The Laser Laboratory utilizes its talented scientific staff and its extensive equipment resources to develop technical solutions to challenging problems. Available resources include large-area photo-ablation tools, ultrafast lasers, excimer, dye, nitrogen and other scientific and industrial lasers, spectral analysis instruments, mass spectrometers, imaging equipment, processing facilities, and software design tools for optical, mechanical engineering and chemical analysis applications. The Laser Laboratory has completed challenging programs for many companies and institutions, including Aceralia (Spain), Acerinox (Spain), ARL (Switzerland), Avantes (Netherlands), CNR (Italy), CORUS (United Kingdom), CRM (Belgium), Ekspla (Lithuania), FOI (Swedish Defence Research Agency), Ford (Spain), Gerdau (Spain), Guardia Civil (Spain), ILT (Germany), Indra (Spain), IRSID (France), Isofotón (Spain), ISQ (Portugal), Istituto Superiore di Sanitá (Italy), KIMAB (Sweden), MEFOS (Sweden), OCAS (Belgium), Saarstahl (Germany), Seat (Spain), Siemens-Matsushita (Spain), Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro (Italy), Technische Universitaet Dortmund (Germany), Technische Universitaet Wien (Austria), the Andalusian Institute for Cultural Heritage (Spain), Thyssen-Krupp Stahl (Germany), TUC (Germany) and Volvo Cars (Sweden).
The Laboratory is funded partially by the University of Málaga, by regional research programs from the Government of Andalucía, by researchs programs from the central Spain’s Administration and by the European Union through the R&TD Framework Program.