Successful Laser World of Photonics 2023
The global photonics industry met at Laser World of Photonics 2023 in Munich from June 27 to 30. More than 1,300 exhibitors, 66 percent of them from abroad, presented their innovations to around 40,000 visitors at the world's leading trade fair.
"Laser World of Photonics 2023 was a great success," summed up Dr. Reinhard Pfeiffer and Stefan Rummel, the two managing directors of Messe München. "In keeping with its anniversary - Laser turns 50 this year - it again impressively demonstrated its status as the world's leading photonics trade fair with a new record number of visitors. Moreover, according to the trade fair survey, our exhibitors and visitors have never been as satisfied as they were this year. The successful interaction with the parallel events World of Photonics Congress, World of Quantum and Automatica once again strengthens Munich's position as a leading technology location."
"Laser World of Photonics has finally returned to the size and format it had before the pandemic," said a delighted Dr. Wilhelm Kaenders, Chairman of the Exhibitor Advisory Board and CEO of Toptica Photonics AG. "New technical approaches as well as start-ups are competing with more established fields for attention in a very agile market. We all love this atmosphere, which we had to do without for too long." Project manager Anke Odouli confirms the positive feedback from the participating companies: "The atmosphere in the halls was excellent; the exhibitors were highly enthusiastic about the quality of the visitors and the intensive discussions at the booth." For the first time, Automatica, the leading trade fair for robotics and automation, was held at the same time. The goal of making profitable use of the numerous overlaps between the industries was a success: Every third visitor to Automatica also came to Laser World of Photonics or World of Quantum. Dr. Sven Breitung, Managing Director of the VDMA Working Group on Lasers and Laser Systems for Material Processing, also welcomes the parallelism: "It is a great concern of ours to network suppliers and users of laser technology as well as players from automation and robotics. As of now, the co-location offers the perfect opportunity to create new impulses and added value between the two industries and thus work together on innovative solutions."