PI (PhysikInstrumente)with headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany, in the past four decades has become the leading manufacturer of nanopositioning systems with accuracies in the nanometer range. With four company sites in Germany and fifteen sales and service offices abroad, the privately managed company operates globally. Over 1000 highly qualified employees around the world enable the PI Group to meet almost any requirement in the field of innovative precision positioning technology. All key technologies are developed in-house. This allows the company to control every step of the process, from design right down to shipment: precision mechanics and electronics as well as position sensors.The required piezoceramic elements are manufactured by its subsidiary PI Ceramic in Lederhose, Germany, one of the global leaders for piezo actuator and sensor products.PI miCos GmbH in Eschbach near Freiburg, Germany, is a specialist for positioning systems for ultrahigh vacuum applications as well as parallel-kinematic positioning systems with six degrees of freedom and custom-made designs.www.pi.ws
PILOT-3D (3D Photonic Integration Laboratory)aims at advancing industrial application of three-dimensional (3D) additive nanofabrication in optics and photonics with a special focus on wafer-level micro-optics and photonic multi-chip integration. These techniques combine highest precision with unprecedented design freedom and flexibility and are about to set new standards in direct digital manufacturing of photonic micro- and nanosystems. www.pilot-3d.de
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Plasma-Thermis a leading provider of advanced plasma processing equipment. Plasma-Therm systems perform critical process steps in the fabrication of integrated circuits, micro-mechanical devices, solar power cells, lighting, and components of products from computers and home electronics to military systems and satellites. Specifically, Plasma-Therm systems employ innovative technology to etch and deposit thin films. The company's Mask Etcher® series for photomask production has exceeded technology roadmap milestones for more than 15 years. Its new MicroDieSingulator™ systems bring the precision and speed of plasma dicing to chip-packaging applications. Manufacturers, academic and governmental institutions depend on Plasma-Therm equipment, designed with “lab-to-fab” flexibility to meet the requirements of both R&D and volume production. www.plasmatherm.com
PNO Consultants is Europe’s largest independent grants advisory with 250 staff and over 25 years in operation. We help our clients and partners identify public funding opportunities based on their competencies and objectives and we help define project ideas and put together the consortia. PNO manages the application process and writes and submits the proposal. Most of our staff has scientific and research backgrounds, enabling us to contribute to the scientific content and research planning. PNO also supports it clients during the negotiation, kick-off and management phases of their projects.We also provide a range of innovation management services which can be deployed within regionally, nationally and EU funded projects including creation and management of networking platforms, stakeholder relationship management, market & technology analysis, planning and roadmapping, coordination, surveys, impact assessments, training, business case development and dissemination. PNO raised over €150M in funding for its clients in 2011.www.pnoconsultants.com
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LIGHT JUMPS: An efficient and effective platform for the cooperation of photonics clusters and the exploitation of European SMEs potential.
Politecnico di Torino (POLITO)is a leading public university, in Italy and in Europe, in technical-scientific teaching and research. POLITO takes part in many EU and international programs. In the 7th Framework Program it was involved in 209 projects corresponding to 57.5 M€. It is closely connected with industries, as demonstrated by several contracts with external companies and has a long experience in national and international research projects. The Photonic groups of the Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT) and of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET) have a long experience in developing materials and technological solutions for photonic applications. They have state of the art laboratories and technologies, they participated to several EU research projects and work together with main industrial players in the fields of ICT, materials processing, biomedicine, transportation and sensing.www.polito.it
Powerlase Photonics Ltd is an innovative, independent, high power laser company, focused on powerful femtosecond, picosecond and nanosecond high energy Diode Pumped Solid State lasers. Powerlase Photonics Ltd has accelerated the introduction of high power lasers into a variety of industrial applications worldwide, primarily in materials processing, marking, annealing, and cleaning as well as other applications. Customer-focused, and with an in-depth knowledge of applications, Powerlase Photonics Ltd enjoys significant expertise in designing and developing state-of-the-art process solutions for flat panel displays, photovoltaic, microelectronics, EUV, machine tool, automotive, and aerospace markets. Powerlase Photonics Ltd has successfully combined high average power, high repetition rates, and high energy pulses; a combination not previously available together and offers these in IR, Green and UV wavelengths. Its unique utilisation of these product features introduces laser processing into new and innovative applications. www.powerlase-photonics.com
Prima Electro is a Contract Electronics Manufacturing company based in Italy that designs and produces a Turnkey Service including boards, inverters, drives, UPS’s, converters and complete control units for industrial and rail applications. Prima Electro is a full-service technology company and a leading player in the embedded product market, with a strong know-how in industrial, transports & energy markets. DOTS electronics (Dedicated-Off-The-Shelf) is the business model of Prima Electro, aiming to provide “dedicated” products tailored to customer’s specifications, requirements and applications, but with the same industrialisation level as any standard commercial product. It is a business model that combines the ability to offer dedicated solutions with a fast time-to-market and competitive costs.www.primaelectro.com
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Prodrive Technologies develops, manufactures and supplies innovative Electronics, Software, Mechanics & Optical solutions for multiple markets. Our company was founded in 1993 by technical professionals from the Eindhoven University of Technology. Since then every year has shown a steep growth rate due to a very successful business concept. We have sales offices over the globe and manufacturing facilities in the Netherlands (Eindhoven), China (Suzhou) and America (Planned 2018).
