| On the panel of the Gerd Herziger Session at AKL’24 in Aachen, Prof. Constantin Häfner, Executive Board Member for Research and Transfer at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, and Dr. Hagen Zimer, CEO Laser Technology and Member of the Executive Board at TRUMPF SE + Co. KG, turned a spotlight on the future of the photonics industry. They will continue the discussion at AKL’26 – International Laser Technology Congress. © Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany / Andreas Steindl.
Dr. Dennis Haasler of Fraunhofer ILT (left) and Steffen Rübling of TRUMPF with TRUMPF’s first industrial 1 kW UKP laser. To harness its full potential, the Aachen-based institute is currently developing suitable process strategies. © Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany / Ralf Baumgarten. |
