When Armin Luft founded the company in the mid-1980s, he did not yet know the he was laying the foundations for a photonics success story. At the turn of the century, however, it became clear the electronics had meet their successor: photonics.
2018 Laser 2000 Iberia, is being put on a new footing. 2016 25-year company anniversary of Laser 2000 SAS. 2016 Armin Luft is appointed a Senator of the German Economy. 2009 Sales office opens in Vienna. 2006 Foundation of Laser 2000 SAS in Madrid, Spain. 2003 Takeover of Arbus Optronics in Norrköping, Sweden, which is renamed as Laser 2000 Nordics. Sales offices open in Stockholm and Gothenburg. 1998 Foundation of Laser 2000 SA in Brussels, Belgium. 1992 Move into new building with showroom, application rooms with optical tables for tests and feasibility studies, seminar rooms, storage, and administration. 1991 Foundation of Laser 2000 SAS in Paris, France. 1988 Relocation due to lack of space to Puchheim, near Munich. | 2018 Gimv invests in Laser 2000 and acquires a majority stake. 2017 Laser 2000 becomes the first company to offer blue lasers in the KW range. 2016 30-year company anniversary of Laser 2000 GmbH. 2011 For the first time, Laser 2000 generates more than €50 million in sales, with the help of 100 employees. 2008 Laser 2000 SAS, France opens sales office in Bordeaux. 2005 Strategic alliance with 3D Micromac, Chemnitz, for the development and marketing of laser-assisted systems for ophthalmics. 1999 Foundation of Laser 2000 CV in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 1995 Foundation of Laser 2000 AG in Zurich, Switzerland. 1992 Foundation of Laser 2000 UK in Northampton, England. 1991 Construction begins on the company’s own building in Wessling/Oberpfaffenhofen, near Munich. 1986 Foundation of Laser 2000 in Munich by Armin Luft, with the aim of bringing lasers and photonics to a broad clientele and making the advantages of this technology available to everyone through products from world-leading, innovative companies. |