A 50W femtosecond-laser demonstrator system is installed at the Department of Production Engineering. The laser is used for application tests as part of the EU funded LIFT project.
The main idea of the project was to create methods and tools for defining and designing formal information structures and communication interfaces for intelligent self-organizing entities, aka. Holons. Partners of the project included Nokia and Hollming Works among others.

The 22nd international conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing is held 10-13 June, 2012 in Helsinki and on a ferry cruise between Helsinki and Stockholm. The conference is hosted by Tampere University of Technology, Department of Production Engineering.