History

Creation of LASEA

Development of coating removal applications (patented)

First industrial unit for glass coating removal

Development of laser decontamination technology (patented)

Development of plastic welding & marking technology

Coating removal machines with worldwide glass manufacturers

First 10 laser systems sold for pharmaceutical industry

European FP6 project Naginels (Traceability and anti-counterfeiting applications)

40th plastic welding systems

First installations of “on-the-fly” film cutting & pharmaceutical traceability lines

Creation of TrackInside (NaginelsTM technology)

ITM award as “Best practice in process”

Installation of plastic welding, marking, coating removal, and cutting production lines for pharmaceutical, automotive and beverage industries

2.000.000 € Turnover reached

Increase of plastic welding, marking, and coating removal installations

First installation of femtosecond micromachining system

New head office facilities

Launch of the range intended for use in hospitals (camera and marking machine for surgical instruments) – the first range of products in this field (GZA Hospital Group, Antwerp).

Entry of a French investment fund in the company’s capital.

Launching of standard laser micromachining machines – first 2 references (Switzerland / Belgium)

First line serialization for the pharmaceutical industry (Canada)

Setting up of LASEA France (Bordeaux) – a company specialized in micromachining

Launching of the new LS laser machines

Trophy of Excellence 2014 (JPME = Day of SMEs)

AWEX Export Award

Expansion of the building (1.000 m²)

Creation of LASEA United States

First installation of an extreme precision machine in the US (0.2 µm)

Creation of LASEA Switzerland

WOW company acquisition, leader in automated solutions development

Finalist at the competition of the promising company of ther year 2017

Software LS-Plume launching

First Award of the Export Competition 2018 organized by the AWEX (Walloon Agency for Export)

“Micron d’Or” of Micronora in the category “Machines-Tools”

LASEA acquires the OPTEC company, laser machines manufacturer, specialized in femtosecond and excimer lasers, dedicated to the medical and to the electronic industry.

LASEA headquarter (Liège, Belgium) moves into a new building of 3500 sqm.

LASEA acquires the French company Laser Cheval and the LASEA Group becomes the number 1 in Europe for laser micromachining.