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• TRUMPF breaks ground for new China production facility
  TRUMPF has broken ground for a new production building in Taicang that will bring the three existing production operations into one facility starting in July 2009. In addition to combining machine tool and operating table production, the company will also include its model job shop for sheet metal parts in the facility, which will employ about 200 workers.
• Laser Photonics LLC to hire 100 in FL to fulfill contract
  Laser Photonics LLC plans to hire 100 more employees within six months, and up to another 300 within two years, thanks in part to a new contract worth between $30M-$70M with an undisclosed US company for the new Titan high-power fiber laser cutting system, capable of handling large-scale industrial cutting jobs, reports the Orlando Business Journal.
• First LIA International Enterprise Summit held in Beijing
  Influential chief executives from major laser and photonics companies came from China, North America, and Europe to participate in the first International Enterprise Summit held in Beijing, China, on April 17 during LIA's Pacific International Conference on Applications of Lasers and Optics (PICALO).
• The Innovation Award Laser Technology 2008 awarded to Daimler Dipl.-Ing
  Dipl.-Ing. Bertold Hopf has won the Innovation Award Laser Technology 2008 as representative of Daimler's RobScan project team. RobScan (robot-guided remote scanner) for laser beam welding is a new process developed for vehicle body construction by Hopf, Dr. Klaus Debschutz, and their project team within Daimler AG. Hopf was awarded the 10,000 Euro prize on May 8 at Aachen, Germany's town hall.
• German International Laser Technology Congress drew 500 visitors
  Around 500 newcomers and experts from the industrial and scientific sectors flocked to Aachen, Germany, for the International Laser Technology Congress ? AKL '08, held from May 7-9. As the organizer, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) in Aachen noted there was an over 20% increase in the number of visitors over the previous congress, the AKL '06.
• Laser MechEurope sales offices moving
  Laser Mechanisms Inc. has announced the move of its Laser MechEurope sales offices from Destelbergen, Belgium to Mariakerke, Belgium on June 2, 2008. The 2,500 sq ft facility will house sales offices, a showroom, a training room, a meeting room and expanded warehousing for inventory.
• EuroBLECH show to draw 1350 exhibitors; new visitor leaflet available online
  The EuroBLECH technology exhibition for sheet metal working, to be held October 21-25 in Hanover, Germany, already has booked 1350 exhibitors from 37 different countries. One of the exhibitors will be Industrial Laser Europe magazine, which will have issues available to visitors at its booth.
• IPG Photonics reports 27% increase in sales in 1Q08
  IPG Photonics Corp. today reported that revenues for the 1Q08 increased by 27% to $52.9 million and net income increased by 23% to $8.1 million from the 1Q07. Revenue growth for the quarter was driven by sales of the company's fiber lasers used for materials processing applications, which increased by 34% over the 1Q07 to $44.2 million, as well as strong sales to European and Asian markets.
• Rofin-Sinar Technologies reports 2Q08 net sales of $136.6M
  Industrial laser maker Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. said last week that net sales totaled $136.6M for the 2Q08 ended March 31, an 18%, or $20.5 million increase over the comparable quarter of FY07.
• Julien Inc. purchases 5 axis laser/3D to develop high-end products
  Julien Inc., Quebec, Canada, has purchased a state-of-the-art 5 axis laser/3D for three-dimensional cutting and welding for $1 million. European designed and until now mainly used in the automobile and aeronautics industries, this fast, highly sophisticated piece of equipment will make it possible for Julien, in conjunction with its Canadian and American industrial clients, to develop high-end products that previously were economically unfeasible.

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