Laser Focus
Applied Energetics has settled into its new digs at University of Arizona Tech Park at Rita Road.
And it’s a perfect fit for the leader in developing laser technology with fast-strike capabilities.
“It’s been fantastic,” said Applied Energetics CEO Gregory Quarles. “It’s very collaborative. There’s open space out here, a space to walk, a workout area, a Starbucks and an easy drive out from the airport. It’s a really good mixture of the things we want to have.”
“It was really about right time, right place,” he continued. “It fit every need that we have.”
Those needs involved tripling its space to 13,000 square feet, including the addition of a 4,800-square-foot clean room and dust-free environment to “do some really great experiments,” Quarles said. The company is benefiting from millions of dollars of capital investment made by the previous occupant, a global provider of lasers and laser-based technology.
Quarles said the new headquarters will allow the company to reach new heights in the field of Ultra-Short Pulse lasers. It also will “align with the company’s defense industry and production roadmap,” he added.
