The high-tech company TRUMPF is acquiring 100 percent of Photonics GmbH from Philips, headquartered in Ulm, Germany. This opens up a new market segment for TRUMPF in addition to its existing business with high-power diode lasers and expands its product portfolio.
The high-tech company TRUMPF will be presenting hardware and digital solutions in the field of laser technology from June 5 to 7, 2018 at LASYS in Stuttgart (hall 4, booth C51).
Despite recent debate over trade policy, the machine manufacturer and laser specialist TRUMPF is committed to China. The company employs more than 1,300 people at two Chinese sites, which together recently generated 404 million euros in annual revenue. During this past fiscal year, China was the third-largest market worldwide – surpassed only by Germany (622 million euros) and the United States (421 million euros).
Two in one: the new TruLaser Tube 5000 integrates the tube and thread cutting processes in one machine, saving time and logistical effort in production. The configuration of the new machine is as versatile as its applications and can be individually tailored to the production material flow.
Right from the start, the Chinese company SNBC knew that turning down a huge contract due to a lack of resources wasn’t even an option. The management team turned the situation to their advantage by bringing TRUMPF on board to help them conjure up a fully automated Industry 4.0 factory in record time.
The high technology company TRUMPF acquired the laser manufacturer AMPHOS on January 9, 2018. This strengthens the TRUMPF portfolio of laser products and technologies.
TRUMPF is selling a new laser cutting machine, the TruLaser 2030 fiber. Its intuitive operation, low investment and operating costs make it particularly suitable for the needs of businesses starting out in laser cutting. Equipped with up to four kilowatts of laser power, it is remarkably productive. If required, the TruLaser 2030 fiber is also capable of fully automatic manufacturing.
Industry 4.0 holds great potential for increasing productivity through new forms of collaboration between customers and system suppliers – especially through connected, predictive maintenance services. For example, TRUMPF increased the capacity of its laser welding lines by helping to reduce downtime at Daimler, and optimized its internal operating processes at the same time.
Thanks to its unique multi-laser principle, the TruPrint 5000 3D printer achieves outstanding times – also in series manufacturing. CTO Peter Leibinger sees potential revenues of half a billion euros in a timescale of five to seven years.
A LaserNetwork incorporating a TruLaser 5030 fiber and a TruLaser Robot 5020 is hardly a standard configuration. But for Werner Neumann, CEO at CBV Blechbearbeitung, this is the ideal combination. Both efficient and energy-saving, the network paves the way to an affordable start in laser welding, even when machining small batches.
