The Laser Institute of America (LIA), Orlando, Fla., an international society for laser applications and safety, now offers an online course for...

II-VI Inc. acquires majority interest in Highyag Lasertechnologie GmbH Published: February 12, 2008 II-VI Inc., Saxonburg, Pa., has acquired a 74.9-percent equity interest in Highyag Lasertechnologie GmbH, Germany. II-VI Inc. manufactures...

Bystronic receives product innovation award Published: January 15, 2008 Frost & Sullivan has presented Bystronic with the 2007 Award for Product Innovation of the Year in the European Laser Cutting Market for its laser...

AWS acquires Mexican welding tradeshow Published: January 15, 2008 The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, has entered into an agreement with Trade Show Consulting (TSC) to purchase Weldmex, the largest welding...

FABTECH hosts 31,000 visitors, covers 461,627 sq. ft. Published: January 15, 2008 The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show at McCormick Place in Chicago hosted more exhibiting companies and covered more exhibit...

TRUMPF names director of spare parts in North America Published: January 15, 2008 TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., recently named Claudio Schutz as director of spare parts in North America. Based in the Farmington headquarters,...

Laser Services Inc. acquired Published: January 15, 2008 Laser Services Inc., Westford, Mass., recently was acquired by Greg and Marie Sexton. Registered to ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100, the company has 25...

II-VI acquires majority interest in HIGHYAG Lasertechnologie GmbH Published: January 3, 2008 II-VI Inc., Saxonburg, Pa., has announced that it has completed its acquisition of a 74.9 percent equity interest in HIGHYAG Lasertechnologie GmbH...

Motoman adds senior general manager for Canada plant Published: December 11, 2007 Motoman Inc., West Carrollton, Ohio, recently named Trevor Jones as senior general manager of Yaskawa Motoman Canada, Mississauga, Ont. Jones has...

MTC Software expands Asia-Pacific operation Published: Array MTC Software Inc., Lockport, N.Y., a developer of software for CNC sheet and plate cutting, has opened a sales and applications support facility...

LAI named on Inc.list of fastest-growing companies Published: October 9, 2007 Inc. Magazine named LAI Intl. Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., a provider of contract manufacturing services, to its inaugural list of the 5,000...

FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago Published: October 9, 2007 The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and...

LIA, OSHA renew alliance Published: October 9, 2007 The Laser Institute of America (LIA), Orlando, Fla., has renewed its alliance with the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health...

LVD launches global branding initiative Published: October 9, 2007 LVD Co. n.v., Gullegem, Belgium, has launched a global branding initiative designed to unite all of the company's sales subsidiaries and products...

TRUMPF acquires 100 percent of AFM, Canada Published: October 3, 2007 Sept. 6, 2007, TRUMPF Inc. acquired 100 percent of Advanced Fabricating Machinery (AFM), Canada. AFM was formed July 1, 1997 by TRUMPF Inc. and...

Bystronic appoints managing director, Mexico Published: September 25, 2007 Bystronic has appointed Ferdinand Reyes as managing director of Bystronic Mexico, S.A. DE C.V., effective August 1, 2007. Reyes, who joined...

Laser Mechanisms restructures senior management Published: Array Laser Mechanisms Inc. President William Fredrick has named Mark Taggart as managing director North American operations. Taggart previously served...

Barnes Aerospace expands operations Published: September 11, 2007 Barnes Aerospace, Windsor, Conn., a division of Barnes Group Inc., has expanded its large fabrication operations in Ogden, Utah, with a...

TRUMPF, Jenoptik form joint venture Published: September 11, 2007 TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., a manufacturer of fabricating machines and laser systems, has announced that the TRUMPF Group, Ditzingen, Germany,...

Industrial Solutions launches new Web site Published: August 7, 2007 Industrial Solutions LLC, Rockaway, N.J., has introduced a new Web site for laser users at www.industrialsolutionsllc.com that now offers on-site...

Harris Products Group creates scholarship in honor of retiree Published: August 7, 2007 The Harris Products Group, Gainesville, Ga., has established a scholarship in honor of Larry Schweikert, who recently retired after 32 years with...

Haas Laser Technologies launches Web site Published: August 7, 2007 Haas Laser Technologies Inc., Flanders, N.J., has launched a new Web site at www.haaslti.com. The site includes information, specifications, and...

Prima names North American president Published: July 24, 2007 Prima North America Inc., Champlin, Minn., the North American subsidiary of Prima Industrie S.p.A., Torino, Italy, has named Terry L. VanderWert...

