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█ Powder-bed-based laser melting with metals (LaserCUSING ® )
Concept Laser and Founder Frank Herzog receive multiple awards
Successful entrepreneurship and pace of innovation are honored
Concept Laser continues on path to success
Lichtenfels (Germany), Monday, January 16, 2017: The brilliant position in the market of Concept Laser, the developer of the LaserCUSING process, also referred to as 3D metal printing, is also again reflected in the prizes and awards won in recent months. As well as winning the “International Additive Manufacturing Award 2016” in March 2016, Concept Laser and Frank Herzog, founder and President & CEO were delighted to receive five further awards. Firstly Frank Herzog was recognized for his pioneering work and innovative achievements as well as his entrepreneurial ideas and activity, and secondly
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Concept Laser was also able to impress the expert jury with its solutions for both products and applications.
Frank Herzog views the prizes and awards as a confirmation of the pioneering work and
innovations that Concept Laser has now been delivering for 16 years in the field of
powder-bed-based laser melting with metals: “Our drive to improve the quality and
speed in additive manufacturing have helped to establish 3D metal printing as a
manufacturing technology and even make it of interest for industrial series production.
But the ever-rising demand and the associated dynamic growth of recent years also
require constant adaptation of the company’s internal processes, a carefully considered
entrepreneurial way of thinking and acting, and of course a committed workforce. We
see the rapid development of recent years and the awards that have come with this as
the motivation to continue to advance 3D metal printing and develop it at the very
highest level.”
Frank Herzog crowned the “Best Pioneer in the Manufacturing and 3D Printing Industry 2016”In October, Frank Herzog was honored by the European Business magazine (UK) as
the “Best Pioneer in the Manufacturing and 3D Printing Industry 2016.” The readers of
the magazine voted by a large majority for the pioneer of the LaserCUSING process.
With the development of powder-bed-based 3D metal printing, the presentation of the
first industrial machine of this type at Euromold 2001 and numerous other innovations
resulting in 65 patents and 120 ongoing patent applications, he has made a lasting
impact on the industry and on additive manufacturing - this was the verdict of the
European Business magazine and its readers.
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Frank Herzog again declared the “Best CEO in the Additive Manufacturing Industry”In addition, in December, for the second time in a row, Frank Herzog was also delighted
to receive the award as “Best CEO in the Additive Manufacturing Industry.” This award
has been presented for more than eight years in different categories by the “European
CEO” magazine in London. A network of journalists and industry insiders observes
trends, initiatives and developments that are helping to shape Europe’s industrial
landscape across all different sectors and the managers and CEOs behind this. The
magazine produces a quarterly report on the latest activities of business leaders in print
and online. The aim of the award is to recognize outstanding entrepreneurs. To do this,
each year “European CEO” asks its readers which entrepreneurs should be considered
in the various categories. This then results in a list of potential candidates. The final
decision is then made by an internal jury based on selected criteria. In 2016 Frank
Herzog was again able to win over the readers and the jury with his outstanding
innovative achievements for additive manufacturing and his outstanding level of
performance as a manager within a dynamically growing company. The winners will be
presented again in the magazine as part of the World Economic Forum in Davos in
January 2017.
Concept Laser is one of the Focus “Growth Champions 2017”Concept Laser’s successes as a business are also reflected directly in the company’s
growth in sales. For the second year in a row, Germany’s Focus magazine voted the
developer and machine manufacturer from the German town of Lichtenfels as one of the
Focus “Growth Champions” with its outstanding sales growth. Every year, in
collaboration with the statistics portal Statista, the news magazine Focus calculates the
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companies in Germany with the highest increase in sales. The Focus Special edition
presents 500 companies that achieved a particularly high percentage growth in sales
between 2012 and 2015. Within the space of three years, sales at Concept Laser rose
from 17.7 million euros to 67.3 million euros. In the overall rankings, Concept Laser
therefore came in 155th place (out of 500) and was ranked 8th in the machinery and
plant engineering industry grouping. An impressive average annual growth rate of 56%
underscores the capacity for innovation and the importance of 3D metal printing as a
manufacturing technology of the future.
