One of the pioneers of metal printing with laser solutions, Concept Laser, Receiving many awards in addition to the increase on its sales, the company goals to continue this success in new year as well.
One of the leading brands of metal manufacturing with patented LaserCUSING technology, Concept Laser proved its leadership with many prizes last year. Whose success was awarded by various global institutions, the firm experienced a very fruitful year. The metal specialist is also expected to lead the sector with awards and successful sales numbers.
In October, Concept Laser CEO 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. For 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.
But 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.
New Year New Award
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 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 
ofthree 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. Showing its contributions to metal printing market, Concept Laser is among the most powerful brands of the sector. The company is likely to be in 3D industry’s in 2017 especially with ‘Additive Manufacturing Facility of Future’ project.