Optence e.V. / Photonics Hub
Optence
Overview
About us
Main objective is to strengthen the regional photonics sector. The self-understanding of the network is that of a service provider for its members to generate innovation, growth and jobs. To achieve the objective (according to member surveys and strategy meetings) the following points are important:
- Enabling contacts:
- Extend contacts between cluster members
- Extend contacts within the national photonic sector
- Extend contacts internationally
- strengthen contacts to users
- Access to informations:
- about competences inside and outside of the network
- about new trends and developments in the photonics sector
- about developments in the area of application
- participation in fairs with joint booths
- further training / preservation of specialised personnel
- increased press relations and lobbying
The Internationalisation is advanced through cooperations with other associations / clusters at national or international level, e.g. in the user area, at events, delegation trips.
Established - 26 September 2001
Staff in the management team - 1-5
Support services for upskilling and reskilling of companies workforce
- Competence development
Cluster composition
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110Cluster Members
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79SME's
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3Number of start-ups among SME's
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12Large Companies
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12Research Organisations, Universities, Technology Centers
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7Other Ecosystem Actors
Legal form of the cluster organisation
Languages spoken
Link to the team description on the cluster organisation website
Other label
Management team
Sectorial and industrial focus
Sectoral industries
Sectoral Industries (NACE 4 digit)
Cross-sectoral industries
Industrial Alliances and Ecosystems
Technology fields
S3 EU priority areas
Services
Support services provided
Further information
Working groups: Periodic meetings with lectures, discussion, company and institute surveys, collaboration projects are possible
Networkevents: Wetzlarer Autumn Meeting „Modern optical manufacturing“, Optical materials and their properties, Short Course, Coatings for optical manufacturing, Networking day.
Further training: e.g. optical design,optical coating, interferometry, ISO 10110 norm, diffractive optics, basic knowledge of optics
Internationalisation: organisation of delegation trips, joint booths on international fairs, collaborations with clusters in other countries
Capacity exchange for measurement technique and production
Support services for upskilling and reskilling of companies workforce
Support programmes
EU Programmes
Name & description
Project name
Photonics4All (Promotion of photonics to young people, entrepreneurs and the general public across the EU)
Cooperation activities
International cooperation
Targeted countries
Transnational cooperation
Targeted countries
Transnational support activites
International support activites
Participation at missions/events/study visits/fairsMembership in cluster networks, meta clusters and national associations of clusters
| Profile name | Location | Network type | |
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| OptecNet Deutschland e.V. | |||
| Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid | |||
| IVAM Fachverband für Mikrotechnik | |||
| Netzwerk ZENIT e.V. | |||
| EPIC | |||
| German "go-cluster" programme |
Germany
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Membership in Cluster Partnerships or initiatives
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| European Cluster Partnership in Photonics for Health |
Lithuania
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| European Cluster Partnership in Photonics for Health |
Lithuania
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