Concept Laser wins the Bavarian Innovation Award 2016For the third time, the Bavarian State Ministry of the Economy and Media, Energy and
Technology, the Bavarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Consortium of
Bavarian Chambers of Crafts presented the Bavarian Innovation Award in the Hall of
Honor of the German Museum in Munich. The Bavarian State Government presents the
award to recognize companies that have the courage and persistence to try new things
and develop innovative ideas until they become economically viable. Prizes are
awarded to product and process innovations as well as innovative technology-based
services that have already achieved initial success in the market or whose success in
the market is foreseeable. Innovations then that make an outstanding contribution to
boosting Bavaria as a place to do business. Concept Laser won the coveted award with
its “QM Meltpool 3D” quality assurance module and with the application motto “X-raying
without X-rays.” Concept Laser won out against around 190 applications. The jury
praised the benefits of QM Meltpool 3D. It makes it possible to verify and document the
level of quality directly during the build process and offers considerable time and cost
benefits compared to existing testing methods, such as computed tomography. Dr.
Florian Bechmann and Fabian Zeulner were delighted to receive the award from Ilse
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Aigner, Bavarian Minister of State for the Economy and Media, Energy and Technology,
on behalf of Concept Laser in Munich in November.
Materialica Design + Technology Award 2016 receivedBut Concept Laser and its project partners were also able to win people over with
applications at the Materialica trade show in Munich. Together with the companies
EDAG Engineering, Laser Zentrum Nord and the BLM Group, Concept Laser received
the “Materialica Design + Technology Award 2016.” For the 14th time in a row, a jury of
experts from the worlds of science and industry praised a project for outstanding
innovative achievements in the application of materials. In a setting befitting the
occasion, the project team accepted the award for the joint “NextGen Spaceframe”
project. The combination of outstanding design and high technological expertise was
ultimately the crucial factor that led to the prize being awarded. The “NextGen
Spaceframe” highlights new prospects for bionics and lightweight construction in
automotive engineering in a concept car: Additively manufactured bodywork nodes and
lasered profiles are combined in a hybrid manufacturing concept. The adaptable
bodywork concept that can be manufactured flexibly opens up new opportunities in
automation and JIS (just-in-sequence) manufacturing of bodies that are optimized to
withstand load forces.
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Caption 1: Frank Herzog, founder and President & CEO of Concept Laser, says: “Our
drive to improve the quality and speed in additive manufacturing have helped to
establish our process as a manufacturing technology and even make it of interest for
industrial series production. But the ever-rising demand and the associated dynamic
growth of recent years also require constant adaptation of the company’s internal
processes, a carefully considered entrepreneurial way of thinking and acting, and of
course a committed workforce.”
Caption 2: Frank Herzog, founder and President & CEO of Concept Laser, was chosen
by the European Business magazine (UK) as the “Best Pioneer in the Manufacturing
and 3D Printing Industry 2016” in recognition of his outstanding innovative
achievements
Caption 3: Frank Herzog, founder and President & CEO of Concept Laser, was hailed
as the “Best CEO in the Additive Manufacturing Industry” for the second time in a row
for his entrepreneurship and his work as an innovator
Caption 4: Focus magazine regards Concept Laser as one of the “Growth Champions
2017”
Caption 5: Bavarian Innovation Award 2016: Ilse Aigner, Bavarian Minister of State for
the Economy and Media, Energy and Technology, handed over the winner’s certificate
to Dr. Florian Bechmann and Fabian Zeulner (both Concept Laser)
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Caption 6: As part of the Materialica trade show, the “Materialica Design + Technology
Award 2016” was presented for the “NextGen Spaceframe” project:
Prof. Claus Emmelmann (Laser Zentrum Nord), Dr. Florian Bechmann (Concept Laser),
Dr.-Ing. Martin Hillebrecht (EDAG Engineering) and Sergio Raso (BLM Group) (left to
right)
All pictures courtesy of Concept Laser (unless indicated otherwise)
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Concept Laser GmbHAn der Zeil 8
D-96215 Lichtenfels
Germany
Phone +49 (0) 9571 / 1679-0
Internet: www.concept-laser.de
Press contact:Daniel Hund
Phone: +49 (0) 9571 / 1679-251
E-mail: [email protected]
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LaserCUSING® background information ██████████████████████
Key word: LaserCUSING®
The patented LaserCUSING® process from Concept Laser is used to create high-
precision mechanically and thermally resilient metallic components. The term
"LaserCUSING®," coined from the C in Concept Laser and the word FUSING, describes
the technology: The fusing process generates components layer-by-layer using 3D-CAD
data.
In this process, fine metal powder is fused locally by a high-energy fiber laser. The
material solidifies after cooling. The contour of the component is created by redirecting
the laser beam using a mirror redirection unit (scanner). The component is built up layer
by layer (with a layer thickness of 15 – 500 μm) by lowering the bottom of the build
chamber, applying more powder and then fusing again.
