ClassOne Technology of Kalispell, MT, USA, which manufactures wet-chemical processing equipment (especially for emerging markets and other cost-conscious users of ≤200mm substrates), has sold a Solstice S8 plating system to semiconductor ...
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It's hard to escape the positive vibe that is currently circulating within the optics industry. As well as publishing record results in quarter one, many of the industry's big hitters have also published encouraging growth forecasts for ...
Tags: optics industry, cosmetic medical systems, semiconductor tools
An outbreak of cautious optimism in optics and laser markets is fueling the hope that the economic slowdown may be over. Not all vendors are cheerful however, with the order books of some in the materials processing sector continuing to ...
Pricing pressures and a varied international outlook are still facts of life for industrial laser vendors, but overall demand remained in line with expectations during the first quarter of 2014. The regular survey of vendors carried ...
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Affected by the factors such as the slowdown in macro-economic growth, the decelerated growth of fixed-assets investment, and rapid capacity expansion of downstream sectors in the early stage, China’s machine tool industry has showed ...
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Laser sales set to grow with recovering economies 10 Feb 2014 Seminar in San Francisco hears that sensing applications will be a key growth driver in the coming years. Lasers on show The global laser industry, strong in many areas ...
Tags: Lasers, 3D printing, Nogee, GDP
China is the world's largest producer and consumer of machine tools, contributing 29.4% of the global output value and 45.1% of the global consumption of machine tools in 2012. Since H2 2011, affected by the severe domestic and ...
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Trumpf, German machine tool manufacturer, will take over 72% equities in Jiangsu Jinfangyuan CNC Machines; the remaining 28% equities will be maintained by existing shareholders of Jinfangyuan. Jinfangyuan will retain company name and ...
Laser markets keep on an even keel 31 Jul 2013 Longbow Research finds vendors reporting no rude surprises, while fiber laser players continue to tussle. Materials processing The fortunes of US laser vendors during the second quarter of ...
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$4 billion agreement will see the world's leading chip maker fund R&D and take an equity stake in ASML. Eric Meurice:pushing Moore's law Intel is set to acquire up to a 15%equity stake in the semiconductor equipment specialist ...
Boeing lands$16M laser weapon follow-up 08 Oct 2012 Defense contractor agrees follow-on contract with US Army Space and Missile Command for 10kW solid-state system. Boeing is to develop a truck-mounted 10kW laser weapon for the US Army. ...
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Laser vendors stay cautiously optimistic 24 Oct 2012 Longbow Research finds industrial demand staying positive and fiber lasers gaining market share in the third quarter of 2012. Big business: QCW sources from IPG The regular quarterly ...
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Over 1,000 machine-tool manufacturers from all over the world have signed up for a total of 8,700 booths with organizers of the Taipei International Machine Tool Show 2013(TIMOS 2013),but only 960 exhibitors with 5,300 booths are allowed. ...
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Sony's diode lasers claim 2012 Leibinger prize 17 Sep 2012 Mass production of laser diodes and backwards compatible optical data storage recognized with biennial Zukunftspreis. Osamu Kumagai, a senior VP at Sony, has won the 2012 ...
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The German laser company Trumpf is to supply the car maker BMW with 14 of its “TruDisk” lasers, with shipments scheduled to begin this October. Trumpf says that the laser units will feature a variety of beam ...