TRUMPF opens new offices in Seoul Published: July 10, 2007 TRUMPF officially opened its company headquarters in the TRUTEC building in Seoul, South Korea, June 12, 2007. The new offices are located in...

Mitsubishi EDM/Laser hosts open house at Joe Gibbs Racing Published: July 10, 2007 Mitsubishi EDM/Laser, Wood Dale, Ill., sponsor to Joe Gibbs Racing, hosted an open house event May 10 at the JGR headquarters in North Carolina....

PRC opens office in China Published: June 18, 2007 PRC Laser, Landing, N.J., has opened a new technical and business office the AMT Shanghai Technical Center located in China's Shanghai Waigaoqiao...

TRUMPF names new distributors Published: June 12, 2007 TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named its machine tool distributors for Louisiana and Michigan. The Hampton Co., Plano, Texas, represents the...

LAI receives conservation award Published: June 12, 2007 LAI Midwest, Minneapolis, a contract manufacturer specializing in waterjet machining services, received the Waste Buster Recognition Award from...

MG breaks ground on new addition Published: June 12, 2007 MG Systems & Welding Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wis., has begun construction of a two-floor addition to the area for its service and accounting...

Mate appoints president, vice chairman Published: June 5, 2007 Dean A. Sundquist, chairman and CEO of Mate Precision Tooling, has announced the appointment of Jack Schneider to the newly created position of...

II-VI names CEO Published: Array II-VI Inc. has announced that its board of directors has named Francis J. Kramer to succeed Carl J. Johnson as company CEO, effective July 1,...

Prima to introduce resonator at June open house Published: May 8, 2007 Prima North America is holding an open house/laser seminar June 7, 2007, at its technology center in Chicopee, Mass. The company is introducing...

TRUMPF supports science center exhibit Published: May 8, 2007 TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., is supporting an innovative new exhibit at the Connecticut Science Center. Now under construction in Hartford and...

Universal Laser expands into second facility Published: May 8, 2007 Universal Laser Systems Inc. (ULS), a manufacturer of CO 2 lasers and computer-controlled CO 2 laser engraving, cutting, and marking systems, has...

Mazak Optonics names new president Published: May 1, 2007 Mazak Optonics Corp. (MOC), Schaumburg, Ill., has named William "Bill" Citron its new president. Citron succeeds Tim Yanagisawa, who was named...

Mitsubishi Laser celebrates 20th anniversary Published: April 10, 2007 Mitsubishi Laser is celebrating 20 years in the industry. The company introduced its first commercial laser cutting system to the U.S. in 1987....

GOSIGER Southeast receives sales achievement award Published: April 10, 2007 At its annual distributor meeting, TRUMPF presented GOSIGER Southeast, Ocoee, Fla., with the Outstanding Distributor Performance Award in...

TRUMPF opens manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico Published: April 10, 2007 TRUMPF has opened a new sales, service, demonstration, and production facility in Monterrey, Mexico. The 6,400-sq.-meter production building uses...

TRUMPF receives innovation prize Published: March 22, 2007 TRUMPF Inc. has received a Connecticut Quality Improvement Award silver level Innovation Prize. The award recognizes the company for its SYNCHRO...

Strippit/LVD names sales manager, Canada Published: March 13, 2007 Strippit/LVD, a manufacturer of metal forming equipment, including turret punch presses, laser cutting machines, press brakes, shears, automated...

PICALO 2008 headed to Beijing Published: March 13, 2007 The Laser Institute of America (LIA), the organization that hosts ICALEO® (International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics)...

LIA launches career center Published: March 13, 2007 The Laser Institute of America (LIA) has launched the LIA Career Center, a new online resource designed to help job seekers find opportunities in...

Mate Precision Tooling announces sales management promotions Published: February 13, 2007 Mate Precision Tooling, Anoka, Minn., has promoted Paul Sandberg to the position of vice president international sales. Sandberg assumed the...

TRUMPF appoints Laser Technology Center general manager Published: February 13, 2007 Tim Morris has been appointed general manager of TRUMPF Inc.'s Laser Technology Center in Plymouth, Mich. He reports to Dr. Holger Schlueter, vice...

Strippit/LVD names sales engineer Published: February 13, 2007 Leonard (Len) Stock has been named as a sales engineer for Strippit, Inc., a manufacturer of metalforming equipment, including turret punch...

Mitsubishi Laser, Ncell form partnership Published: January 9, 2007 Mitsubishi Laser has announced its exclusive partnership with Ncell Automation, a provider of automation integration software for precision...

Prima names regional sales managers Published: January 9, 2007 Prima North America Inc. has announced that Ted Oviatt and Robert Lauer have joined its sales organization as regional sales managers for the...

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