MOU signed for new laser tech center’PRECISION CUTTING’ Access to high-end laser sources would enable a wide range of applications that would boost the domestic industry, TAMI chairman Alex Ko saidBy Angelica Oung / Staff reporterGermany-based Trumpf Group, which specializes in machine tools and laser technology, is to work with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI, 工業技術研究院) to establish a Taiwan Laser Application Center in Tainan. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times“If we imagine laser equipment being a car, the laser source, which is like the engine, is provided by Trumpf,” Liao said. “Imagine if the wafer made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (台積電) is a cake. “One laser cutter for the semiconductor industry is worth more than 100 of the products we are exporting. Wang — who visited Trumpf’s headquarters in September last year — said the German firm would be a powerful partner for the development of Taiwan’s laser equipment industry.

Source: Taipei Times September 02, 2020 15:56 UTC