10-Year Anniversary of RP Photonics

Posted on 2014-05-16 as part of the Photonics Spotlight (available as e-mail newsletter!)

Permanent link: https://www.rp-photonics.com/spotlight_2014_05_16.html

Author: Dr. Rüdiger Paschotta, RP Photonics AG, RP Photonics AG

Abstract: RP Photonics is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.

An an exception, the Photonics Spotlight today covers a non-technical topic which is related to our company history: RP Photonics is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. End of May 2004, the company was founded and officially started in Zürich, Switzerland. Hardly anybody in the laser industry knew about some Dr. Paschotta, who had a reputation only as a scientific researcher. But that changed rapidly – nowadays, RP Photonics is a worldwide very well-known company. Our anniversary article tells you how this worked based on a somewhat unusual business model, and what is expected to happen next. Therefore, I can keep this newsletter article very short, hoping you will visit our anniversary article with a single click and learn more there!

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