LIA's Arthur L. Schawlow award presented to Valentin Gapontsev
Valentin Gapontsev, founder, chairman, and CEO of IPG Photonics Corp., Oxford, Mass., has received the Laser Institute of America's 2009 Arthur L....
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KUKA Systems launches research center in U.S.
KUKA North America has opened the KUKA Development Center (KDC) at its headquarters in Sterling Heights, Mich., near Detroit. Specializing in...
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TRUMPF presents award to distributor
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...
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Miyachi Unitek opens Laser Applications Lab in the Midwest
Miyachi Unitek has announced the opening of its new Midwest Laser Applications Lab. The new facility enables the company to work with customers...
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ICALEO to be held in November
The International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®) will be held Nov. 2-5 in Orlando. The conference brings...
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TRUMPF Inc. names West Coast sales representative
Larry Johnson has been named a district sales representative for TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn. In this role, he is responsible for sales activity...
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Cy Laser to distribute Italian laser systems in North America
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...
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TRUMPF receives Innovation award from Daimler
Daimler AG honored TRUMPF with its Key Supplier Award in the Innovation category on March 12, 2009, in Stuttgart, Germany as part of its Key...
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TRUMPF redesigning its business in Taiwan
The TRUMPF Group is redesigning its business in Taiwan. In addition to marketing machine tools and lasers, the company is strengthening its...
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ICALEO invites abstract submissions
The 28th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®) invites authors and presenters to participate in the...
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LIA announces 2009 Educational Achievement Award recipient
The Laser Institute of America has announced that Ken Barat, certified laser safety officer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will be...
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Prima North America announces laser system sale to IPG
Prima North America, Champlin, Minn., has sold a LASERDYNE® 795 XS system to IPG Photonics Corp. of Oxford, Mass. Prima says the installation...
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TRUMPF names vice president, lasers
Dr. Christian Schmitz is joining TRUMPF Inc. as the vice president, lasers, effective February 1. He will be located at the company's North...
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LIA to hold International Laser Safety Conference
Laser Institute of America (LIA), Orlando, Fla., will hold its International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC®) March 23-26 at John Ascuaga's...
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nLight acquires majority interest in Optotools
A supplier of high-power semiconductor lasers and fibers, nLIGHT Corp., Vancouver, Wash., has acquired a majority interest in Optotools GmbH,...
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LIA conference addresses laser safety
Laser Institute of America (LIA), Orlando, Fla., will present the International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC®), an event that addresses all...
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TRUMPF Canada names managing director
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has appointed James Rogowski as managing director of TRUMPF Canada. The company recently acquired the remaining...
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Forum explores shipyard applications for lasers
The second international forum on Shipyard Applications of Industrial Lasers (SAIL 2008) will aim to provide the shipyard community and...
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LAI adds officers to senior management team
LAI Intl. Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., a supplier of precision components and subassemblies for OEMs, has named two officers to its senior management...
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TRUMPF combines operations in China
TRUMPF, Germany, recently broke ground on a new production building in Taicang, China. The building will bring the company's three existing...
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AWS seeks nominations for Image of Welding Awards
The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, and its Welding Equipment Manufacturers Committee (WEMCO) seek nominations for the AWS sixth annual...
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LIA offers safety officer training course online
The Laser Institute of America (LIA), Orlando, Fla., an international society for laser applications and safety, now offers an online course for...
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AWS acquires Mexican welding tradeshow
The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, has entered into an agreement with Trade Show Consulting (TSC) to purchase Weldmex, the largest welding...
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FABTECH hosts 31,000 visitors, covers 461,627 sq. ft.
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show at McCormick Place in Chicago hosted more exhibiting companies and covered more exhibit...
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TRUMPF names director of spare parts in North America
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., recently named Claudio Schutz as director of spare parts in North America. Based in the Farmington headquarters,...
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Motoman adds senior general manager for Canada plant
Motoman Inc., West Carrollton, Ohio, recently named Trevor Jones as senior general manager of Yaskawa Motoman Canada, Mississauga, Ont. Jones has...
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FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and...
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LIA, OSHA renew alliance
The Laser Institute of America (LIA), Orlando, Fla., has renewed its alliance with the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health...
