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LIA News
Laser Institute of America Celebrates its 50th Birthday in Times Square
The Laser Institute of America (LIA), a professional not-for-profit society for laser education, innovation and commercialization, celebrates its 50th birthday in New York’s Times Square today, ahead of its 37th landmark International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO) conference. In celebration of its 50 years, LIA showed thanks to the support received from industry giants IPG Photonics, […]
2017 Laser Market Review
By: David Belforte, Industrial Laser Solutions In last year’s 2016 report, I opened with comments about the troubling times, political, cultural and economic, we lived in and then expounded on the industrial laser industry seeming to defy bad news with its own good economic news. Well, I could have copied that report, changed a few […]
LIA Announces New Executive Director
Orlando, FL (October 23, 2017) – After almost three decades, the Laser Institute of America is making an enormous change by appointing Dr. Nathaniel Quick, founder of AppliCote Associates, LLC and former LIA President, as its new executive director. Quick will succeed Peter Baker, who retired in May of this year. “We are grateful for […]
Laser Institute of America’s Executive Director Peter Baker Retires After Decades in the Industry
Retirement comes after more than 28 years of leadership at LIA ORLANDO, FL (PRWEB) JUNE 12, 2017 Laser Institute of America (LIA) Executive Director Peter Baker officially retired from his position on May 1 after decades at the organization’s helm. Baker’s initial experience with LIA was as a speaker at its very first conference for […]