Kern Electronics & Lasers, Inc. was established in 1982 by Gerald Kern, with the main objective to design and manufacture top quality industrial laser cutting and laser engraving machines to meet demanding production schedules. With the company headquarters located in Minnesota, the facility consists of a modern 14,000 sq. ft. building with 20 full time employees. Their vision is to build laser systems that will fit the customer’s needs, at an affordable price, with the versatility to suit a variety of industries.
OWIS GmbH was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Staufen near Freiburg, in South-Western Germany. Our 50 employees ensure excellent products and consistent customer service. The company develops, produces, distributes and services optical beam handling as well as highly precise positioning systems – still according to the maxim “made in Germany”. Information technology, mechanical engineering, biotechnology, medicine, image processing and printing industry are some of our product application areas.

Quantel was founded in 1970 and since then has built up a first-rate worldwide reputation in the field of solid-state lasers. The Quantel group is the leader in the rapidly advancing field of laser technology and we continuously bring to you new products and new technologies as we have been doing for the past 37 years. The Group invests heavily in research and development and this has led to the introduction of numerous innovative and successful new products. Quantel is an international company with Headquarters located in France and subsidiaries in the USA, in Germany and in France.

Modu-Laser offers a variety of single-line argon laser products in three of the most popular argon laser wave-lengths (457nm, 488nm, and 514nm). They also offer multi-Line argon lasers with output power levels up to 300mW (TEMoo). In addition, their Stellar “Select” lasers offer filter selectable wave-lengths of 457nm, 488nm, 514nm or all lines combined; perfect for universities or applications where multiple wave-lengths are needed. Modu-Laser also offers an air-cooled 1000mW multi-line argon laser (non-TEMoo) for entertainment applications. All of our systems utilize sealed-mirror technology and high-efficiency state-of-the-art integrated power supplies.

Oclaro, Inc. is one of the world’s largest suppliers of optical components, modules and subsystems for the global optical communications market and into industrial and consumer laser applications. Through in-house development and a series of strategic acquisitions and mergers, the company maintains one of the most extensive and vertically-integrated product portfolios in the fiber optics industry.