of Photonics Technologies: the European Perspective The Leverage Effect

The Leverage Effect of Photonics Technologies: the European Perspective
2.1
Introduction
The photonics industry has been assessed several times in recent years.
Therefore this study did not include additional fieldwork, but rather undertook
the systematic analysis and representation of the data that are
already available in the various sources. An overview of those sources
is provided in Annex E. Alongside these sources, information was also
used from individual experts in the ESP KTN, TNO and several other European
photonics networks.
Photonics21 as data source
The data used for the analysis of the various value chains are
largely based on the Photonics21 database provided by the EU
funded 'Phorce21' project. Phorce21 has been assessing the
Photonics industry and research infrastructure for the last few
years, within the framework of the Photonics21 European technology
platform. The partners involved in the Phorce21 project
are: VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH (GER), OpticsValley (FR),
Enterprise Ireland, IMEC (BE), EOS and TNO (NL). A vast amount
of data is collected in the Dynamo database, hosted by TNO. It
includes 774 European research organizations involved in photonics
and 2609 European companies involved in photonics.
The photonics industry is defined as those sectors that produce photonic
technologies: photonic components and systems that are used in end
user products, processes and services.
This chapter of the report is structured around the key conclusions that
were drawn from our analysis of the data collected during the study.
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