DABbling

Could a "mini-Munich" be held in the US? For several years, following the expansion of industrial laser system exhibits at the Munich laser show, World of Photonics, exhibitors and visitors f...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2013/04/lets-grow-lme.html

Lately, the media has been writing more than usual about U.S. manufacturing. It seems the word is out that manufacturing is:  A – on Washington’s hot list, B – poised to lead the country o...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2013/03/looked-at-manufacturing-lately.html

As this is being written, I am waiting out the end of a particularly nasty, late winter northeaster that has dumped a foot of heavy, wet snow on the region. It's sort of Mother Nature's last slap...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2013/03/industrial-laser-market-meets-forecast.html

I’ve finally recovered from a rousing Photonics West (with a record attendance of more than 20,700 visitors) that, as usual for this early-in-the-year tradeshow, was optimistic and upbeat. Alt...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2013/02/photonics-west-features-ultra-fast-and.html

Well, the Super Bowl is set, and fans in New England and the Southeast are bemoaning a dropped pass here and a missed tackle there, as the Brothers Bowl promises an extra reason to watch San Fran...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2013/01/laser-additive-manufacturing-takes.html

There's something about the start of a new year that I find refreshing. Maybe it's just looking at a calendar with 12-month listings of mostly good happenings such as: conferences, trade shows, a...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2013/01/happy-new-year-i-think_7.html

It's that time of year when many of us reflect on the past 12 months -- and if we are honest, we give some thought to what we did that didn't quite work out the way we had planned. Out of this ma...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/12/seasons-greetings.html

Walking the 450,000 square feet of the Las Vegas Convention Center dedicated to Fabtech for three days is usually a chore. This year, the hike was made longer by the fact that the booth assignmen...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/11/fabtech-2012-hiking-through-oasis-of.html

There has been a growing interest, among the industrial laser equipment suppliers, for a trade show of their own in which to promote their products to potential buyers who attend because of this ...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/11/industrial-laser-exhibition-shows-growth.html

This spot has not been updated for a while due in large part to my relative incapacity -- a result of some unplanned surgery that sapped my energy. I suggest readers might find it amusing to read...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/10/its-too-early-for-weird.html

China, that powerhouse economy, has thrown the world a curve-ball . Some saw this coming, as the financial news from the country had turned neutral and then negative in the past few weeks. But li...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/09/eyes-east.html

I have been trumpeting the resurgence of US manufacturing , and the contribution of industrial lasers to it , since the recession began its recovery. The latest supporting data: July saw a second...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/08/technology-to-rescue.html

I've been looking at the quarterly reports, and transcripts of telephone analyst interviews, of several industrial laser industry leaders , and I have also been keeping an unofficial tab on Goo...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/08/making-your-mark-in-world.html

A good editor looks for trends in the markets they report on. Searching for some clues as to shifts in the industrial laser markets , I have been reviewing the geographic breakdown of Industrial ...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/07/curiouser-and-curiouser-unearthing-gem.html

I am just as patriotic as the next guy, I guess, respectfully honoring Independence Day on the 4th of July -- but not when it occurs in the middle of the week. My complaint here is that I experie...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-i-hate-mid-week-holidays.html

A heavy attendance on Wednesday (2500+) had show organizers confident that they can achieve their projected show total of 4500. More importantly, the savvy visitors are here to see the laser and...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/06/lasys-2012-confidence-in-europe.html

The second day of LASYS dawned gray, gloomy, and wet, but the anticipated crowds showed up once again , certifying that, in Germany at least, day two is the most heavily attended. The show's six ...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/06/live-from-lasys-2012-savvy-crowds.html

LASYS 2012, happening this week (June 12-14) in Stuttgart, Germany, opened with a spurt of attendees -- which was unusual for a German trade show, where attendee numbers typically increase on the...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/06/live-from-lasys-2012-encouraging-start.html

As expected, I have already received comments relative to the news item I posted from last week's International Laser Technology Conference (AKL) in Aachen on fiber versus CO2 laser cutting. Fir...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/05/fiber-vs-co-2-lasers-for-job-shops.html

I'm sitting here feeling smug. The business headlines say it better than me: "Industry Picks Up the Pace" , "Manufacturing Report Shows Continued Growth" , "Dow Headed for Highest Close Since '07...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/05/good-times-are-rolling-in-usgood-times.html

Things are not looking so good for the home team these last few days, and members of the Red Sox Nation are burning up the sports talk show phone lines as the boys of summer can't seem to get sta...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/04/too-early-to-abandon-ship.html

Memo to economists: What part of the supply/demand principle don't you understand? I just put down my morning paper after reading an Associated Press news item, "Factory output, hiring go up," ...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/04/manufacturing-spring-recovery.html

I’ve always been an admirer of FedEx Corporation, with my respect starting when I did a business school case study on the company when it was known as Federal Express. Over the years I have bee...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/03/winds-of-change.html

Forecasting may be the easy part, explaining why you got it wrong after publishing it is the hard part. So I was pleased to read, in an article by Casselman and Izzo in the February 13th Wall S...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/02/first-you-say-you-do-and-then-you-say.html

Optimism with caution was the rule-of-the-day among the dozens of exhibitors we interviewed at this year's Photonics West, held in San Francisco last week. This show has grown from an intra-indus...

http://industriallasers.blogspot.com/2012/02/good-times-in-city-by-bay.html