Source: Concept Laser GmbH
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What makes systems from Concept Laser unique is stochastic navigation of the slice
segments (also referred to as "islands") which are processed successively. This
patented process ensures a significant reduction in stress when manufacturing very
large components.
Concept Laser at a glance ██████████████████████████
Concept Laser GmbH from Lichtenfels, Germany is today, unlike almost any other
company, one of the real pioneers and key drivers of powder-bed-based laser fusing
with metals. The technology driver here is the patented LaserCUSING® process, also
referred to as 3D metal printing, which over the course of 15 years has evolved the
additive manufacturing of 3D components from a rapid technology to the stage of
industrial series production.
When Frank Herzog founded Concept Laser GmbH back in 2000 in Lichtenfels, a metal
laser fusing machine was an entirely unknown quantity in the market. How is a 3D
geometry created from metal powder using a laser? What does 3D printing or a digital
process chain mean for the manufacturing of the future?
The answer was industrial machine technology: Concept Laser unveiled the first
machine of this type in 2001 at Euromold in Frankfurt. With 65 patents granted today
and over 120 patent applications, Frank Herzog and his workforce of around 190
employees continue to champion and develop the LaserCUSING® process. The
company caters for the global market for laser fusing machines across all different
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sectors from sites in Germany, the USA and China and through a network of more than
35 distribution and service partners.
Concept Laser's high quality standards, expertise in processes, applications and
materials deliver reliable and cost-effective solutions which prove their effectiveness in
everyday production and are primarily aimed at reducing part costs. In addition to
commercial aspects, the process offers a large number of other benefits compared to
conventional methods of production: The components are lighter, the designer has new
freedoms, the topology and geometry are optimized, additional functions can be
integrated, and less raw material is required. What this means is components that were
previously manufactured using machining processes are now being redesigned to fully
exploit the new potential offered by additive manufacturing.
Concept Laser offers a range of small machines (50 x 50 x 80 mm3) right through to the
machine with the world’s largest build envelope (800 x 400 x 500 mm 3). Machines from
Concept Laser that are equipped with multilaser technology are among the fastest,
safest and highest-quality laser fusing machines in the world. Around 650 installed
machines and prestigious references and projects of this Franconian “hidden champion”
around the globe send out a clear message and symbolize an outstanding technology
for the future sealed with the endorsement “Made in Germany”.
For example, today the aerospace industry, automotive industry, medical technology,
dental technology, toolmaking and other sectors focus strategically on 3D metal printing
as the economical and high-quality production strategy of the future that embraces the
notion of "Industry 4.0.”
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Prizes & awards ██████████████████████████
2001 Presented with the EuroMold Silver AWARD for the M3 linear
LaserCUSING® machine
2008 Presented with the Bavarian Innovation Prize for the M2 cusing
LaserCUSING® machine
2012 Presented with the EuroMold Bronze AWARD for the X line 1000R
LaserCUSING® machine
2014 BAVARIA’S BEST 50 prize-winner
2014 Finalist in the “Large Companies” category for the German Industry
Innovation Prize in the shape of Frank Herzog, Managing Director of
Concept Laser GmbH
Project: “The first 3D-printed titanium component on board the A350 XWB”
2015 The “Best CEO of the Year Additive Manufacturing” award was presented
to Frank Herzog, President & CEO of Concept Laser GmbH by the
European CEO Magazine
2015 Nominated for the German Future Prize – Prize awarded by the German
President for technology and innovation
Project: “3D printing in commercial aircraft engineering – a manufacturing
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revolution is taking off” in the shape of Frank Herzog, Managing Director of
Concept Laser GmbH
2015 FOCUS Growth Champion
2016 Winner of the “International Additive Manufacturing Award” with the QM
Meltpool 3D quality monitoring tool, which was developed in-house
2016 The ”Technologie Award by the Ostbayerischen Technologie-Transfer-
Instituts e.V.“ was presented to Frank Herzog, President & CEO of
Concept Laser GmbH, for his entrepreneurial technology and innovation
services
2016 Winner “Materialica Design+Technology Award 2016“ for the ”NextGen
Spaceframe” project, together with its project partners
2016 The “Best Pioneer in the Manufacturing and 3D Printing Industry 2016”
award was presented to Frank Herzog, President & CEO of Concept Laser
GmbH, by the European Business Magazine
2016 FOCUS Growth Champion
2016 Winner “Bavarian Innovation Award 2016“ with the QM Meltpool 3D quality
monitoring tool, which was developed in-house
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2016 The “Best CEO of the Year Additive Manufacturing” award was presented
to Frank Herzog, President & CEO of Concept Laser GmbH, by the
European CEO Magazine
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