With over 220 participants, the Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting organised by Photonics21 took place in Brussels on May 15–16, 2025, bringing together leaders from science, industry and politics.
This year's Annual Meeting had a strong focus on ensuring the continued representation of photonics in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
In her video message to the European photonics community, Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen stated that photonics is crucial for Europ...

On 14 May 2025, the spring meeting of the VDMA Working Group ‘Laser and Laser Systems for Material Processing’ took place at Weil Technology in Müllheim in the Markgräflerland region.
Host Florian Weil, CEO of Weil Technology, and Nikolas Meyer, Head of Sales and Industry Management and member of the working group's executive committee, welcomed the participants to a day of professional exchange, networking and discussions on current economic developments and technological...

Inter Expo Consult GmbH, in cooperation with VDMA Laser and Laser Systems for Material Processing and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK), is pleased to announce the official German Pavilion at LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA 2025. The trade fair will take place from 17th to 19th September 2025 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre in Bengaluru, India, alongside productronica India.
Advantages for exhibitors
The German Pavilion offers you as...

Photonics West, one of the world's most important trade fairs for optics and photonics, took place from 28 to 30 January 2025 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. For the first time, the German Pavilion was applied for by VDMA Laser and Laser Systems for Material Processing together with Spectaris, which represented an important step for the members.
The German Pavilion was organised by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and implemented by Mess...

From 31 March to 4 April 2025, the business development trip organised by the German-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (AHK Schweiz) in cooperation with the VDMA Working Group Laser and Laser Systems for Material Processing and the VDMA Quantum Technology and Photonics Forum offers German SMEs in the photonics and optics industry the opportunity to immerse themselves in the Swiss tech industry. Companies can present themselves to a high-calibre specialist audience, establish potential partnerships and e...

From September 15 to 19, 2024, the 13th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies [LANE 2024] will take place in the Stadthalle Fürth. Organized by the Bavarian Laser Center and the Institute for Photonic Technologies at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, the focus of LANE is on the exchange of current scientific results and developments on the application of lasers in research and production. The VDMA Working Group Laser and Laser Systems for Material Processing is a par...

The Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge (IFSW) at the University of Stuttgart cordially invites you to participate in the 12th Stuttgart Laser Technology Forum (SLT). The conference in English language will take place for the first time over three days, from 4 to 6 June 2024, in the Kursaal Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. The traditional invited talks will be supplemented by „contributed“ presentations. Experts from science, research and industry will talk about current and future developmen...

For the 14th time, laser manufacturers and laser users from various industries will meet at the biennial AKL - International Laser Technology Congress. In more than 80 presentations over three conference days, participants will be brought up to date with the latest technology and gain an insight into current research topics for tomorrow's production solutions. Together with the exhibition accompanying the conference and the live demonstrations at the Fraunhofer ILT, the AKL has established itsel...

The OPC UA Companion Specification 40530 and the VDMA Standard Sheet of the same name have been revised following a public consultation as a release candidate with the feedback collected and the Joint Working Group has unanimously confirmed the final document. The final document is now available for download on the homepages of the VDMA and the OPC Foundation.
OPC 40430 specifies an OPC UA information model for laser systems. Such a system is regarded as a self-contained unit that includes the...

At the autumn meeting of the VDMA Working Group Laser and Laser Systems for Material Processing (WG Laser), the members held an election to complete the board of directors and the Chairman and Deputy Chairman were confirmed.
Dr Hagen Zimer, Member of the Management Board and CEO Laser Technology at Trumpf, and Nikolas Meyer, Head of Sales and Industry Management and Member of the Executive Board at Weil Technology, were newly elected to the Board. Dr Christoph Ullmann was confirmed as Chairman...