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• Millerbernd Laser adds welder, breaks ground for a welding center
  Millerbernd Laser, Winsted, MN, has added a cutting-edge robotic technology system that will help meet its high-production volumes by making them more efficient, reliable, streamlined, and cost effective. To accommodate the addition of the new robotics system, the company announced the expansion of their 80,000-sq. ft. manufacturing facility by adding a 14,000-sq. ft. state-of-art welding center.
• Rofin laser wins design award at CeBIT
  The Rofin DQ series of lasers (see photo) manufactured by Rofin-Sinar Laser GmbH were awarded the iF Design Award at the recent CeBIT information technology trade fair in Hannover, Germany. More than 2700 products from 35 countries were asked to be considered for the prestigious award whose recipients are determined by an international jury of experts.
• 3D Systems collaborates with 3M to offer dental model production
  3D Systems Corporation, a provider of 3D Modeling, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions, today announced it will collaborate with 3M ESPE to offer compatibility between the 3M ESPE Lava Scan ST Design System and 3D Systems' high-volume dental printing systems for seamless digital production of dental wax-ups.
• Photovoltaic equipment manufacturers form association
  At a recent meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, a group of photovoltaic suppliers agreed to establish the International Photovoltaic Equipment Association.
• Huffman Corp. sells laser powder fusion welding system to Mitsubishi
  Huffman Corp., Clover, SC, has announced the sale of a dual capacity multi-axis laser powder fusion welding system to Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas Inc. (MPSA), Orlando, FL, with delivery in 2008. This system offers Laser Powder Fusion welding (a/k/a cladding) for restoration of tips, Z-notches, and other wear surfaces on turbine components like blades, vanes, and shrouds.
• 3D Systems launches material evaluation web site
  3D Systems Corporation, a provider of 3D modeling, rapid prototyping and manufacturing solutions, announced today that it has launched a material evaluation Web site equipped with online pricing capability that may be used to order non-commercial Stereolithography (SLA) and Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) parts.
• Eastec a success for attendees and exhibitors
  Eastec 2008, the most active of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) regional trade shows, had a great run in West Springfield, MA, this week.
• StockerYale expresses interest in buying Virtek Vision International
  Vision International Inc. has announced that it has received an unsigned, unsolicited letter from StockerYale Inc. pursuant to which StockerYale expressed an interest in pursuing the possible acquisition of Virtek. StockerYale is a NASDAQ Capital Markets listed company with a market capitalization of ~$19.1 M.
• EOS files patent infringement lawsuit against MCP in the US
  EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems, a manufacturer of laser-sintering systems, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the US District Court, South Carolina, against MCP Tooling Technologies Ltd. and MCP-HEK Tooling GmbH. The lawsuit alleges infringement of US Patent No. 5,753,171 through the manufacture, sale, and use of the Realizer product line from MCP in the US.
• Cymer demonstrates 25W of avg. EUV power for 1.5 hours, completes facility
  Cymer Inc., a supplier of light sources used in semiconductor lithography, announced this week at the Sematech EUV Source Workshop in New York that it has reached a milestone 25W of average extreme ultraviolet (EUV) power continuously for 1.5 hours, and is on track to achieve the 100W of average power needed for the first-scheduled delivery of production-ready EUV lithography tools in 2009.

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