Manufacturers report that they shipped 30 percent more industrial lasers in the third quarter of 2000 than in the same quarter of 1999. The figure comes from a statistical report by the Laser Systems Product Group of the Association for Manufacturing Technology, covering 46 companies involved in industrial laser equipment and systems. The report says that Nd:YAG laser shipments increased in the period but that CO2 shipments decreased slightly. More than 80 percent of shipments reported were laser systems: a laser source with a workstation.