
Raydiance Chief Scientist Dr. Michael Mielke will be a featured presenter at The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO®), part of the
World of Photonics Congress, May 13-17 in Munich, Germany.
Dr. Mielke will present a paper titled “High energy, monolithic fiber femtosecond lasers,” a breakthrough technology that doubles the energy and power from industrial fiber femtosecond laser architecture to enable the next wave of faster precision micromachining solutions. »
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(Petaluma, Calif., March 11, 2013) Raydiance, the world leader in industrial grade femtosecond laser manufacturing solutions, today announced that Chief Executive Officer Richard Pierce will participate in the Emerging Laser Panel at
Piper Jaffray's Technology, Telecommunications and Media Conference on Wednesday, March 13, at the Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York City.
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FARMINGTON, Conn. and PETALUMA, Calif., Feb. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (Nasdaq:HRZN) ("Horizon"), a leading specialty finance company that provides secured loans to venture capital and private equity backed development-stage companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and clean-tech industries, today announced that it has closed a $6 million venture loan facility with Raydiance, Inc. ("Raydiance"), a market leading provider of femtosecond laser-based, precision manufacturing solutions for the medical, automotive and consumer electronics markets. The proceeds of the venture loan will be used to support Raydiance's continued growth. »
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Raydiance Chief Scientist Dr. Michael Mielke will serve as Session Chair and Judge at Photonics West, the largest laser technology conference in North America.
Dr. Mielke will chair Session 5 of the Frontiers in Ultrafast Optic track: Ultrafast Laser Sources and Instrumentation on Monday, February 4, at 8:00 a.m. He will also judge the semifinals of the conference’s $10,000 Startup Challenge, where entrepreneurs in photonics have three minutes each to pitch their business ideas to technical and business leaders in the field.
“The frontier of ultrafast laser applications is full of opportunity,” Mielke said. “From new entrepreneurs to proven solutions like our at Raydiance, we’re focused on solving the world’s most challenging precision processing challenges.”
Photonics West will be held February 2-7 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Some 20,000 attendees and 1500 exhibitors are expected.
About Raydiance, Inc.
Raydiance develops and produces precision manufacturing solutions enabled by femtosecond laser technology. Raydiance solutions feature ready-to-integrate hardware and software packages that address complex manufacturing challenges, delivering dramatic value-improved products and lower manufacturing costs—to customers in the medical, industrial and consumer markets.
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(Petaluma, Calif., Jan. 29, 2013): Raydiance, the world leader in industrial grade femtosecond laser manufacturing solutions, has released the R-Drill 200, a packaged, factory-ready micro hole drilling solution for precision manufacturers.
“The R-Drill 200 creates flawless micro holes in less than a second,” said Philippe Brak, vice president of sales at Raydiance. “Based on the Raydiance R-200 platform, the R-Drill 200 is faster, more accurate and more cost-effective than any available electrical, mechanical or laser micro drilling technology.” »
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Raydiance, the world leader in industrial grade femtosecond laser manufacturing solutions, has doubled the processing speed of its R-series ultrafast product line. The R-200 features 10 watts of average power and can cut, drill, scribe and mark precision parts at breathtaking rates. »
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(Petaluma, Calif., Nov. 30, 2012): Raydiance, maker of the world’s first industrial grade femtosecond laser system, announced today that the company has been awarded $1 million from the U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to tailor the system’s performance for new military and commercial applications.
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(October 17, 2012, Petaluma, CA) Ultrafast lasers will be front and center at the
Laser Institute of America’s (LIA) Lasers for Manufacturing Event (LME) 2012. In addition to a tutorial on ultrafast lasers led by Reinhart Poprawe of Fraunhofer ILT, Tony Pisano will introduce attendees to the world’s first industrial grade femtosecond laser solution from Raydiance, Inc. »
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(Petaluma, Calif., August 14, 2012): Raydiance, Inc., has completed a $20 million growth financing, led by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, the investment arm of consumer technology giant Samsung Group. Raydiance says the new funds will be used to accelerate its consumer electronics efforts and to ramp up manufacturing to meet the demand for the company’s medical device, automotive, and other manufacturing customers.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Delphi Automotive (NYSE: DLPH) announced today that the company has been awarded a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a highly-versatile, energy-efficient method for micro-machining complex shapes. Utilizing ultrafast laser technology, the new manufacturing process will enable enhanced production of flow control holes in Delphi's gas direct injection (GDi) fuel injectors. »
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