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What does ROFIN do?
When was ROFIN founded?
Where is ROFIN-SINAR Technologies Inc. headquartered?
How did the Company’s name come about?
How many employees does ROFIN have?
How is ROFIN positioned on a global basis?
What comprises ROFIN’s product and technology portfolio?
Which markets and industries is ROFIN mainly active in?

ROFIN is one of worldwide leading manufacturers of lasers and laser-based systems that are used in industrial materials processing.
ROFIN was founded in 1975 in Hamburg, Germany.
The legal domicile of ROFIN-SINAR Technologies Inc. is in Plymouth, Michigan.
The Company’s name is a combination of two former co-founders (RO-FIN) and “sinar”, the Indian Sanskrit word for laser or laser beam. The original name of the Company was to be “Sinar”. However, a Swiss company already beared the name SINAR, so our Company was re-named after the acquisition of the English company ROFIN.
As per September 30, 2014, the ROFIN group employed 2,270 people.
ROFIN has a broad geographical presence and has production sites in Germany, US, United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Singapore and China. Its global sales and service network stretches out over 50 countries worldwide.
ROFIN has one of the broadest product portfolios in the industrial laser market. The technologies offered comprise of CO₂ lasers, lamp- and diode pumped, solid-state lasers, fiber lasers as well as diode lasers. The product offering ranges from laser beam sources to complete laser solutions for industrial material processing. The output powers of ROFIN’s laser beam sources range from single watts to multi-kilowatts. In addition, through multiple subsidiaries, ROFIN covers the following bands: Laser diodes and diode bars, fibers and fiber delivery systems, power supplies and specialty fibers, for example, specialty fibers which are used as active fibers in fiber laser technology.
ROFIN maintains over 20 production facilities and markets its laser solutions in a large number of countries. Its primary selling markets are in the following industries: the machine tool and automotive industry, the semiconductor and electronics industry, the photovoltaic industry, the consumer goods industry as well as the dental and medical device industry.

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When will ROFIN-SINAR Technologies’ next earnings results be released?
When will the next annual general meeting take place?
When does ROFIN’s financial year end?
What does the ROFIN Group's shareholder structure look like?
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Who are ROFIN’s independent public accountants?
How can I receive a copy of ROFIN’s recent annual report or other printed investor material?
How can I receive the quarterly earnings releases on a regular basis?

The dates for the upcoming earnings releases can each be found in our financial calendar.
The date for the next annual general meeting can be found in the section annual general meeting or in our financial calendar.
ROFIN’s fiscal year ends on September 30 of the corresponding year.
According to NASDAQ data, ROFIN’s shares are in the majority float, and the majority of them are held by institutions. Geographically, most of the shares are held in the US.
Transfer agent and registrar of ROFIN is Computershare College Station, TX, in the US.
Independent elected public accountants for ROFIN are Deloitte & Touch LLP, Detroit, MI.
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