After investigating a number of fiber laser companies, relevant foreign institutions put forward five major trends in the fiber laser pointer market: the gradual increase in supplier research and development costs, the increase in cooperation and win-win cooperation between suppliers, the rapid progress in technology, the development of environmentally friendly technologies, Supplier productivity continues to increase.
Global fiber laser suppliers such as IPG have already spent a lot of money to build a research and development department to expand their product lines. In the future, in the fiber laser industry, major manufacturers will increase investment in technology research and development to enhance product functions to meet growing customer needs. From the perspective of return, investment in research and development will increase the market share of products and also help form or maintain its own market competitive advantage.
The win-win cooperation between suppliers will become another trend in the industry in the future. Commercial cooperation aims to expand market share while obtaining maximum market benefits. Through strategic alliances, they can also promote the development of their respective technological exchanges. The continuous popularization of fiber laser industry applications benefited from the continuous development of technology, mainly in the three aspects of cost, energy consumption and space. Compared with its alternative technology, fiber laser technology is becoming increasingly mature, especially in terms of energy saving.
Compared with other technologies, fiber lasers will produce less carbon dioxide during operation and have higher transmission performance. Such as reducing energy consumption, reducing waste and using harmless materials will increase the popularity of fiber green laser pointer technology in the laser field. In view of the global recognition of fiber laser technology is increasing, suppliers are inclined to increase product production and increase their respective productivity. For example, in 2012, IPG invested 68.2 million US dollars, mainly for increasing product production.
With the increase of policy support and the opening of the application market, domestic fiber lasers have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain, and are experiencing a period of rapid development. However, because the core material devices are still in the hands of a few foreign companies, the development of fiber laser companies is still relatively limited. On the other hand, the homogeneity of low-power fiber lasers and the prominent price competition have also become problems that the fiber laser industry has to face. Asia has become the world’s major laser application market. The achievements of the domestic fiber laser industry are obvious to all. However, if the problems of resource allocation, competition and cooperation cannot be solved, then more industrial dividends are likely to be missed.