Laserline, a developer and manufacturer of diode lasers for industrial material processing, has appointed Claus Narr as its third managing director, alongside company founders Christoph Ullmann and Volker Krause. Narr has been working at Laserline since 2011 and has held a variety of roles, most recently as managing director of the company’s subsidiary Backes Electronic. (From left) Laserline managing directors Christoph Ullmann, Claus Narr, and Volker Krause. Courtesy of Laserline. HERZOGENRATH, Germany — Provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry AIXTRON has designated supervisory board member Alexander Everke as the successor to the supervisory board chairmanship. Everke will replace current chairman Kim Schindelhauer. Additionally, the company intends to propose the election of Ingo Bank as a new member of the supervisory board at its annual general meeting on May 15. Everke has been a member of AIXTRON’s supervisory board since May 2024 and was previously the CEO of ams-OSRAM. Bank currently serves as the CFO of the City Football Group and also served as CFO of ams-OSRAM from May 2020 to April 2023. OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — LIS Technologies Inc., a laser uranium enrichment company, has added J. Gary Eden as chairman of the advisory board for laser engineering and innovation and Neil Campbell as chairman of the advisory board for laser innovation and modeling. Eden has authored more than 370 referred, archival publications and 106 awarded patents, is a member of multiple honorary organizations, and is a fellow of the IEEE, Optica, the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and SPIE. Campbell’s work has been primarily with laser research and development for national and university laboratories, industry and defense, and including organizations such as the Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of South Africa, Grintek Avitronics, ARMSCOR, Applied Research Associates, and the University of New Mexico.