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2 0 1 7 • S T U F F 35 P R O F I L E S ipgphotonics.com Address: 50 Old Webster Road, Oxford, MA 01540 P: 508-373-1100 President: Dr. Valentin Gapontsev, Founder, Chairman and CEO Full-time/FTE employees: 1,500 Year founded: 1998 in the USA IPG Photonics, Corp. IPG Photonics is the leading developer and manufacturer of high-tech fiber lasers for diverse applications in numerous markets. Our products are displacing traditional technologies in many current applications and enabling new applications for lasers. IPG is a global company with manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Germany, Russia and Italy. IPG Photonics is leveraging its brand and position as a pioneer and leader in developing and commercializing fiber lasers and amplifiers, increasing its market share in the broader markets. Quite simply, IPG's products are disrupting the market by empowering tomorrow's applications today. IPG Photonics' products of low, medium and high-power lasers and amplifiers are used in materials processing, communications, entertainment, medical, biotechnology, scientific and advanced applications. IPG Photonics is vertically integrated, offering career opportunities in all areas from product conception through development, manufacturing, sales and support. Some of our current openings are: Assemblers, Technicians, Engineers (Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Optical, etc.), Scientists, Research & Development, Service, IT Professionals, Accounting & Finance, and more. We have a creative environment that affords the opportunity to work with smart minds. Kristopher Kosma P R O D U C T S M A R K E T / C U S T O M E R S C A R E E R / J O B O P P O RT U N I T I E S "I was hired right out of Community College and since that time I have been promoted to Supervisor. I very much enjoy working with engineers to bring new designs and products to market in order to help grow our business. We are the world leader in high-powered fiber optic lasers.….anywhere else I go couldn't compare to what we can do here at IPG Photonics." Position: Final Test Supervisor School: Three Rivers Community College and Nichols College Years at Company: 11 years # 5 America's Best Small Companies (2014) Forbes List AT A G L A N C E