DGAP-News: LPKF Laser & Electronics Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Miscellaneous LPKF Announces First Sales of the ProtoLaser R in Asia 20.12.2016 / 09:28 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Garbsen, December 20, 2016 - For the past 40 years, LPKF has been the global market leader in the field of systems for manufacturing PCBs in development laboratories. And now, the Garbsen-based company is rounding off the high end of this segment with a world first: ProtoLaser R is the first system optimized for the use in development departments using an ultrashort pulse laser, allowing it to work on highly sensitive materials thanks to the lack of heat input. With its compactness and price, the LPKF ProtoLaser R is currently one of a kind on the market. Research activities as well as process and product development require flexible and high-precision tools. The requirements of developers are becoming increasingly stringent, primarily due to the trend toward ever more sophisticated materials and ever smaller dimensions. With ProtoLaser R, LPKF is opening up new opportunities for laboratory-based experimentation with completely new materials in the micro and nano range. LPKF sees the sale of the first two systems to customers in Asia as a vote of confidence in the future of the DevelopmentQuipment segment. "With this product, we have developed a new laboratory laser system that is currently unrivaled," says Dr. Ingo Bretthauer, CEO of LPKF AG. "Our technology sees us for the first time entering the world of research, which will be of strategic importance to future production." About LPKF LPKF Laser & Electronics AG specializes in the manufacture of laser systems for micro material processing and is regarded globally as a leader in several sectors. The company, which was founded in 1976, has its head office in Garbsen (near Hanover) and operates worldwide through its subsidiaries and agencies. The shares of LPKF Laser & Electronics AG are traded on the Prime Standard of the German Stock Exchange (ISIN 0006450000). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20.12.2016 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: LPKF Laser & Electronics Aktiengesellschaft Osteriede 7 30827 Garbsen Germany Phone: +49 (0) 5131 7095-0 Fax: +49 (0) 5131 7095-95 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.lpkf.com ISIN: DE0006450000 WKN: 645000 Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 531605 20.12.2016