The Worldwide Market for Lasers: Market Review and Forecast 2012

Dec. 12, 2012
Analyzes each application and provide forecasts for units, ASP, and revenues by type of laser through the forecast period.

The Worldwide Market for Lasers: Market Review and Forecast 2012

Report Price: $4,950
Number of Pages: 300 (estimated)
Publish Date: January 12

Report Highlights:


This market report analyzes each application and provides forecasts for units, ASP, and revenues by type of laser through the forecast period. Also included are estimates of market share for the major players. Forecast information includes the following:

  • High-power materials processing
  • Micro materials processing
  • Optical storage
  • Communication
  • Displays
  • Marking and engraving
  • Medical applications
  • Printing applications
  • Military applications
  • Sensors, instruments, inspection, and R&D
  • Market shares by region of customer & end user
  • Market shares by supplier

The laser market rebounded better than expected in 2010 and 2011, exceeding the previous peak in 2008, and passing the $7 billion mark. The rebound was due in part to the jobless recovery that favored investment in new equipment over hiring workers. Fiber lasers now capture over $600 million in sales, with IPG Photonics making over $450 million of that, placing it as one of the largest laser suppliers in the world. There are also many promising new applications in nearly every segment, bringing incremental but steady gains.

Strategies Unlimited is proud to offer the 10th in a series of market reports on the laser market, including fiber lasers and other types. Once again, Strategies Unlimited includes all applications in which lasers compete, both industrial and consumer. The report builds on earlier editions covering fiber lasers and industrial lasers, as well as recent targeted reports on mid-infrared lasers, micro materials processing, and ultrafast lasers.

The report also expands on the annual survey of the laser market conducted for Laser Focus World magazine. The report includes over 300 pages of detail in that are not included in the Laser Focus World print or web articles, or in the annual LFW Marketplace seminar. This detail includes technology and application trends; specific unit, price, and revenue tables and figures; and trends in the supply chain, from users and system integrators to laser suppliers and market shares. The report also extends the forecasts through 2015.

About the Author

Tom Hauskin

Opto Insider is the more-or-less weekly blog of market analyst Tom Hausken of Strategies Unlmited. In the blog, he provides comments on trends in laser and photonics markets and the context in which they operate. The blog ranges from exerpts of findings from recent market reports to thoughts on market segments not currently covered in a report. One week he may report on how the customers in a sector are faring financially, and the next he may compare the optoelectronics market to the wine industry. Strategies Unlimited has the advantage of having covered photonics for over 20 years, and it has records of the market dating back over 40 years.

Dr. Hausken has over 25 years in the semiconductor and optoelectronics industries, spanning device and materials research, product development, laboratory management, and technology and market analysis. Joining the Strategies Unlimited staff in 1999, he specializes in studies in optical and electronic components, including active and passive components for optical networks, and image sensors.