AILU relies on suppliers of laser equipment for advice on the direction of development in the industry and to support workshops and other AILU initiatives. Key benefits of membership to suppliers of laser equipment include:
The Laser User Magazine (formerly The Industrial Laser User)
This magazine, which has attracted the highest praise from the international laser community, provides a high quality medium in which to freely showcase your latest products. In addition, we are always looking for technical articles and case studies for the magazine, and suppliers of laser equipment are a valuable source of such material.
First published in 1995 it continues to go from strength to strength. You can search for articles of interest and download them for reference, see The Laser User page for more information.
Workshops
Members enjoy a discount to exhibit at AILU workshops. Also, members receive advanced notice with the offer to recommend speakers, subjects and venues.
Products and Services Directory
You will be listed (free of charge) in all appropriate categories of the P&S Directory. Through its high search engine rating, members included in this directory enjoy a greatly enhanced internet presence.
Sales leads
As well as being listed in the products and services directory, members enjoy AILU’s free enquiry service whereby potential sales enquiries to the AILU office are forwarded to all members in the appropriate section of the P&S directory.
Member directories
Members have free entry to the individual and (for corporate members only) corporate members' directories, providing a valuable reference source for linking with AILU members.
Forums
AILU members automatically qualify for access to the Technical Forum, through which they can make contact with visitors to the AILU website who have posed technical or business questions. In many cases, these enquiries are sales leads at the same time.
Market Development Group
The market development group ‘Design for Laser Manufacture’ initiative provides direct advertising opportunities as well as offering a means of displaying pictures of your laser-related products at work.
Advertising
Members are encouraged to submit items of news and editorial for the magazine; this will also appear on the website and is free of charge. Members also receive a discount on advertisements placed in the magazine, the AILU website and on exhibition stands taken at AILU workshops.