eagleyard Photonics GmbH Rudower Chaussee 29 12489 Berlin/Germany Contact: Marketing Sandra Chudek Tel. + 49 30 6392 4520 Fax + 49 30 6392 4529 [email protected] Press Release Berlin/Germany-Bangalore/India June 12th,2014: eagleyard Photonics GmbH announced today the expansion of its global sales force in South Asia Responding to the constantly growing laser diode market with its many diversified applications such as in industrial, space, defense, medical and scientific fields, eagleyard Photonics continues to strengthen its global sales support. Extending eagleyard's well-established and highly esteemed distributors and representatives in Europe, North America and Asia another partnership has been established in India – namely Western Systems, in order to cover new regions and to be able to better serve our customers worldwide. Michael Kneier, eagleyard’s Vice President for Sales and Marketing comments the ongoing expansion, "The Indian market is a steadily growing market with great importance to us. We chose Western Systems for their expertise in the laser industry and for their excellent relations with the key players, as well as for their competent technical support and after sales service to their customers." “It is a pleasure to have eagleyard in our portfolio as the offerings compliment and help leverage the reach into the Indian market” said Balu R. K., CEO, Western Systems. Please find below the contact list of the Western Systems sales force responsible for you: Western Systems Bangalore Office 76 BDA Complex Indiranagar, Bangalore 560 038 India Western Systems Mumbai Branch Office 16, Jayadeep Rifle Range,Ghatkopar (West) Mumbai- 400 086 India Tel: +91-80-2528 4943 Fax: +91-80-2528 5946 Tel.: +91-22-2514 8915 Fax.: +91-22-2513 7819 e-mail: [email protected] www.wsysind.com Contact : Yadhu Kumar e-mail: [email protected] www.wsysind.com Contact : Dilip Iyer If you need any additional support or may have further questions, please feel free to contact us directly by eMail ([email protected]) or telephone (+49 30 6392 4520). Page 1 of 2 About eagleyard: eagleyard Photonics started as a spin-off from the Ferdinand-Braun Institut (FBH) in 2002. The core competence is the development, production and sale of innovative high-power laser diodes based on GaAs (Gallium Arsenide). Its portfolio contains laser diodes with wavelengths ranging from 633 nm to 1,120 nm (DFB-lasers, tapered lasers, ridge waveguide lasers and broad area lasers). These laser diodes are addressing a variety of applications such as aerospace and defense, spectroscopy, medical instrumentation, test & measurement and material analysis. eagleyard is represented worldwide, particularly in Europe, Asia and the United States of America. Since January 2013 eagleyard belongs to the Toptica Group. For more information, please visit our website at www.eagleyard.com About Western Systems: Western Systems is a focused and specialized sales and support organization in the field of laser and fibre optics solutions, RF and microwave components, frequency & timing systems, etc. The head office is located in Bangalore with a branch office in Mumbai. http://www.wsysind.com/ Page 2 of 2