Trotec Laser’s current eco-friendly headquarters in Marchtrenk, Upper Austria
Starting out 20 years ago in an industrial container focusing on R&D, Trotec Laser now has an install base of over 30,000 systems, serving customers in more than 90 countries and employing more than 550 people worldwide.
Trotec was formed in 1997 from a research branch of Trodat, the world’s biggest manufacturer of stamps, and has since become a world market leader in laser machines for cutting, marking and engraving.
In 2016, the latest completed financial year, Trotec increased sales by 9.1%, to almost €110 million. The high growth rate continues in 2017 too. With a predicted sales increase of 20%, the company has set its sales volume goal in 2020 at €200 million
‘This increase in sales seems incredibly high at first sight, but the laser business is an extremely dynamic one, and laser applications are now found in all major areas of life,’ explained Dr. Andreas Penz, spokesman of Trotec’s management team. ‘For example in medical engineering. We manufacture stents with our laser machines. Or in the field of research, where laser applications are simply indispensable, for example in the development of the Mars Rover.
‘Trotec laser technology plays an important role in industry and trade as well,’ he added.
