Date of Event: 11/11/2025
Location: 8900 N Harrison ST. Davenport, Iowa 52806
Number of Attendees: 25
Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Mike Jacobsen General Manager
Event Summary: IPG Photonics invited the local Eastern Iowa AWS section to tour their exciting facility on November 11, 2025. IPG Photonics is a global company with locations in over 30 countries. The Davenport location, formerly Genesis Systems, is the leader in high performance lasers and laser systems. Most of the guests only had a limited idea of what the future of laser technology really meant. After a impressive presentation in their lobby, we were divided into small groups so that we could get personal attention to their core businesses of Robotic Laser Welding, Cleaning-Coating Removal, Cutting, Project Engineering and Training, Laser Etching, and Material Handling. We got to do hands on training with a Laser Welding Cobot System. We got to see first hand how application and design development, along with prototyping for their customers, can prove the cost effectiveness of the “Power Of Light”. The industries that IPG Photonics is currently servicing are Medical, Battery and Power Storage, Automotive, Aerospace, and Electronics. All the guests were truly enlightened by the of future of Laser Technology.
