{"id":60184,"date":"2024-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/laserline-acquires-majority-stake-in-us-company-wbc-photonics\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:05:57","slug":"laserline-acquires-majority-stake-in-us-company-wbc-photonics","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/it\/transaction\/laserline-acquires-majority-stake-in-us-company-wbc-photonics\/","title":{"rendered":"Laserline acquisisce una quota di maggioranza della societ\u00e0 statunitense WBC Photonics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Con l\u2019acquisizione di una partecipazione del 70% nello specialista dei laser <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbcphotonics.com\/en\/\"><strong>WBC Photonics<\/strong><\/a><strong>, con sede a Boston, <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laserline.com\/en-int\/\"><strong>Laserline <\/strong><\/a><strong>amplia il proprio portafoglio di soluzioni includendo laser industriali a diodi blu caratterizzati da una qualit\u00e0 del fascio particolarmente elevata. Oltre a sistemi laser con potenze CW attualmente fino a 4 kW \u2013 al momento il livello di potenza pi\u00f9 elevato nel settore dei laser blu \u2013 l\u2019azienda offre ora anche laser con elevatissima focalizzabilit\u00e0 e qualit\u00e0 del fascio pari o superiori a 4 mm mrad. <\/strong><\/p><p>Laserline ha acquisito il 70% delle azioni dello specialista statunitense dei laser WBC Photonics, con sede a Boston. Attraverso questa acquisizione strategica, il produttore tedesco di laser a diodi amplia la propria offerta includendo sistemi laser blu con qualit\u00e0 del fascio particolarmente elevate, inferiori a 4 mm mrad. L\u2019operazione posiziona Laserline come fornitore full-service di laser a diodi nella gamma delle lunghezze d\u2019onda blu, coprendo un ampio spettro di prodotti che va da sistemi ad alta focalizzabilit\u00e0 fino a soluzioni con potenze multi-kW.<\/p><p>Laserline GmbH, con sede a M\u00fclheim-K\u00e4rlich, vicino a Coblenza, \u00e8 stata fondata nel 1997 ed \u00e8 leader mondiale nello sviluppo e nella produzione di sistemi laser a diodi altamente efficienti e modulari, operanti nelle lunghezze d\u2019onda blu e infrarosse. I laser a diodi ad alta potenza di Laserline raggiungono potenze fino a 60 kW. Forte di un\u2019esperienza pluridecennale, l\u2019azienda sviluppa soluzioni laser personalizzate per applicazioni industriali. Oltre 7.500 laser a diodi ad alta potenza sono attualmente in funzione in tutto il mondo, a dimostrazione delle loro prestazioni in un\u2019ampia variet\u00e0 di processi e applicazioni. Lo specialista della tecnologia laser impiega circa 400 persone e dispone di filiali internazionali negli Stati Uniti, Messico, Brasile, Giappone, Cina, Corea del Sud e India.<\/p><p>WBC Photonics \u00e8 nata da un management buyout della ex controllata Panasonic TeraDiode e produce laser a diodi ad alta potenza nelle lunghezze d\u2019onda NIR e blu. L\u2019elevata qualit\u00e0 del fascio dei sistemi laser \u00e8 ottenuta tramite la combinazione di fasci basata sugli emettitori (emitter-based wavelength beam combining). L\u2019acquisizione apre nuovi mercati di sbocco per Laserline, poich\u00e9 l\u2019elevata focalizzabilit\u00e0 risulta particolarmente rilevante per applicazioni quali la manifattura additiva, la saldatura e il taglio.<\/p><p><em>\u00abL\u2019acquisizione di WBC Photonics rappresenta un passo fondamentale nel nostro percorso verso la leadership globale nel segmento dei laser a diodi blu. Ci consente di offrire ai nostri clienti soluzioni ancora pi\u00f9 potenti e versatili nel campo dei laser industriali a diodi blu, dalla qualit\u00e0 del fascio eccezionalmente elevata fino a classi di potenza senza eguali a livello mondiale\u00bb<\/em>, ha dichiarato <strong>Dr. Christoph Ullmann, Managing Director<\/strong> di Laserline.<\/p><p><em>\u00abLa nuova partnership con Laserline ci consente di accedere ai mercati globali per i laser blu ad alta luminosit\u00e0\u00bb<\/em>, ha commentato <strong>Michael Deutsch, CEO<\/strong> di WBC Photonics. <em>\u00abInsieme diventeremo leader mondiali nella tecnologia dei laser a diodi blu\u00bb.<\/em><\/p><p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/it\/team\/jochen-hense\"><strong>Jochen Hense<\/strong><\/a> e <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/it\/team\/andrew-isgrig\"><strong>Andy Isgrig<\/strong><\/a>, Partner di Livingstone rispettivamente in Germania e negli Stati Uniti, hanno commentato: <em>\u00abSiamo lieti di essere stati incaricati di supportare Laserline in questa operazione internazionale. L\u2019operazione conferma il nostro impegno nel sostenere gli obiettivi di crescita internazionale dei nostri clienti attraverso servizi su misura\u00bb.<\/em><\/p><p>I termini finanziari dell\u2019operazione non sono stati resi noti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Livingstone supporta l\u2019espansione del portafoglio nel segmento dei laser industriali a diodi blu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":60045,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-60184","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":[1488,1478],"date":"20240909","client_type":49,"type":[1118],"region":[1191],"services":[449],"sectors":[741],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":"","contacts":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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