NEWS FROM THE TRADE SHOWS AND CONGRESS - 40 Jahrfeier in München LASER World of PHOTONICS 2013 provides photonic industry with upswing The global elite of the photonics industry gathered at the LASER World of PHOTONICS and Europe’s largest Photonics Congress, the World of Photonics Congress, in Munich from 13 to 16 May 2013. The bottom line: more exhibitors than ever before, visitor numbers stable at a high level, a high number of product premieres and an insight into revolutionary technologies, such as 3D printing, digital photonic production, medical technology or biophotonics. The LASER World of PHOTONICS was celebrating 40 years of existence. The anniversary event was booked out like never before, closing with a record number of 1,136 exhibitors and represented companies.   NEWS FROM THE TRADE SHOWS AND CONGRESS more articles ( 15 )  Messe München Supporting program for the LASER World of PHOTONICS 2013  LASER World of PHOTONICS Laser technologies drive mobility and energy generation forward  11. International Laser Marketplace Insight into the global market of laser materials processing  PRODUCT INNOVATIONS more articles ( 362 )  Coherent Turnkey 550 mW, Sub-10 fs laser  Trumpf - C1.241 A wealth of laser expertise focused in one place - new beam sources for material processing  Rofin - C2.327 WE THINK LASER - new products provided by all business divisions  MARKET-TRENDS hide articles  beratungsgruppe wirth + partner Sunny prospects for young engineers and physicists in the Laser-/Optic-Industry  TRUMPF Laser - C1.241 New development center supports innovative efforts  Optech Consulting Sales of Lasers used in material processing hit record high on world market  Laser & Materialbearbeitung Jenoptik wins 2013 Vision Award for innovative 3D laser metal cutting  Strategies Unlimited Worldwide LED component market grow 9%  Jenoptik - DCD Systems Jenoptik strengthens its role as a leading global provider of traffic safety technology  Trendforce LED production value to grow in 2013  TrendForce Asia to rise as demand driver  MarketsandMarkets Growing photonic integrated circuit market   Trumpf Joint venture for ultrashort pulse laser  Messe München Precise, fast and flexible - Optical metrology at LASER World of PHOTONICS 2013  ElectroniCast Consultants LEDs used in medical and biophotonic devices   Zhaga Konsortium Exclusive insights into the latest Zhaga standards  MarketsandMarkets The laser market is experiencing a paradigm shift  LPKF Laser & Electronics AG Record demand for laser systems for cutting printed circuit boards  Yole Development Infrared camera sales with strong growth  Intersolar Europe 2012 Fuelled by the Sun - Solar power and E-Mobility can be combined  Osram LED plant strengthens the position in the lighting industry’s largest market  Optech Consulting Global market for Industrial Laser Systems worth US$10 Billion  Jenoptik-Konzern Fiscal year 2011 - sharp rise in profitability  LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA 2012 Photonics & Laser Technology to revolutionize Indian Manufacturing Industry  marketsandmarkets.com Life science and chemical equipment market is growing at a rapid rate  ENIAC JU European Research Project aims to increase solar power use and to deliver "Energy for a Green Society"  Jenoptik Major order worth over 40 million euros  Dräger - Jenoptik Strategic collaboration for optoelectronic system solutions  EBVLightLab Light laboratory allows customers to perform photometric measurements and analyse their lighting projects  Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. Laser Technology from Lower Saxony Goes West  iSuppli Italy set to surpass Germany as world’s leading solar market  Jenoptik Official opening of Jenoptik's new representative office in China  Jenoptik New application in laser material processing  GBI OLEDS with dramatic growth  LASER World of PHOTONICS CHINA and World of PHOTONICS Sino-German Collaboration for Machine Vision Pavilion  TRUMPF Record Growth - company’s largest ever rise in revenues  Jenoptik Jenoptik is expanding its laser production at the Berlin site as a result of high customer demand  NPD Increased demand for LED lighting  Trumpf Machine tool manufacturer sales jump by 51 percent  TECHNOLOGY more articles ( 61 )  Michigan Technological University 3D printing slashes optics lab costs  Lasertechnik ILT Laser Glass Soldering  Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) Light for people with eye diseases  PHOTONICS INTERVIEW more articles ( 6 )  INTERVIEW Dr. Helmut Selbach, Polytec GmbH All facets of light  INTERVIEW Prof. Dr. Waidelich From a congress trade fair to a trade fair with congress  INTERVIEW Dr. Wilhelm Kaenders, Toptica Photonics AG Innovation, creativity and public perception  WHO'S MOVED more articles ( 6 )  Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton Queen knights fiber Laser pioneer  OSA The OSA mourns the loss of Tingye Li  John Tyndall Award James Coleman wins John Tyndall Award  CAREER TIPS Laser Components Pulsed laser modules are as small as a matchbox  produktinnovationen u2t Photonics The world’s fastest coherent photodetector up to 64 Gbaud  Spectrum Technologies Two new models of free-standing, fixed beam laser systems with a high speed moving stage  Conemtech IEEE 1588 Technology to the Fiber