Twents SuperLight Photonics expands to Spain and Portugal
Innovative white lasers soon to be more widely used in medical imaging, quality inspection, and machine vision
Published on June 9, 2025
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SuperLight Photonics from Enschede, the Netherlands, is taking the next step in its international growth by entering into a partnership with Spanish company ProCareLight. Thanks to this strategic alliance, SuperLight Photonics' innovative laser technology will become more accessible to companies in Spain and Portugal, particularly in sectors such as medical technology, machine vision, quality inspection, and optical sensors.
According to Jeroen Biesterbos, CCO of SuperLight Photonics, the Iberian market is emerging within the European photonics ecosystem: “Spain offers a strong combination of leading research, a growing number of deep tech startups, and increasing industrial demand for advanced optical technology.” By collaborating with ProCareLight – a well-established name in the region – the Enschede-based company aims to accelerate the industrial-scale application of its technology.
White laser
The collaboration is particularly interesting because of the broad applicability of SuperLight's compact ‘white laser’, which generates light across a broad spectrum. Whereas such supercontinuum lasers have primarily been used in laboratories to date, SuperLight Photonics' technology offers a breakthrough for practical applications. “Until now, these lasers were too large or too expensive for large-scale integration,” says Juan Luis Vadillo, commercial director of ProCareLight. “But with this innovation, we can now also use high-quality optical inspection in production lines, for example.”
The first joint presentations will take place at two leading conferences in Spain in June and July 2025. There, interested parties will be able to learn about the concrete applications of this new generation of lasers, such as in semiconductor manufacturing, medical diagnostics, and precision machining.
With this step, SuperLight Photonics is underscoring its ambition to make innovative photonics solutions available worldwide to companies seeking accurate, fast, and reliable measurement and inspection methods.