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Proximionis developing and manufacturing high-end FBG-based products and systems. Special focus is complete fiber optic sensor systems for harsh environments. Starting in 1998 Proximion to date designs and manufactures the world’s longest continuous and most complex FBGs. Proximion is a fully owned subsidiary to Hexatronic Group, publicly traded at NASDAQ. www.proximion.com, www.hexatronicgroup.com
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EO-Net: Novel networking concept based on “elasticity” for improved utilization of resources in WDM optical networks
SENDATE-Ficus: Flexible infrastructure for data center communication providing unique security
The Italian Quanta System is today an important player in the worldwide laser technology market, specialized in 3 scientific fields: Surgery, Aesthetics and Art. They are distinct sectors, united by a common methodological approach which focuses onto the quality of life and care for People. Quanta’s orientation to innovation is realized through a constant effort to introduce new technologies and equipment which are able to satisfy the most demanding requirements. The top value, which the firm calls “Discovery”, the one of Research, is inside the company DNA. It links human needs to Research, whatever technology is necessary, always granting the best and timely solution to physicians and patients. Quanta deeply follows the tradition which, since ever, has accompanied Italians, a Population of explorers and great inventors. Quanta’s successes all over the world confirm the strong push for innovation and the internationalization of Italian projects and technologies. They represent some of the stages into that beauty and health route which is every day explored through systems for Aesthetics and Surgery, always led by their principle: “taking care of people, our masterpieces”. Quanta System’s solutions are often the main bricks for an evolutional passage inside every market like Life-science & Health, Surgery, Applied Sciences, Physics, Microelectronics, Photovoltaic, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Environment & Fine Art Conservation. www.quantasystem.com
Quantel, a key international player in the solid-state laser industry since 1970, puts its technological expertise at the service of the scientific, industrial and medical markets. With a focus on research, development and innovation, Quantel offers products at the forefront of technology. Quantel offers a wide range of products that meet the requirements of both industrial and scientific applications: Pulsed solid-state lasers: Nd:YAG and Nd:Glass, Fiber lasers, adapted to the industrial: marking and scientific: atom cooling markets, High power laser diodes. Quantel can also design and manufacture custom lasers to meet specific customer application requirements. www.quantel-laser.com
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LIFT: Leadership In Fiber Technology
Qioptiqis a proud member company of Excelitas Technologies since 2013. It is a photonics technology leader focused on delivering innovative, market-driven solutions to meet the high-performance lighting, detection and optical technology needs of today’s global markets. We are committed to enabling our customers' success in applications across the fields of biotechnology, consumer products, defense& aerospace, medicine, scientific discovery, safety & security, automotive, energy & environment, semiconductor and industrial manufacturing. Excelitas maintains 19 state-of-the-art photonics technology centers across North America, Europe and Asia. We provide extensive photonic design, engineering, prototyping and manufacturing services to deliver sophisticated discrete components, complex photonic subassemblies, and complete turnkey systems. Learn more at www.excelitas.comand www.qioptiq.com.
Radiantis is a specialist supplier of Optical Parametric Oscillators and Harmonic Generators. We provide femtosecond and picosecond broadly tunable systems, covering the range from the UV to the mid-IR. High-end innovative OPOs with superior performance and reliability are the singular focus of Radiantis. All products are computer controlled and designed for scientific applications, including CARS, multi-photon microscopy and other types of non-linear microscopy and time-resolved spectroscopy.www.radiantis.com
RAYLASE is a global market leader who develops and manufactures galvanometer-scanner based components and submodules for laser beam deflection, modulation and control. Since its foundation in April 1999, RAYLASE is known in the market for innovative, high performance quality scan solutions. DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 standard certified RAYLASE offers customized solutions for the increasing requirements of laser technology in many industries such as automotive, electronics, packaging, textile, security and solar. In these industries laser technology is used for diverse applications such as cutting, marking, perforating and drilling of plastics, metal, textiles, glass or other materials. In addition to robust and reliable 2-axis laser beam deflection units and 3-axis laser beam subsystems, RAYLASE offers customers the right combination of application software and control electronics to accompany them at exceptional value in a one-stop solution.www.raylase.de
RiverD International develops and brings to market dedicated solutions for unmet diagnostic needs, based on Raman spectroscopic analysis of cells and tissues. RiverD's Raman technology platform excels in sensitivity and reproducibility and is readily adaptable to the specific demands of a particular application. The gen2-SCA family of in vivo skin analyzers provides unique insight into the molecular composition of the skin with high spatial resolution, and enables the study of skin penetration properties of topically applied materials. This technology is in use worldwide by personal care industry, pharmaceutical industry and university medical centers. The SpectraCell RA Bacterial Strain Analyzer is RiverD's answer to the need for simple high throughput technology for bacterial typing. At the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam the system is in routine use for rapid analysis of potential outbreak situations and for prospective monitoring of transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. www.riverd.com
