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Laser Optical Engineering Limited

Laser Safety Equipment | Laser Engineering | Laser Safety | Laser Beam Shaping

Laser Optical Engineering Ltd (LOE) is an ISO9001 certified company, specialising in the development of innovative and bespoke laser based imaging products and services.

CRN
03184967
Founded
1996
Age
30

Overview

Legal name
LASER OPTICAL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Region
East Midlands
Registered address
BUILDING 72A THE AIR CARGO CENTRE
ARGOSY ROAD EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT
CASTLE DONINGTON
DERBYSHIRE
DE74 2SA
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

Updated 06 Jun 2026 16:52

Laser Optical Engineering Limited
No active corporate controller recorded.

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
26 Apr
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

31 Jan
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

12 Apr
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

30 Apr
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

12 Apr
1996

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

10 awards
First funded
2006
Funded years
2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021
Age at first award
10 years

Projects

2021 Collaborative R&D

Tau robot platform for laser welding next generation, extra-large aerospace and automotive structures (e-Tau)

1 Jul 2021 to 31 Dec 2023

Awarded
£122,182
Total cost £174,545

Laser welding is a high throughput, low distortion, fully automated joining method, already used by aerospace and automotive industries for several decades to fabricate structures from fuselage sections to car bodies. The requirements on the welds in such structures, depending on the application in question, can be very demanding: strength, resistance to ...

2019 BIS-Funded Programmes

High Volume Manufacture and Inspection Processes for Composite Pipes

1 Jul 2019 to 30 Jun 2021

Awarded
£82,822
Total cost £176,216

Thermoplastic composites are gaining favour in place of traditional thermoset versions for their toughness, ease of recycling and ability to be manufactured in high volume without autoclaves. The High Volume Manufacture and Inspection Processes for Composite Pipes project aims to develop novel manufacturing and inspection processes for production of cost-...

2015 EU-Funded Lead participant

SCRUTINISE

1 Nov 2015 to 30 Sep 2017

Awarded
£174,258
Total cost £290,430

Awaiting Public Project Summary

2013 GRD Proof of Market Lead participant

Solar Energy Maximiser

1 Dec 2013 to 30 Jun 2014

Awarded
£25,000
Total cost £41,692

Laser Optical Engineering wish to develop a high performance photovoltaic based solar collector with a 3 fold increase in power output over current offerings. The product will use a solar harvesting area three quarters smaller and much simpler than currently available, using optics to concentrate and steer solar energy onto Photo voltaic cells. this appro...

2013 Collaborative R&D

LaserSnake 2: Tele-robotic delivery of laser cutting for nuclear decommissioning

1 Jan 2013 to 31 Mar 2017

Awarded
£290,214
Total cost £414,589

Awaiting Public Project Summary

2012 GRD Development of Prototype Lead participant

Stand Off Explosive Residue Detection for Cargo

1 Aug 2012 to 31 Aug 2014

Awarded
£200,020
Total cost £445,380

We have developed a new technology that can spot explosive residue. The main advantage of this technology is that it operates in real time, images the residue which then automatically signals an alert when a substance is spotted. This is a brand new approach to to explosive detection. Current technologies can only manually alert to the presence of explosi...

2011 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

SCAMPER 'Scale-up of Additive manufacturing with Materials manipulation Processing for higher performance and rEducing waste in manufacturing and Repair

1 Jul 2011 to 31 Aug 2014

Awarded
£101,565
Total cost £203,130

SCAMPER: Scale -up of Additive manufacturing with Materials manipulation Processing for higher performance and rEducing waste in manufacturing and Repair Technology Strategy Board: Technology Inspired Collaborative Research and Development – High Value Manufacturing TP number: 5684-44827 The key driver for SCAMPER is to reduce material waste for productio...

2010 EU-Funded Lead participant

DOEFLAC

1 May 2010 to 31 Mar 2014

Awarded
£275,230
Total cost £550,459

Awaiting Public Project Summary

2008 Feasibility Studies

Non firing repairs of vitreous surfaces

1 Mar 2008 to 31 Mar 2011

Awarded
£85,830
Total cost £190,726

Development of glass repair material (either in powder, paste or solid format) that can be fused in place using a laser system, which can be pigmented to match the substrate colours and give a similar gloss appearance to the fired substrate i.e. sanitaryware or tableware glaze and vitreous enamel frit. Development of a laser fusing system giving energy ef...

2006 Collaborative R&D

OVD Writer Reader

1 Sep 2006 to 31 Aug 2009

Awarded
£37,580
Total cost £124,739

Awaiting Public Summary

Product types

BIS-Funded Programmes Collaborative R&D EU-Funded Feasibility Studies GRD Development of Prototype GRD Proof of Market