In addition to general lighting there are many uses for artificial light, which require a specially designed light or radiation source. Halogen lamps, short arc lamps, metal halide lamps and flash lamps are generally used for these applications.

The field of application is very wide ranging from commercial film production to the manufacture of semiconductors and also medical technology.

For halogen lamps PLANSEE USA supplies:

• MY-ESS ribbon for conducting current in quartz glass lamps 
• ML-wire/pins or ML/Ni-pins for power supply and conducting current 
• Ribbons/wires made of Mo/Pt or Ta used as a welding aid 
• WVM-core wire for infrared lamps

For discharge lamps PLANSEE USA supplies:

• Thoriated and doped W-electrodes 
• W-porous cathodes (infiltrated if desired) 
• MY-ESS ribbon for conducting current 
• ML-wire/pins or ML/Ni-pins for power supply 
• Ribbons/wires made of Mo/Pt or Ta used as a welding aid