Since floating IPG Photonics on the Nasdaq more than a decade ago, company founder Valentin Gapontsev has overseen a march to dominance in the high-power industrial laser sector, as IPG's fiber lasers usurped Nd:YAG and carbon dioxide sources. Since 2007, the company's annual sales have increased more than ten-fold, while IPG is now worth in excess of $10 billion. Image: Yahoo! Finance. |
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