Faster processing, simpler operation – the latest version of LPKF’s CircuitCAM software promises 20 per cent higher productivity with no modification to the production systems.

Garbsen, 19 November 2008 – LPKF Laser & Electronics AG has been doing business in China for over 20 years, and now runs five successful offices with almost 60 employees in the country. By selling laser systems for stencil production, the company has slashed the market share of the old and complicated chemical etching method from 100% to less than 30%. And the installation of several hundred PCB prototyping systems has also made a considerable contribution to cutting environmental pollution by dispensing with the use of chemicals.

Universal, compact, inexpensive: the new ProtoLaser U from the german laser specialist LPKF Laser & Electronics AG, breaks new ground in the UV laser machining of different materials – and boasts an outstanding entry price.

Continuous quality assurance is vital for modern production processes. LPKF Laser & Electronics AG cleverly combines standard hardware with its StencilCheck software to thoroughly examine the quality of stencils.

“The laser technology business is not a sprint, it is a marathon. We have implemented the proper strategies in all our segments, and will profit in future from the intense development work we conducted in recent years,” says Bernd Hackmann at electronica. The Chairman of the Board of Man-aging Directors of the German specialist in micro processing went on to describe the company’s activities in the recent past, and present the fig-ures in the quarterly report covering the first nine months of the ongoing financial year.