Milestones (1983 – today)
HIGHYAG
Foundation of HIGHYAG Lasertechnologie GmbH with the vision of perfecting the industrial use of laser technology READ MORE 
PHOTON AG
Foundation of Photon Laser Engineering GmbH as a pioneer of laser welding technology READ MORE 
SIKORA
Since the beginning of laser technology Mr. Ralf Sikora supports the automotive industry as a develo... READ MORE 
Scansonic
Foundation of Scansonic IPT GmbH, which is now a leading provider of system solutions for laser soldering READ MORE 
2018
2013
Energy efficiency
Energy efficiency is an important strategic goal in production planning and control. Digital factory [...]
Quality assurance
Today, production quality assurance often requires costly visual inspections or even wasteful destructive tests. [...]
2010
Hemming simulation
Hemming is a joining technology used extensively in the automotive industry to join two [...]
2009
Logistics planning
In the 1990s, inpro developed inProLog, a logistical planning software. inProLog was the first [...]
2008
Welding simulation
Thermal welding remains the most important joining technology for vehicle production. However, this technique [...]
2006
Painting simulation
Coating car bodies is a complex process. After completing the individual coating steps, the [...]
2005
Foil technology
The use of decorative foils has emerged as an alternative to coating plastic add-on parts; [...]
2000
1999
1998
Photon – from laser pioneer to sheet-metal and mobility all-rounder
The power of light The history of Photon began with a passion for the power [...]
1997
Laser hardening
inpro’s development work formed the basis for the introduction of bodywork laser beam welding [...]
1996
Laser soldering
Research on welding with solid-state lasers was the starting point for further development in [...]
1995
Laser welding
From 1988 to 2000, inpro made a decisive contribution to the introduction of high-performance, [...]
1993
Forming simulation
inpro has delivered key pioneering breakthroughs in industrial-grade metal forming. The development work started [...]
1991
Factory simulation
Nowadays, there are numerous tools available for material flow simulation in production environments. They [...]
1990
Expert systems
As early as in the 1980s, inpro devoted its attention to the issue of [...]
1983
Foundation of INPRO
Since 1983, inpro has developed to become a unique innovation provider for automotive production. [...]