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TRUMPF acquires 100 percent of AFM, Canada
Sept. 6, 2007, TRUMPF Inc. acquired 100 percent of Advanced Fabricating Machinery (AFM), Canada. AFM was formed July 1, 1997 by TRUMPF Inc. and...
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Bystronic appoints managing director, Mexico
Bystronic has appointed Ferdinand Reyes as managing director of Bystronic Mexico, S.A. DE C.V., effective August 1, 2007. Reyes, who joined...
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Laser Mechanisms restructures senior management
Laser Mechanisms Inc. President William Fredrick has named Mark Taggart as managing director North American operations. Taggart previously served...
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TRUMPF, Jenoptik form joint venture
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., a manufacturer of fabricating machines and laser systems, has announced that the TRUMPF Group, Ditzingen, Germany,...
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Superior Joining celebrates 15th anniversary
Superior Joining Technologies Inc., Machesney Park, Ill., celebrated its 15th anniversary with a luncheon that included staff, friends of the...
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Harris Products Group creates scholarship in honor of retiree
The Harris Products Group, Gainesville, Ga., has established a scholarship in honor of Larry Schweikert, who recently retired after 32 years with...
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Haas Laser Technologies launches Web site
Haas Laser Technologies Inc., Flanders, N.J., has launched a new Web site at www.haaslti.com. The site includes information, specifications, and...
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TRUMPF opens new offices in Seoul
TRUMPF officially opened its company headquarters in the TRUTEC building in Seoul, South Korea, June 12, 2007. The new offices are located in...
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PRC opens office in China
PRC Laser, Landing, N.J., has opened a new technical and business office the AMT Shanghai Technical Center located in China's Shanghai Waigaoqiao...
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TRUMPF names new distributors
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named its machine tool distributors for Louisiana and Michigan. The Hampton Co., Plano, Texas, represents the...
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TRUMPF supports science center exhibit
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., is supporting an innovative new exhibit at the Connecticut Science Center. Now under construction in Hartford and...
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TRUMPF opens manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico
TRUMPF has opened a new sales, service, demonstration, and production facility in Monterrey, Mexico. The 6,400-sq.-meter production building uses...
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TRUMPF receives innovation prize
TRUMPF Inc. has received a Connecticut Quality Improvement Award silver level Innovation Prize. The award recognizes the company for its SYNCHRO...
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PICALO 2008 headed to Beijing
The Laser Institute of America (LIA), the organization that hosts ICALEO® (International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics)...
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Fronius USA moves to new facility
Fronius USA LLC, an Austrian-established provider of welding equipment, has relocated its North American operation to larger quarters in Brighton,...
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LIA launches career center
The Laser Institute of America (LIA) has launched the LIA Career Center, a new online resource designed to help job seekers find opportunities in...
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TRUMPF appoints Laser Technology Center general manager
Tim Morris has been appointed general manager of TRUMPF Inc.'s Laser Technology Center in Plymouth, Mich. He reports to Dr. Holger Schlueter, vice...
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Mitsubishi Laser, Ncell form partnership
Mitsubishi Laser has announced its exclusive partnership with Ncell Automation, a provider of automation integration software for precision...
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Air Liquide appoints distributor network director
Air Liquide America L.P., which provides packaged and specialty gases in the U.S., has appointed Michael (Mike) Stoddard as director of its ALNET...
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Preco, PaR form sales/integration partnership
Preco Inc., Lenexa, Kan., and PaR Systems Inc., St. Paul, Minn., have partnered in the sales and integration of industrial-based laser processing...
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TRUMPF names machine tool distributor
Fabricating Equipment Co. has been named as a machine tool distributor in southern Texas for TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn. Lynn Moore continues...
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TRUMPF breaks ground on new facility
TRUMPF Inc. broke ground Nov. 21 on a new laser building being built on its Farmington, Conn., campus. The new research and manufacturing facility...
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AWS publishes titanium welding standard
The American Welding Society (AWS) has announced its newly published standard on titanium welding, AWS G2.4/G2.4M:2007, Guide for the Fusion...
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EWI names aerospace market leader
EWI, Columbus, Ohio, has appointed Brian Bishop as an aerospace market leader. Bishop has more than 25 years' experience in the aerospace...
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Praxair acquires Hobart Industrial Gases
Praxair Distribution Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair Inc., has acquired Hobart Industrial Gases of Fort Wayne, Ind. Since 1956, Hobart Industrial...
