Coherent, Inc.

Coherent, Inc. is a manufacturer of lasers and accessories, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States. The company was founded in 1966 by Eugene Watson as a spin -off of Spectra -Physics.

German offices in Dieburg for sales and as production locations Göttingen and Lübeck.

Acquisitions

Laser Optronic

The Laser Optronic GmbH was a leading European company for laser precision equipment based in Munich, the Falk F. Strascheg was founded in 1971 as a distributor of lasers and laser components, after his previous employer, the British company Laser Associates had gone bankrupt. Laser Optronics dealt mainly with the construction of laser precision devices, even for the military. So it was a sub-contractor for Krauss -Maffei, such as the Leopard 2. The company introduced laser marking systems and laser cutting machines. Began in 1981 to research the company to own CO2 laser sources. After investigation of laser - Optronic for treason by military secrets bought Coherent Laser Optronics. Under Coherent research continued at the CO2 laser, but without success.

In 1989, Rofin turn the company from Coherent.

Lambda Physik, Tui Laser and Photonics Bavaria

Coherent in 1982 the majority shareholder (2005 full ownership and exclusion of minority shareholders ) of the German laser producers Lambda Physik, which was later renamed in Coherent. In June 2005, Coherent took over the Munich laser companies Tui Laser and Photonics Bavarian. The Munich office was reduced to 2 employees and moved the activities to Göttingen.