INTERVIEW Q What are the key sectors you will focus on in 2026?


We have four major sectors; Luxury (watches and jewellery), Med Tech (stents, cardiovascular components and surgical implants), Electronics & Semiconductor (including solar, batteries and interconnection packaging) and Aerospace & Defence (a growing market in the current geo-political area). Although the luxury market has weakened recently, the other markets are strong.


Q What are the biggest challenges you face?


Our biggest challenge is to maintain strategic focus. Although we would love to do everything, it is necessary to focus on the right areas as we can’t “play in all playgrounds”. It takes a significant time and budget to bring out each new machine, so we need to be sure we are focused on the right markets and territories. One significant challenge is geographical, we see the market in Asia as highly significant, and we need to invest more in our network to support that region. We have already installed many machines in China, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia and India, among other countries – and we see many more opportunities in the region.


Q What’s new and exciting in the pipeline? “ Q How does Artificial Intelligence impact your business?


AI is extremely important. The process of micro machining with lasers is very complicated and there are hundreds of parameters that need to be optimised. Conventional programming is complex and requires experts with experience to find the right recipe for particular combinations of process, material and geometry. In our business the software sells the hardware, and we are gathering extensive historical data sets to make the process of parameter selection and optimisation more rugged and straightforward. We need to implement this to make our machines more user friendly and to eliminate as much human error as possible.


Q What could be offered by laser source manufacturers to improve your business?


We challenge our suppliers to produce more accurate and stable laser output with higher pulse energy, average power and process throughput. Yield is very important to our customers, especially in fields like semiconductor manufacturing where we are always very keen to listen to their application needs. We are always on the lookout for the newest and best laser sources, and we have tested out many different suppliers.


Q What is the best thing about AILU membership for you? “


We are very happy to be part of AILU. The future starts in this kind of community, where we put aside competitive pressures and bring together our expertise to move technology forward. We are members of both AILU and CLP, and the way in which they collaborate is very important for the European laser community. Business intelligence and AILU's events and publications are very important. Our new partnership, making Photonic Solutions our exclusive partners in UK and Ireland, will promote greater engagement with AILU.


AILU's events and publications are very important.


We have a new machine for stent cutting called Hypostent which is equipped with twin laser sources and dual beam delivery - a conventional cutting head and fibre laser for cutting stents and a femtosecond laser with a separate scanning head for engraving, texturing and chamfering of edges. We have a second machine, LS4-P which is aimed at the watchmaking industry. With this machine, a manufacturer may replace 3 or 4 conventional machines, saving floor space, energy and cycle time with a more efficient laser solution.


A manufacturer may replace 3 or 4 conventional machines.


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