Photonics News 43
Photonics News Magazine - Issue 43
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Editorial
PN #43
The Digital Era Is Now
We cannot ignore that industry is transitioning at an increasingly rapid pace. What used to take about a century between two industrial revolutions, is now happening within a decade or even less. Digital capabilities are the driving forces that are leading us into a new age. One with instant fulfillment of changing customer needs and expectations, data transparency, access to more information than the human brain can ever process, and no trade-off between price, efficiency, and innovation.
Companies of the future are preparing today with the implementation of digitization technologies in product development, operation processes, and collaborative corporate structures. At LASER COMPONENTS, we are responding to these transformations with a mixture of long-term investments:
In January, LASER COMPONENTS Canada set a strong signal for the future at the Montreal location by acquiring the previously rented company building. LASER COMPONENTS Detector Group in Arizona is currently planning a new 26,000 ft2 building in which all detector technologies from LASER COMPONENTS will be developed and manufactured. New premises to design and manufacture optoelectronic modules are currently being inaugurated at the main LASER COMPONENTS GmbH production facility in Olching, Germany making it possible to achieve even higher quality and more efficient processes.
In the area of quality management, we have centralized responsibility among the LASER COMPONENTS companies with the aim of making market demands from the medical technology and automotive industries our standard.
Additionally, our internal corporate communication standards have recently been upgraded to a new digital platform that allows us to better bundle our know-how to complete future developments faster and more cost-effectively.
From an applications perspective, Industry 4.0 is in full swing, so we do not want to hold you any longer. Let’s connect and read about how photonics technologies are joining forces in new ways. Brought to you in yet another Photonics News.
Yours,
Gary Hayes
CEO/General Manager, Laser Components USA, Inc.
Industry 4.0
Beyond Borders
Even today, most people associate the “industrial revolution” with steam engines and smoking chimneys. Of course, we also know that production processes have changed significantly since then because progress cannot be slowed down. For a few years now there has been a new specter in the media: “Industry 4.0.” Everyone has heard of it before, and everyone has their own ideas about what’s behind it.
Laser Material Processing
Complex Structures with Additive Manufacturing
In the last decade, additive manufacturing has evolved from a laboratory tool to prototype production to a process that is also interesting for series production – just in time to help shape Industry 4.0. The decisive plus points include flexibility in the production process and the opening of new manufacturing possibilities with respect to geometry and/or material properties. Unlike casting or most ablative processes, additive methods allow the same machine to produce a wide variety of products without having to replace a single tool. The template that was transferred as a CAD file is all that matters. Complex geometric shapes can also be implemented in a short time.
New Products
Beyond Borders
LASER COMPONENTS USA - Your competent partner for optical and optoelectronic components in the United States.
Welcome to LASER COMPONENTS USA, Inc., your expert for photonics components. Each product in our wide range of detectors, laser diodes, laser modules, optics, and more is worth every Dollar ($/USD). Our customized solutions cover all conceivable areas of application: from sensor technology to medical technology. You can reach us here:
116 South River Road
Building C
Bedford, NH 03110
USA
Phone: +1 603 821 7040
Email: info(at)
