LAI International Revenue and Competitors

Laser Applications, Inc. was founded in January 1979 with three employees and a contract for laser heat-treating. During the 1980s, LAI’s capabilities grew to include laser welding, drilling and cutting. It expanded its focus in non-conventional machining by purchasing its first Waterjet cutting machine in 1987. Waterjet services have grown to account for a significant amount of LAI’s business today. LAI has added five-axis Waterjet stations, laser marking services and automated laser processing machines in the 1990s. Today, LAI East’s laser applications range from laser heat treating locomotive liners to slicing rolls of fiberglass fabric with a dedicated beam-splitting station. The plant’s five-axis abrasive Waterjets have cut beams and columns for a new generation of space shuttles, access doors in aircraft wings and couplings for oil well drilling.