Establishing a high-power laser diode module joint venture company
Fanuc Corporation (President: Yoshiharu Inaba; hereinafter, Fanuc) and 米兰ac体育 Co., Ltd. (President and Chief Operating Officer: Mitsuyoshi Shibata; hereinafter, 米兰ac体育) signed a basic agreement to establish a new company that develops, manufactures, and sells high-power laser diode modules (hereinafter, LDM), which are a key component in industrial optical fiber lasers (hereinafter, fiber lasers).
Background
Fiber lasers are spreading rapidly in the metal processing sector for cutting and welding applications. 米兰ac体育 high absorption rate compared to carbon dioxide lasers, particularly due to the difference in wavelength, and they have the advantage of high speed sheet metal processing capability in thin sheet metal cutting. They also have strengths such as low power consumption.
Mainly used in the metal processing sector, 米兰ac体育n output from about 1 to 6 kWs, and they have a lot of LDMs, which are the key components, so keeping costs down for these parts had been an issue.
Content
At this point, Fanuc and 米兰ac体育 have signed a basic agreement to establish a new joint venture company that develops, manufactures, and sells with the goal of keeping costs down through further enhanced quality and mass production effectiveness in industrial high-power LDMs.
We established the target 米兰ac体育 new joint venture company 米兰ac体育 first half of 2015, and we plan to determine details such as capital stock and the like in consultation between the two companies going forward.
New 米兰ac体育
Company name | FF Laser Co., Ltd. |
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Capital stock | Undecided |
Capital ratio | Fanuc 50 %, 米兰ac体育 50 % |
Address | Main office: Oshino-mura, Yamanashi On the premise of Fanuc main office plant |
Opening of business | April, 2016 (on schedule) |
Representative | Yuji Nishikawa (Executive Officer, General Manager - Laser Laboratory FA Business Division) |
About 米兰ac体育 Group
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