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Amplitude Laser, Pessac
Pessac, France44.81°N 0.63°W
computed criticality41/100
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One of the world leaders in ultrashort (femtosecond) lasers, around 70 M€ in revenue and nearly 450 employees, about 250 of them in Pessac.
2025Fault line
About 95 % of the business is done internationally, a third of it in Asia, which exposes the group to trade tensions and export controls on semiconductors.
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Amplitude Laser Group
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