High-tech company TRUMPF unveiled one of the world’s most powerful show
lasers
Ditzingen/Pune, August 10, 2023 – This year marks the 100th anniversary of the German
high-tech company TRUMPF, which is based in the Stuttgart region. The special day fell
on August 6, 2023 – and the laser experts decided to celebrate it in style! True to its
name, TRUMPF set out to trump all previous efforts by firing one of the world´s most
powerful show lasers. The show laser shone from Thursday, Aug. 3, from sunset until
Sunday, Aug. 6, shortly after midnight. Under the right weather conditions, the laser was
visible up to 80 kilometers away.
In fiscal year 2022/23, the TRUMPF Group employed some 17,900 people and generated
sales of about 5.4 billion euros (preliminary figures). With over 90 companies, TRUMPF
has a presence in all the world’s key markets. Its products are helping to pave the way for
promising technologies that hold the key to a successful future.
Spectacularly green, amazingly efficient
The green laser light is produced by a particularly energy-efficient laser with three
kilowatts of power. Show lasers are not part of TRUMPF’s core business, so its
customers would normally use this kind of system for tasks such as welding electric vehicle batteries. The company ships its lasers to industrial companies all over the world.
The semiconductor industry, the automotive industry, and the medical-device sector are
just some of the areas in which TRUMPF lasers are used. Alongside its laser business,
TRUMPF is also one of the world’s leading providers of machine tools for flexible sheet metal fabrication. This is the business in which the company originally made a name for
itself.
100 years of innovation
This year marks the achievement of a major milestone. In 1923, Christian Trumpf
together with two partners acquired the mechanical workshops previously occupied by
Julius Geiger GmbH in Stuttgart. This laid the foundations for the company, which from
1937 operated under the name TRUMPF. From the mid-1930s, TRUMPF specialized in
the production of manual machinery for simple sheet-metal processing tasks. In the
1950s, the company’s focus shifted to stationary machine tools. As early as 1985,
TRUMPF launched its first own laser, laying the foundation for its rise as a laser expert.
Today, the TRUMPF brand stands not only for machine tools and laser technology, but
also provides solutions for promising technologies that hold the key to the future, such as
e-mobility and the EUV lithography systems used to produce cutting-edge computer
chips.
About TRUMPF
TRUMPF is a high-tech company offering manufacturing solutions in the fields of machine tools and laser technology. The Company drives digital connectivity in manufacturing through consulting, platform products, and software. TRUMPF is one of the technology and market leader in highly versatile machine tools for sheet metal processing and in the field of industrial lasers. In 2022/23, the company employed some 17,900 people and generated sales of about 5.4 billion euros (preliminary figures). With over 90 companies, the TRUMPF Group is represented in nearly every European country as well as in North America, South America, and Asia. The company has production facilities in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, the United States, Mexico, and China.
Find out more about TRUMPF at www.trumpf.com
