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Industry Updates Highlights 2008 p19 of 23:

• World of Laser & Photonics China presents latest in industrial applications
  The booming Chinese market's demand for industrial laser and photonics systems is continuously increasing. Consequently, the industry has record high growth potential.
• Nihon Weed purchases Sinterstation Pro SLS system from 3D Systems
  3D Systems Corp. has announced that Nihon Weed of Tokyo, Japan, has purchased a Sinterstation Pro 230 SLS system, expanding the company's rapid prototyping and manufacturing capabilities to meet increasing demand for functional, durable automotive parts.
• EUVA purchases Powerlase lasers for advanced semiconductor fabrication
  Powerlase Ltd. has announced that the Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography System Development Association (EUVA) has made a further purchase of its Starlase AO8 lasers. The lasers will be used by the EUVA for continued research into next-generation semiconductor manufacturing.
• ESI receives multisystem order from China's Hangzhou Silan Azure Corp.
  ESI's New Wave Research (NWR) Division has received a multiple-system order from Hangzhou Silan Azure Corp. Ltd. for its AccuScribe 2112 laser-scribing equipment. China-based Silan Azure?a manufacturer of full-color LED chips?will use the AccuScribe systems to expand production capacity for its high-volume, HB-LED applications.
• 3D Systems begins registration for its October World Conference
  3D Systems Corp. has posted a preliminary agenda and begun registration for its annual World Conference on topics that discuss all facets of additive manufacturing technology and its practical applications. The event is scheduled for October 20-23, 2008, in Charlotte, NC.
• Aerotech announces new brochure on automation solutions for laser processing
  Aerotech is now offering its completely updated and redesigned brochure titled Automation Solutions for Laser Processing, Medical Device Manufacturing, and Life Sciences. The brochure features the company's latest advanced systems and components used in laser processing and medical applications.
• Senate science funding support lauded by optics community
  A recent letter sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee by eight US senators for $350 million in additional science funding is being applauded by SPIE members and others in the optics industry. The letter asks for additional current-year funding of $250 million for the DOE Office of Science and $100 million for the National Science Foundation, said Richard M. Johnson of the American Institute of Physics.
• SORB Engineers replace laser machines with Prima automated laser cutting cell
  SORB Engineers has decided to replace its two existing laser machines with a state-of-the-art automated laser cutting cell from Prima Industrie UK. The result is a customized installation delivering faster and more accurate profiling, as well as a 'lights out' capability, and 40% extra material capacity than standard.
• Prism Electronics designs, manufactures PCBs for GSI Group's fiber laser
  Prism Electronics, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, UK, has used its engineering skills to assist GSI Group, a Rugby-based laser manufacturing company, to break into the growing fiber laser products market. Prism has helped design and manufacture a number of printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are central to GSI's new fiber laser, which is now being rolled out to selected GSI Group customers.
• PICALO Conference will host its first International Enterprise Summit
  The 3rd Pacific International Conference on Applications of Lasers and Optics (PICALO) will host its first International Enterprise Summit. The conference takes place April 16-18 in Beijing, China.

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