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SPI Lasers appoints Christian Schmitz as new CEO

Date Announced: 05 Mar 2014

To build on the considerable success of SPI, the TRUMPF group are investing in further resources available to the company, particularly into Research and Development. As part of these changes the CTO of the TRUMPF laser division Dr. Christian Schmitz will take up the new role as CEO of SPI lasers, assuming full responsibility in guiding SPI forward in the company’s growth and development. Christian’s technical knowledge, experience, and ability to gather group resources, especially in the high powered arena will prove to be a great advantage to SPI.

John Tinson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at SPI says “Over the last year SPI have seen significant changes in the fiber laser markets, one outcome from these changes has been a rapid expansion in market size and opportunity, and it is vital that SPI takes maximum advantage of this, this is an exciting time for and we welcome Christian to the team.”

About SPI Lasers

SPI Lasers, a wholly owned subsidiary of the TRUMPF Group, is a leading designer and manufacturer of optical fiber-based lasers for use in materials processing applications in a wide range of industries. Our technology solves manufacturing problems; it moves the boundaries of what is possible, making good products better and enabling new designs. Headquartered in Southampton, United Kingdom, SPI Lasers has been operating since 2000 and was admitted to AIM on 26 October 2005. SPI Lasers sells its products globally, and has its major business operations, including research and development, and manufacturing, in the United Kingdom, with additional sales and customer support locations in Asia and North America.

Contact

Zoe Knill
SPI Lasers
Corporate Press and Public Relations
Phone +44 (0)1489 774515

E-mail: Zoe.knill@spilasers.com

Web Site: www.spilasers.com/

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