Company

History

As a leading manufacturer of diode lasers for material processing, the name Laserline has become synonymous with this type of technology.
At the company’s headquarters in Mülheim-Kärlich near Frankfurt, Laserline develops and produces highly modular diode lasers. These are deployed world wide in a wide range of industrial applications.

The Company Laserline

The company, Laserline, started life in 1997 as one of the pioneers in the world of diode lasers and its development has been extremely successful and dynamic.

The first diode laser with an output power of 6,000 W was ready for the market by 1999, as was the first fiber-coupled diode laser.

Since 1999 the beam quality or maximum output with the same diameter fiber has doubled almost every two years, expanding Moore’s law in laser industry. Development aims to increase the output power of the diode laser and to improve the reliability of the systems for industrial production.

These product developments raised the profile of Laserline on a global scale, enabling it to establish and continually extend its position as a technology leader in the market.

Creative Ideas for Material Processing

Laserline’s success can be attributed to the competence of its personnel. Specialists and multifaceted experts from different fields work together on the development of the products – forming the basis for success.

The credo at Laserline focuses on the creative and disciplined transformation of new ideas into industrial innovations.

This assures manufacturing of the highest quality standards and enables us to develop customized system solutions which work economically and reliably, even under the toughest production conditions.

Year	Company History	Product Innovations
1997	Founded in Koblenz. Managing directors and owners: Volker Krause and Dr. Christoph Ullmann Company presentation at LASER '97 fair in Munich	Direct diode laser with 2,000 W
1998	Startup company award: 1st County award and 3^rd German award	Direct diode laser with 3,000 W First system with 100 diode laser units world wide Direct diode laser with 4,000 W
1999		First diode laser with 500 W, 600 µm fiber, NA 0.2 Direct diode laser with 100 W to 6,000 W with good beam quality
2000		First diode laser for cutting applications Diode laser with beam scanning unit
2001		Fiber-coupled diode laser with 4,000 W (1,500 µm fiber) or up to 2,000 W (1,000 µm fiber, NA 0.2)
2002	More than 35 employees, more than 300 lasers sold world wide for materials processing Move to new facility with 2,500 m²
2003	More than 40 employees	Fiber-coupled diode lasers with better beam quality: • 850 W in 400 µm fiber, NA 0.2 • 4,000 W in 1,000 µm fiber, NA 0.2
2004		Fiber-coupled diode lasers up to 6,000 W in 1,500 µm fiber (NA 0.2)
2005		Fiber-coupled and direct diode lasers with better beam quality: • 1,400 W in 400 µm fiber, NA 0.2 • 3,000 W in 600 µm fiber, NA 0.2 • 6,000 W in 1,000 µm fiber, NA 0.2 • Direct diode lasers up to 10,000 W performance
2006		Improved functionality of the supply units. New interfaces: bus, device net, Ethernet
2007	Larger production facility. Now 4,300 m²	Fiber-coupled diode lasers up to 4,000 W from the 400 µm fiber: Comparable beam quality and output power as lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser. Power up to 8,000 W from the 1,000 µm fiber.
2008	More than 65 employees, expansions in research, development, and service	• 2,500 W in 300 µm fiber, NA 0.2 • 10,000 W in 1,500 µm fiber, NA 0.2
2009	More than 75 employees	4 kW in 600 µm fiber NA 0.1, 10 kW in 1,000 µm fiber NA 0.2
2010	More than 85 employees

Competent and creative staff
Creative ideas for material processing
Visions converted into industrial innovation
Custom system solutions