慕尼黑国际应用激光、光电技术贸易博览会（LASER-World of Photonics）系由德国著名的慕尼黑国际博览会集团公司（MMG）主办的全球唯一覆盖整个光电子行业所有门类、展示最尖端科技的专业光电博览会。从1973年开始举办，每两年一届，每届展会上将有来自世界各地的上千家光电子企业齐聚慕尼黑新国际博览中心。各种设计新颖、科技领先的新产品、全新的解决方案和紧跟世界潮流的应用技术将纷纷登台亮相。同时为数众多的投资、贸易商的进场观展将为先进的科学技术转换成现实的生产力铺平道路。中国展商数逐届递增。两年一届的LASER已逐渐成为中国光电子企业同世界同行亲密接触的最佳场所。
由于该展会只允许专业观众进馆参观，观众范围主要包括：研究机构、高科技公司、激光及光电子公司、医疗技术的专家、物理学家、化学家、具有一定资质的工程师、系统开发商、业内服务提供商。
展会规模：截至2023年，该展会已成立了50年，本届展会吸引了40个国家的1300家企业参展，展出面积达55000平米，来自80个国家的观众人数达40000名。
展品范围(Show Products):
激光与光电子；光学；光学元件；光学制造技术；传感器、测试和测量；激光服务；系统应用领域；激光系统生产工程；光学测量系统；光学信息和通信；生物光子学与医学工程；光学成像；激光照明与能源；激光安全。
展会报告(Show Reports):
Photonics industry thrilled by LASER World of PHOTonICS 2023
More than 1,300 exhibitors, around 40,000 visitors
High proportion of international participants
Strong second edition of World of QUANTUM
A great atmosphere in full halls, lively discussions and a very international audience: The global photonics industry met at LASER World of PHOTonICS from June 27 to 30, 2023. More than 1,300 exhibitors, of which 66 percent came from outside of Germany, presented their innovations to the roughly 40,000 visitors at the world’s leading trade fair of the industry. The share of these visitors from outside of Germany was nearly 55 percent. World of QUANTUM once again met with a very positive response. The international scientific elite, including Nobel Prize winner Prof. Donna Strickland, came together for six days at the World of Photonics Congress, which took place in parallel.
“LASER World of PHOTonICS 2023 was a tremendous success,” say Dr. Reinhard Pfeiffer and Stefan Rummel, both CEOs of Messe München. “As befits the anniversary – LASER turns 50 this year – the event once again has impressively demonstrated its status as the world’s leading trade fair for photonics with a new record number of visitors. What’s more, according to the trade fair survey, our exhibitors and visitors have been more satisfied this year than ever before. Thanks to the successful combination with the parallel events World of Photonics Congress, World of QUANTUM and automatica, Munich once again strengthens its position as a leading technology location.”
“LASER is finally back to the size and format where it was left before the pandemic”, says Dr. Wilhelm Kaenders, Chairman of the Exhibitor Advisory Board and CEO of TOPTICA Photonics AG. “New technical approaches and start-ups are competing with more established industries for the attention in a very lively marketplace. We all love and missed this atmosphere for too long.” Exhibition Director Anke Odouli confirms the positive feedback of the participating companies: “The mood in the halls was incredible—the exhibitors were thrilled by the quality of the visitors and the intensive discussions at their trade fair booths.” Key technology on a growth course
The success of the trade fair reflects the ongoing upward trend of the photonics industry. According to estimates from the industry association Spectaris, the global photonics market will grow six percent a year until 2025, while the market for photonic core components like LEDs, lasers and sensors will increase by as much as ten percent. Spectaris CEO Jörg Mayer explains: “In the past, the photonics industry has shown over and over that it is significantly more resilient than other industries thanks to its varied areas of application. Even as a driving force behind future technologies, photonics will contribute significantly to solving business challenges.” Cross-industry added value
For the first time, automatica, the leading trade fair for robotics and automation, took place in parallel. The goal to make use of the numerous overlaps between the sectors paid off: Every third visitor to automatica also came to LASER World of PHOTonICS or World of QUANTUM. Dr. Sven Breitung, CEO of the VDMA Working Group Laser and Laser Systems for Materials Processing, likewise welcomed holding the events in parallel: “It is very important to us to bring together suppliers and users of laser technology as well as players from automation and robotics. From now on, the co-location offers the perfect opportunity to create new inspiration and added value between the two industries and therefore work together toward innovative solutions.”
Meeting place for the international quantum community
Following its premiere in 2022, a strong second edition of World of QUANTUM took place with nearly 90 exhibitors and over 15,000 trade visitors in parallel with LASER World of PHOTONICS. “We are very pleased that the platform has seen such excellent visitor numbers and received top marks in the trade fair survey,” says Exhibition Director Anke Odouli. Points of attraction included several quantum computers and a magnetic field sensor which will control prostheses via muscle signals in the near future. “The World of QUANTUM is becoming the most important trade fair for all players from the field of quantum computing,” says Dr. Robert Axmann, Head of the Quantum Computing Initiative from the German Aerospace Canter (DLR). “That’s why we’re delighted to be creating a place where research, industry and suppliers can come together to advance the ecosystem of quantum computing with our presence at the trade fair.”
Scientific elite visits Munich
After four years, the international scientific elite were at last able to exchange in person again at Europe’s largest photonics congress. These included big names such as Nobel Prize winner Prof. Donna Strickland, Herbert Walther Award winner Prof. Rainer Blatt and Prof. Constantin Häfner, who, together with Tammy Ma, gave a lecture on laser-based nuclear fusion. Many of the presentations were filled to capacity. Prof. Häfner, Head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, emphasizes the significance of the event: “The congress drives innovation in photonics and creates important inspiration for the future. At the same time, it is becoming a groundbreaking event with its exchanges, presentations, networking and promotion of young scientific talent.” For six days, in five specialist conferences with a total of around 3,600 scientific presentations and poster sessions, the congress addressed all aspects of photonics, from basic research to application-oriented development.
LASER World of PHOTonICS in figures
More than 1,300 exhibitors traveled from 40 countries and regions, around 66 percent of them were from outside of Germany. about 40,000 visitors from around 70 countries and regions attended the trade fair. The share of international visitors totaled about 55 percent. After Germany, the top 10 visitor countries were (in this order): Great Britain and Northern Ireland, France, Italy, Switzerland, USA, Japan, China, Austria, Spain and South Korea.
The next LASER World of PHOTonICS and World of QUANTUM will take place together with automatica from June 24 to 27, 2025, in Munich. The next World of Photonics Congress runs parallelly from June 22 to 27, 2025.
