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LITILIT secures €8m for FEMODA

Tuesday 18th August 2026

Funding will support development of a modular femtosecond laser platform targeting up to 1,000 W of average optical power for high-throughput industrial manufacturing.

LITILIT has secured an €8 million loan from Lithuanian National Development Bank ILTE to develop FEMODA, a high-power modular femtosecond laser system designed to expand the technology into large-scale industrial manufacturing.

The project has a total value of €10 million, with LITILIT contributing €2 million of its own capital. Commercialisation of FEMODA is planned for the second half of 2029.

FEMODA will target average optical power of up to 1,000 W, distributed across 10 to 20 separate beam channels capable of delivering femtosecond pulses to different processing points on a production line.

According to LITILIT, the architecture could extend femtosecond laser processing beyond its current use in high-value, small-scale components into applications including mass production of metal tools and specialised coatings for large surfaces.

The company also expects the platform to accelerate existing applications in semiconductors, displays and consumer electronics.

Femtosecond lasers use extremely short pulses to process materials with minimal heat transfer to surrounding areas.

However, LITILIT says wider industrial adoption has been constrained by the infrastructure, cooling, installation and maintenance requirements associated with conventional high-power systems.

The company is therefore developing FEMODA as an integrated industrial platform combining control electronics, optics and cooling.

Its modular architecture is also intended to improve serviceability, allowing individual modules to be replaced rather than requiring an entire system to be taken out of operation.

"We're building a system that combines the control electronics, optics, and cooling into a single industrial unit that can easily integrate into any factory," said Nikolajus Gavrilinas, co-founder and CEO of LITILIT.

The development forms part of LITILIT's broader effort to scale femtosecond laser manufacturing. The company recently began developing a new high-capacity factory in Vilnius, which is expected to start operating this autumn with a target capacity of 3,000 femtosecond lasers annually.

LITILIT began developing FEMODA in 2024, building on patented laser technologies developed by its founders in collaboration with the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology in Vilnius.

LITILIT secures €8m for FEMODA

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