According to the US ILS statistics, the global industrial laser pointer’s revenue growth in 2017 reached 26%, and the amount was slightly higher than $ 4.3 billion. As a high-speed and efficient processing method for various types of materials, a wide range of lasers is showing its strength in various industries. The emergence of innovative technologies has continued to promote the development of industrial lasers, and manufacturers are introducing advanced industrial lasers into more end applications. For example, the continuous breakthrough of fiber laser technology is playing a key role in the development of the global industrial laser market. The consumer electronics industry is also expected to drive sustainable growth in the industrial laser market.
In 2017, the total sales revenue of the industrial laser market increased by 26% year-on-year. Fiber laser revenue in 2017 exceeded $ 2 billion, an increase of 34% over 2016, and sales of high-power diodes and excimer lasers increased 56%, while the latter was largely driven by smartphone display applications. The only weak point is the carbon dioxide (CO2) Laser pointer, whose sales dropped by 14%, because high-power CO2 systems used for sheet metal cutting were impacted by the increasingly popular fiber laser systems of the same power.
Driven by the application of the annealing process for the OLED display of new smartphones, the revenue of the laser micromachining segment increased by 24% in 2017. The high-power laser processing section shows another picture, accounting for up to 34% of global laser applications, mainly driven by the surge in sales of sheet metal cutting systems described earlier. According to some market observers, up to Sales of 10,000 sets of high-power lasers (systems) have reached record highs.
Han’s Laser will show a rapid growth trend in low-power Laser pointer and its automation equipment in 2018. On the one hand, it is being adopted by new customers for new models of automation equipment. On the other hand, it is also improving the automation level in the entire 3C industry. situation. In addition, in the field of new energy, lithium battery processing equipment will form new bright spots. Another aspect of low-power laser equipment is the processing of brittle materials. With the large-scale application of sapphire, ceramics and other materials, the demand for low-power laser equipment is also increasing. Han’s Laser, as the leader of this industry, will directly benefit from the comprehensive 3C automation trend.
In January 2018, Han’s Laser realized a 28.5% equity interest in Spain’s Aritex and a 51% equity interest in Shenyang Saivit. Cutting into the core components welding, assembly and manufacturing assembly lines of Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen and other models, opened the first step into the automotive manufacturing equipment market. In aviation, Aritex is a Tier 1 strategic partner of COMAC. Aviation automation in the future will benefit from the catalysis of mass production of domestically produced large aircraft.