& electronics ag type public traded as fwb lpk industry electronics manufacturing founded 1976 headquarters garbsen germany products pcb prototyping equipment laser plastic welding laser direct structuring for 3d circuits smt stencil laser laser systems for thin film solar panels laser cutting of flex circuits laser depaneling of pcb . revenue 115.1 million 2012 1 operating income 20.4 million 2012 1 number of employees 690 worldwide 2012 1 website lpkf.com lpkf laser & electronics ag lpkf is a german based equipment manufacturer supplying the electronics industry . although lpkf focuses mainly on pcb prototyping and micromachining solutions for smt stencils the company also offers laser plastic welding systems and precision drives as well as laser structuring systems for thin film solar cells . 2 the company has operations in slovenia united states hong kong china and japan . lpkf is publicly traded at the frankfurt stock exchange xetra lpkf.de . contents 1 history 2 timeline 3 board of directors 4 products 5 references history edit original lpkf circuit board copy mill established in 1976 in garbsen germany lpkf made a name for itself with its unorthodox procedures for the in house manufacturing of prototype printed circuit boards pcbs . the company s cad steered milling technology was established as an efficient and pollution free alternative to chemical etching . 3 lpkf stands for leiterplatten kopier fr sen 4 translated circuit board copy milling . this was created from the original lpkf machines . these simple manual machines used a pointer to follow a sketch the milling head would move in the same direction and a footswitch was responsible for the up and down movement of the milling head . since its inception lpkf has grown into an internationally operated company and is considered one of the world market leaders for in house prototyping and stencil laser services . citation needed timeline edit lpkf headquarters garbsen germany lpkf north america headquarters tualatin oregon 1975 juergen seebach one of the founders of lpkf develops and patents a method for accurate mechanical milling of printed circuit board artwork . 1976 lpkf system seebach gmbh is incorporated in hanover germany . the company s first prototyping system lpkf 39 is introduced . 1983 lpkf introduces colorcam its first ibm pc based software for the computer aided manufacturing of printed circuit boards with milling and drilling machines . 1984 lpkf establishes its first international branch in the united states 1989 lpkf develops a procedure for laser based structuring of printed circuit boards . 5 the company name is changed to lpkf cad cam system gmbh to reflect the increase activity in the cad software . 1991 lpkf forms a joint venture with 5 engineers from the technical university illmenau . the new company is named lpkf motion & control gmbh and focuses on developing precision x y motion systems . 1994 lpkf opens a new production facility in slovenia . 1998 the company name is changed to lpkf lasers & electronics ag to reflect greater involvement in laser technology . lpkf goes public in november 1998 and is listed on the frankfurt stock exchange neuer markt segment . 2000 lpkf tianjin co. ltd. is established as a new subsidiary in china . lpkf purchases a stake in laserquipment ag which produces and distributes systems for laser plastic welding . 2001 lpkf introduces the microline laser systems for drilling and structuring printed circuit boards . 2006 the lpkf lds process is used in the series production of three dimensional molded interconnect devices mids 6 2007 lpkf solarquipment gmbh develops and produces laser systems for the structuring of thin film solar cells . laserquipment ag becomes fully consolidated and is now operating as a division of lpkf . 7 2009 lds technology for 3 dimensional circuits 6 8 is becoming most widely used for manufacturing smart phone antennas . 2010 lpkf wins the prestigious hermes award at the hannover messe 9 for its fusion 3d laser system for 3d circuit manufacturing . 2012 lpkf is admitted to tecdax the index comprising the 30 leading german technology stocks . board of directors edit the company s board of managing directors consists of dr. ingo bretthauer chairman and ceo bernd lange cto kai bentz cfo and dr. christian bieniek coo . 10 products edit lpkf offers a broad range of products that cover the complete operational sequence for in house prototyping . products include rapid pcb prototyping technology systems for the production of pcbs and multilayer boards . smt stencil technology enables laser production of smt stencils and quality check with inspection systems . pcb processing technology enables cutting and drilling of printed circuit boards pcbs for highest requirements . pcb depaneling technology enables depaneling of printed circuit boards pcbs for highest requirements laser direct structuring lds enables laser structuring of circuit layouts on 3d injection molded parts . solar cell technology laser systems featuring fast and precise structuring of thin film solar cells . laser plastic welding innovative laser systems for plastic parts welding . laser plastic welding resource center measuring machines measuring machines for the inspection of microstructures and stencil quality control . precision drives portal systems measuring systems and precision drives . references edit a b c annual report 2012 pdf . lpkf . lpkf laser & electronics ag . corporateinformation.com lpkf laser & electronics north america . pcbcafe.com lpkf laser & electronics kursverlauf short report pdf . dr. kalliwoda research . 10 december 2007 . friedrichkeit hans january 2006 . hidden champion lpkf laser & electronics ag . circuitree magazine . dead link grande joseph a. june 2005 . mids make a comeback . plastics technology . deligio tony november 1 2007 . the perfect weld . modern plastics worldwide . research association molded interconnect devices 3 d mid e.v . 3 d mid.de . deutsche messe stages hermes award again . hannovermesse.de . 8 february 2011 . lpkf laser & electronics stock information . bloomberg businessweek . v t e tecdax companies of germany updated 18.03.2013 adva optical networking aixtron bb biotech bechtle cancom ag carl zeiss meditec dialog semiconductor dr gerwerk drillisch euromicron evotec freenet ag jenoptik kontron lpkf laser & electronics morphosys nordex se pfeiffer vacuum psi ag qiagen qsc ag sartorius ag sma solar technology software ag stratec biomedical systems s ss microtec telef nica germany united internet wirecard xing retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lpkf laser % 26 electronics & oldid 741204818 categories laser companieselectronics companies of germanycompanies based in lower saxonyelectronics companies established in 1976manufacturing companies established in 1976hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2016all articles with 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