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Welcome to IMRA's Press Room
IMRA America is dedicated to a leading edge position in the development of fiber laser technologies for commercial
applications. IMRA’s turnkey fiber lasers with pulse durations from the femtosecond to the picosecond time range,
compact packaging, high stability and maintenance-free operation, are ideal optical sources for material processing,
semiconductor inspection and repair, telecommunication, instrumentation and medical diagnostics and therapy. They are
based on IMRA’s proprietary fiber oscillator, fiber amplifier, and advanced pulse compressor technologies,
which are documented in over 70 patent applications.
May 12, 2008 - IMRA America Breaks Ground for Major Expansion of Its
Ann Arbor Facilities and Hosts Ribbon Cutting for a New Clean Room
April 17, 2008 - IMRA America Obtains license for Ultrafast Laser Machining Technology from the
University of Toronto
March 7, 2008 - IMRA America Announces Major Expansion of Its Ann Arbor Facilities and Staff
November 5, 2007 - IMRA and TOPTICA Sign License Agreement on Ultrafast Fiber Technology
August 16, 2007 - IMRA Promotes Dr. Makoto Yoshida to VP of Applications Research
August 1, 2007 - IMRA Promotes Dr. Gyu C. Cho to VP of Technology Development & Product Group
May 2, 2007 - IMRA Appoints Kiyomi Monro as Director of Business Development, Marketing and Sales
April 25, 2007 - Carl Zeiss Meditec and IMRA America Cooperate in New Technology
for Laser Vision Correction
December 19, 2006 - IMRA America files suit against IPG Photonics
December 5, 2006 - IMRA America and Aculight Sign License Agreement for Patented Amplification Technology
October 12, 2006 - IMRA America and SPI Lasers Announce the Signing of License Agreement
August 3, 2006 - IMRA America Announces New Femtosecond Micromachining
License Options at InterOpto 2006
June 29, 2006 - IMRA and NRL agree to patent licensing terms
May 22, 2006 - IMRA America Announces First “Premier Application Laboratory” (PAL)
May 22, 2006 - IMRA America introduces the FCPA μJewel D-1000
February 15, 2006 - IMRA America Announces Introduction of 
July 12, 2005 - IMRA America extends University of Michigan Micromachining Patent rights to customers
May 24, 2005 - IMRA America opens a second Applications Research Laboratory
November 17, 2004 - IMRA America Successfully Defends its Product Position
in the Femtosecond Laser Market
October 12, 2004 - IMRA America launches the Femtolite Ultra,
the world's most compact and robust ultrafast laser
May 1, 2004 - IMRA America
launches the FCPA mJewel, IMRA's
newest amplified ultrafast fiber laser
January 26, 2004 -
IMRA America Licenses Optical Amplification Technology to Nufern
January 27, 2003 - Pulse shaping with
the Femtolite fiber laser
August 14, 2002
- Martin Fermann Returns to Ultrafast Fiber Laser Pioneer IMRA
June 03, 2002 - Ultrafast
Fiber Laser Pioneer IMRA America opens a new Prototyping Facility
in Ann Arbor, MI
March 18, 2002
- IMRA's ultrafast laser engine enables Agilent Technologies to
develop test instrumentation for 40 Gb/s and beyond...
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