发那科与古河电工成立FF Laser合资公司，开发生产高功率激光二极管模块
Establishing a high-power laser diode module joint venture company
发那科（FANUC）与古河电工（Furukawa Electric）于2015年7月31日成立合资公司FF Laser Corporation，开发和生产工业光纤激光器用的高功率激光二极管模块（LDM）。双方各出资50%，注册资本4.5亿日元，公司注册于发那科山梨县山中湖村总部厂区内，社长由发那科激光实验室FA事业部长西川雄二出任，副社长由古河电工方面出任。合资公司结合发那科的自动化制造技术与古河电工的高功率半导体激光技术，目标是实现工业高功率LDM的量产并提升LDM功率，计划于2016年4月开业。双方曾于2015年4月就成立该合资公司达成基本协议。
August 4, 2015
Fanuc Corporation
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
Fanuc Corporation (President: Yoshiharu Inaba; hereinafter, Fanuc) and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (President and Chief Operating Officer: Mitsuyoshi Shibata; hereinafter, Furukawa Electric) have established a new company on July 31 to develop and manufacture high-power laser diode modules (hereinafter, LDM), which are a key component in industrial optical fiber lasers (hereinafter, fiber lasers).
Background
Fanuc and Furukawa Electric reached a basic agreement in April 2015 to establish a joint venture company during the first half of the year for the development and manufacture of LDMs, which are a key component for the fiber lasers that are spreading rapidly in the metal processing sector for cutting and welding applications. Since then, both companies have continued to prepare for the enterprise. Fanuc and Furukawa Electric will each contribute 50% of the capital for the joint venture company, and officers will be selected from both companies.
Content
FF Laser Corporation will combine the technological strengths of both companies—the automatic manufacturing technology of Fanuc and the high-power semiconductor laser technology of Furukawa Electric—with the goals of working toward mass production of industrial high-power LDMs and increasing LDM power.
Date of establishment of joint venture company: July 31, 2015
New company profile
| Company name | FF Laser Corporation |
|---|---|
| Capital stock | 450,000,000 yen |
| Capital ratio | Fanuc 50 %, Furukawa Electric 50 % |
| Address | Main office: On the premise of Fanuc main office plant Yamanashi prefecture, Yamanakako-mura |
| Opening of business | April, 2016 (on schedule) |
| Title and name of representative | Yuji Nishikawa, President (Fanuc: Executive Officer & General Manager, Laser Laboratory FA Business Division) Hidetoshi Tsukamoto, Vice-President (Furukawa Electric: Manager, Telecommunications Solutions Control Division, FITEL Products Division, Semiconductor Device Department, Module Production Engineering Group) |
来源：FANUC News Release · fanuc.co.jp