Competence Network for Optical Technology

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Competence Network for Optical Technology

• Dr. Klaus Schindler, CEO OptoNet

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Jena the cradle of modern optics
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IndustryKey figures

• companies 150
• turnover 1,6 bn Euro
• export rate 60
• employees (industry) 9.000
• employees (research) 800
• sales forecast 2010 15 p.a.

OptoNet Competence Network for Optical
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RegionJena Erfurt Ilmenau Gera
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Industry Export rate

• export rate 60, increasing
• target markets Western Europe, USA, Asia

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OptoNet

• founded in 1999 within the framework of the
  German program Optical Technologies for the 21st
  century
• currently 79 members
• 63 companies
• 6 research establishments
• 4 universities other educational institutions
• 5 banks venture capital
• 1 technology transfer agency

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Netzwerk

OptoNet Kompetenznetz Optische Technologien
Education Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
Jena Fachhochschule Jena TU Ilmenau Schott-Zeiss-B
ildungszentrum Berufsakademie Thüringen
Extra-university research Fraunhofer-Institut
für Angewandte Optik Feinmechanik Institut für
Physikalische Hochtechnologie Steinbeis-Transferze
ntrum Qualitätssicherung Bildverarbeitung Gesell
schaft für Fertigungstechnik u.
Entwicklung Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- u.
Strahltechnik
INDUSTRY
Research Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
Jena Fachhochschule Jena TU Ilmenau
Cooperation Silicon Saxony e.V. OptecNet
Deutschland e.V. Opticsvalley Parisme2c Kärnten