| 1985 | | TRUMPF decides to make its own CO2 laser, and the TRUMPF LASER TLF 1000 is manufactured. It has 1 kW of beam performance and is the first compact laser resonator with RF-excitation. |
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TRUMATIC L 3000 with "flying" optics (1987)
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TRUMPF introduces a further innovation in this field: the TRUMATIC L 3000, a flatbed laser cutting center with "flying" optics. The workpiece is no longer moved, and the processing head "flies" across the metal. |
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| 1988 | | Innovations in laser development that follow within the next few years make it necessary to found a new company specializing in lasers, and TRUMPF Lasertechnik GmbH is formed.

Symmetry is the key: in a square from, compact and better |
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| 1989 | | At the European Machine Tool Exhibition EMO in Hanover, the first "folded" laser is presented inside a TRUMATIC 240 LASERPRESS.
TRUMPF has 2,400 employees and sales of DM 525 million.
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| 1992 | | TRUMPF's activities in the solid-state laser sector begin with its participation in the firm of Haas Laser GmbH in Schramberg. The company is now 100-percent owned by the TRUMPF Group. |
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