July 19--Dr. Holger Schlueter has been appointed as vice president, lasre for TRUMPF Inc. He will oversee all laser-related manufacturing, research, and development. Laser Assembly Manager Steve Tower, Laser Development Manager Jochen Deile, and Laser Marking Systems Product Manager Peter Grollman will report directly to Dr. Schlueter.
Most recently, Schlueter was vice president and general manager of TRUMPF Photonics, a manufacturer of high-power diode laser sources near Princeton, NJ. Before that he was director of laser production and development for TRUMPF Inc. and director of technology for TRUMPF Photonics. He has worked with high-power lasers for industrial applications since 1993 and holds several patents in the field of laser resonators and laser applications.