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TRUMPF's laser facility construction plan approved
TRUMPF Inc. has received town approval to construct a new laser facility at its Farmington, Conn., campus. The laser factory is designed to...
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TRUMPF announces new distributors
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named new machine tool distributors in Nebraska, western Iowa, and Florida. Hegman Machine Tool now...
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TRUMPF honors sales achievement award winners
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., presented its 2006 sales achievement awards to Advanced Fabricating Machinery, Hart Machine Tool Inc., and TECSA...
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TRUMPF Inc. names vice president, laser
Dr. Holger Schlueter has been appointed as vice president, laser for TRUMPF Inc., a subsidiary of the TRUMPF Group. In this new role, Schlueter...
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TRUMPF introduces disk laser system
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., unveiled its TruDisk 6002 laser with 6-kW laser power and 8-mm mrad beam quality to international customers and...
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Malaysian demand for welding equipment, consumables to expand
Frost & Sullivan has reported that demand for welding equipment in Malaysia is set to expand as foreign investment boosts the general level of...
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TRUMPF names regional managers
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has appointed Dan Hoff and Carl Freehauf as regional managers. Hoff is responsible for Minnesota, North Dakota,...
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INTECH North America challenges fabricators
TRUMPF Inc. brought 80 people from 60 companies representing 23 states, Mexico, and Canada to its INTECH North America 2006 in-house "tradeshow"...
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Airgas names new regional presidents, acquires Byrne Specialty Gases
Airgas Inc., Radnor, Pa., has named Dan Tatro as president of Airgas Nor Pac and Doug Jones as his replacement as president of Airgas...
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TRUMPF presents Laser Champion Award
The TRUMPF Laser Technology Center, Plymouth, Mich., has presented Frank DiPietro with the first Laser Champion Award for his lifetime...
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MC Machinery Systems names marketing manager
MC Machinery Systems Inc., Wood Dale, Ill., has hired Patrick Simon as marketing manager to lead marketing efforts for all product divisions and...
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Praxair announces new staff appointments
Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has made several new appointments to its staff. Bob Phillips is Northeast U.S. division general manager; Randy...
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MC Machinery Systems Canada opens new facility
MC Machinery Systems Canada Inc. has opened a new technology center in Richmond Hill, Ont. The facility showcases technology from Mitsubishi EDM,...
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LIA Great Lakes Chapter meeting scheduled for April
The Laser Institute of America (LIA) has announced that the first formal meeting of the Great Lakes Chapter will be held Tuesday, April 11, 2006....
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Harsco GasServ announces appointments
Harsco GasServ, Mechanicsburg, Pa., a division of Harsco Corp., has appointed James E. Cline as president and has promoted Mark Fleischer and Jeff...
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EWI announces high-power ultrasonics initiative
EWI today announced a new initiative intended to expand the use of high-power ultrasonics (HPU) in the manufacturing, materials processing,...
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Praxair acquires Constar LLC
Praxair Distribution Inc., Danbury, Conn., a subsidiary of Praxair Inc., has acquired the packaged gas business and facilities of Constar LLC,...
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Praxair, Liburdi form marketing agreement
Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has announced that its packaged gases subsidiary, Praxair Distribution Inc., has signed a joint marketing agreement...
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BOC adds Merriam-Graves to distributor network
The BOC Group, Murray Hill, N.J., has added Merriam-Graves, Charlestown, N.H., to its network of independent distributors. Merriam-Graves is a...
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Harris Calorific, Airgas form agreement
Harris Calorific Inc., Gainesville, Ga., and Airgas Inc., Radnor, Pa., have announced an agreement to jointly market gases and gas control...
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Praxair Distribution, Preco form alliance
Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has announced that its subsidiary, Praxair Distribution Inc., has formed an alliance with Preco Inc. to promote and...
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LIA announces biennial conference
The Laser Institute of America has announced the 8th biennial International Laser Safety Conference will be held March 19-22, 2007, at the San...
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PRC Laser hires director of sales and service
PRC Laser, Landing, N.J., has hired Dan Robinson as its director of sales and service. Robinson is responsible for all sales, marketing, and...
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TRUMPF achieves laser delivery milestone
Nineteen years after producing its first CO 2 laser (the TLF 1000), TRUMPF has delivered its 10,000th laser of the series. A TLF 5000 laser with...
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