ROFIN provides CO2, solid-state, fiberand diode lasers, all of the decisive key technologies and covers the entire spectrum of industrial lasers. The product portfolio ranges from industry standard laser beam sources to compact all-in-one system solutions. The application areas for ROFIN lasers are as broad as the product range. ROFIN lasers are used for production in automotive industry, aircraft construction, machine tool industry, manufacturing of electronics and semiconductors, in photovoltaics and also in jewellery design as well as medical device technology. www.rofin.com
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LIFT: Leadership In Fiber Technology
ISLA: Integrated disruptive components for 2µ fiber lasers
UV-Marking: Development of New UV Laser for Customization at Industrial Level Through High Quality Marking on Different Materials
SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business is a leading, global supplier of engineering thermoplastics with an 80-year history of breakthrough solutions that solve its customers’ most pressing challenges. Today, Innovative Plastics is a multi-billion-dollar company with operations in more than 35 countries and approximately 9,000 employees worldwide. The company continues to lead the plastics industry with customer collaboration and continued investments in new polymer technologies, global application development, process technologies, and environmentally responsible solutions that serve diverse markets such as Healthcare, Transportation, Automotive, Electrical, Lighting and Consumer Electronics. The company’s extensive product portfolio includes thermoplastic resins, coatings, specialty compounds, film, and sheet. Innovative Plastics is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC).www.sabic-ip.com
The SAES Groupis a world leader in a variety of scientific and industrial applications where high/ultra-high vacuum conditions or pure metal vapors or ultra-pure gases are required. Starting in 2004 the Group has expanded its business into knowledge-intensive materials markets, in particular the market of NiTiNOL, whose super elastic properties are applied to medical devices while shape memory properties are applied in industrial and consumer electronics applications. For more than 70 years, our technology has been supporting innovation in the following sectors: i Information and Displays industry, ii Lamp industry, iii Vacuum and Ultra-high Vacuum applications, iv Vacuum tubes and electronic devices industry, v Ultra-high gas purification for Semiconductors, vi Renewable Energies area. Since 2004 our NiTi smart materials solutions have been innovating: i the Medical devices industry, ii the Consumer electronics industry, iii the Automotive industry, iv the White Goods and Domotic industries. The Group is also developing a wide range of advanced polymer-matrix composite materials for the encapsulation of OLED Displays, OLED Light Sources and other Organic Electronics and Organic Photonics devices. www.saesgroup.com
SATRAX is to become the market leader in true-time-delay-based electronic beam-steering antenna systems (no mechanically moving parts) in the market for real-time broadband SatCom applications for high-speed vehicles. With 2 demonstrator products tested and qualified, SATRAX is ready to enter the SatCom market for 10-12 GHz, Ku-band, applications. SATRAX's product improvements and further technology development will expand communication applications in the aerospace and avionics industry. Further mobile applications will include high-speed public transport and military or civil operations in areas with poor infrastructure. www.satrax.nl
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Jos. Schneider Optische Werke is a worldwide acclaimed manufacturer of high performance lenses and filters as well as optical and mechanical components for industrial applications. More than 100 years of experience in optical design and manufacturing with modern production processes enable Schneider-Kreuznach to offer top-quality products. Furthermore, the competent expert consultation und support contribute to our customer‘s success. Schneider-Kreuznach stands for cutting-edge technology engineered in Germany.www.schneiderkreuznach.com
SCHOTT is a leading international technology group in the areas of specialty glass and glass-ceramics. The company has more than 130 years of outstanding development, materials and technology expertise and offers a broad portfolio of high-quality products and intelligent solutions. SCHOTT is an innovative enabler for many industries, including the home appliance, pharma, electronics, optics, life sciences, automotive and aviation industries. SCHOTT strives to play an important part of everyone’s life and is committed to innovation and sustainable success. The group maintains a global presence with production sites and sales offices in 34 countries. With its workforce of approximately 15,000 employees, sales of 1.99 billion euros were generated in fiscal year 2015/2016. The parent company, SCHOTT AG, has its headquarters in Mainz (Germany) and is solely owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation. As a foundation company, SCHOTT assumes special responsibility for its employees, society and the environment.www.schott.com
The Institute of Communication, lnformation and Perception Technologies: TeCIPhas a research area focused on optical communications. This research is carried out by around 70 people, and covers the full value chain, from component design and testing to system and network demonstration. Among the research topics we have: fiber-based sensors; all-optical signal processing, LED-based visible light optical wireless communications, systems and subsystems for access networks, coherent systems for long-haul high speed; architectures of optical communication networks. The institute has a decade-long collaboration with Ericsson R&D and the Italian Interuniversity Consortium for Telecommunications: CNIT. It is active in several FP7 research projects; among them, it is coordinating COCONUT project on coherent WDM PON, and the ERC Project PHODIR, on a photonic-based radar. TeCIP recently started a group on design, realization and testing of photonic integrated circuits. www.sssup.it