SPI Launches New Website for China


www.SPILasers-China.cn

o New website launches today in Chinese
o China is one of SPI Lasers' most successful export markets
o Website includes trial offers

10th December 2007, Southampton, UK, SPI Lasers, a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber lasers, today announced that they have launched a new website www.spilasers-china.cn for China. The new website provides information on SPI Lasers range of lasers in the Chinese language for the first time, as well as the capability to book evaluations, download datasheets and application notes, book samples into the applications laboratory, find contact details of the relevant sales and customer support team and more. This new website comes as a result of excellent sales in the region.

"China is one of our most successful export territories" said John Tinson, VP of Sales for SPI Lasers. He continued "This website will expand on the success that we have already experienced in the region and will enable interested parties to be kept informed about the latest developments at SPI Lasers in their own language".

The new website also contains details of how to take advantage of SPI's free proof of principle and 30 day free trial program. Organisations, such as device and component manufacturers, academic institutions and system integrators, from around the globe, including those in China, are invited to submit their own application specific trials. Each application will be assessed on a case by case basis for proof of principle. If approved, it will be provided at no cost to the applicant.

Requesting a proof of principle is the fast track way to conduct application trials. In addition, SPI offer a try before you buy program and SPI provides a progressive program to support academic & not for profit research centres.

Both the proof of concept and try before you buy programs mentioned here can be found by clicking on the SPI web site at www.spilasers.com and now also at www.spilasers-china.cn and registering your details.

SPI Lasers is a leading designer and manufacturer of optical fiber-based lasers that are currently used in a wide range of industries. The current product family is used to mark, weld, and cut materials used in the manufacture of a range of products.
The platform technology being developed to raise laser power levels for use in the macro manufacturing sectors is expected further to widen the markets served by SPI Lasers to include aerospace, automotive and white goods manufacture.

Among new markets in prospect, as higher-power lasers are deployed, is defence, and SPI Lasers is currently involved in this sector through contracted development work with a number of companies and government agencies.

SPI Lasers has a strong network of international distributors. In Europe the international distributor is BFI Optilas, one of the region's largest distributors of specialist products in the electronics and photonics markets. Outside Europe, SPI Lasers' products are distributed on an exclusive basis in China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

Founded in 2000 on technology developed by the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre, the business is headquartered in Southampton, United Kingdom.

For further information:
SPI Lasers plc
David Parker, President and Chief Executive
Tel: +44 (0) 1489 779 696
david.parker@spilasers.com

David Holloway, Chief Financial Officer
david.holloway@spilasers.com
www.spilasers.com

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