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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


2012 Presented with the EuroMold Bronze AWARD for the X line 1000R


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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