Coherent and II‐VI Incorporated will collaborate on a supply agreement meant to enable faster process development and streamlined production services for automotive laser welding applications. Specifically, the combination of II-VI’s advanced laser processing heads and Coherent’s Adjustable Ring Mode (ARM) fiber laser technology delivers power adjustment and beam positioning on the fly to optimize welds at high speeds and qualities over large working areas, increasing process efficiency and decreasing ownership costs. The companies recommend this turnkey solution for high-strength alloy welding in automotive body-in-white applications and mass-production copper welding in electrification applications. Coherent will provide customers with a single point of contact throughout the development and deployment of welding sub-systems combining the Coherent ARM fiber lasers and the II-VI RLSK and Highmotion 2D remote laser processing heads.