IPG Photonics sets up laser facility in Novi, plans to hire 12

“You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads!” — Dr. Evil

Novi will miss out on the sharks (and the ill-tempered, mutated sea bass unfortunately) but the lasers beams are on their way now what IPG Photonics is setting up a laser facility in Metro Detroit this year.

The developer and manufacturer of high-performance fiber lasers is renovating a 17,000-square-foot building on Magellan Drive in Novi. It plans to set up four new application labs in the space. Those labs will house high-powered lasers and robots that will help develop parts for the automotive and medical device industries.

To help supplement this growth, IPG Photonics plans to hire about a dozen engineers over the next year. They will work in either the Novi location or the building in Wixom.

Source: Bill Shiner, vice president with IPG Photonics
Writer: Jon Zemke