Company history
SPI Lasers was established in 2000 to exploit technology developed by the renowned Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton.
Its core competencies and intellectual property in developing special optical fibers and Bragg gratings were initially applied to the manufacture of optical components for long-distance, high-speed telecommunications.
In 2002 the business was refocused on the design and manufacture of fiber lasers for manufacturing. The company released its first commercial products at the Laser Show 2003. SPI Lasers was listed on the UK stock market 2005. SPI Lasers was acquired by TRUMPF in September 2008.