Coherent (company)

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Coherent, Inc.
legal form Corporation
ISIN US1924791031
founding 1966
Seat Santa Clara , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
management Andy Mattes ( CEO )
Number of employees 5,218
sales 1,723,000,000 USD
Branch Laser manufacturer
Website www.coherent.com
As of November 21, 2018

Coherent, Inc. is a laser and accessories manufacturer based in Santa Clara , California , USA . The company was founded in 1966 by Eugene Watson as a spin-off from Spectra-Physics .

German branches are in Dieburg for sales and as production sites in Göttingen , Kaiserslautern and Lübeck .

Acquisitions

Laser Optronic

The Laser Optronic GmbH was a company for laser precision devices, headquartered in Munich, the Falk F. Strascheg was founded in 1971 as a distributor of lasers and laser components, after his previous employer, the British company Laser Associates had gone bankrupt. Laser-Optronics dealt mainly with the construction of laser precision devices, also for the military. So it was as a subcontractor for Krauss-Maffei , for example involved in the Leopard 2 . The company manufactured laser marking systems and laser cutting machines. In 1981 the company began researching its own CO 2 laser beam sources. Coherent bought Laser-Optronics after an investigation into Laser-Optronic for divulging military secrets. Under Coherent, research on the CO 2 laser continued, but without success.

In 1989 Rofin took over the company from Coherent.

Lambda Physik, Tui Laser, Bavaria Photonics and Lumera Laser

In 1982 Coherent became the majority shareholder (in 2005 complete takeover and exclusion of minority shareholders ) of the German laser manufacturer Lambda Physik , which was later renamed Coherent. In June 2005 Coherent took over the Munich laser companies Tui Laser and Bavarian Photonics. The Munich location was reduced to 2 employees and activities were relocated to Göttingen. At the end of 2012, Coherent announced the takeover of the German company Lumera Laser, which was at times world market leader in the field of ultra-short pulse lasers for industrial micromachining.

Lumera laser

At the end of 2012, Coherent expanded its expertise in the field of industrial picosecond lasers with the acquisition of the German laser manufacturer Lumera Laser.

See also

Web links

Coherent Germany GmbH

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Management. In: investors.coherent.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Coherent 2017 Form 10-K Report , accessed November 21, 2018
  3. ^ Eugene Watson on the founding of Coherent ( Memento January 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), ab. December 8, 2009
  4. ↑ Founder looks back as Coherent marks 40 years in business , Laser Focus World , Aug. 1, 2006, (Engl.)
  5. ^ Coherent branches in Germany , website Coherent Germany, ab. on December 8, 2009
  6. ↑ Thomas A. Jesch: Private Equity Investments: Economic, Legal and Tax Framework Conditions from an Investor's Point of View , Gabler Verlag 2004, ISBN 3409117962 , page 121.
  7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.startupweekendmuenchen.de
  8. ↑ Falk F. Strascheg. In: sce.de. April 30, 2020, accessed May 25, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Laser + Elektro-Optik, AT-Fachverlag, 1979, Volumes 11-12, page 56.
  10. ↑ Laser focus with fiberoptic communications, Advanced Technology Publication 1980, Volume 16, Issues 1–6, page 66.
  11. ↑ a b Rofin Sinar Laser GmbH - manufacturer of lasers and system solutions for industrial material processing and marking. In: xpertgate.de. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
  12. ↑ a b c Electronics company in the twilight, in Der Spiegel from July 6, 1981. ( online ).
  13. ↑ a b milestones. In: rofin.de. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Laser cutting machines. In: UsedMaschinen-Journal.de. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Laser focus with fiberoptic technology, Advanced Technology Publications 1983, Volume 19, Issues 2–6, page 12.
  16. ↑ J. Filler; European Economic Community: Developments in the science and technology of composite materials: Fourth European Conference on Composite Materials, Stuttgart 1990, Springer, 1990, ISBN 1851665625 , page 90.
  17. ↑ Special edition EuroLaser June 2006 (PDF; 453 kB) Classics on a new path , down. on December 8, 2009
  18. ↑ Annual Report 2015. (PDF) In: lasers.coherent.com. 2016, accessed on May 25, 2020 .