of Photonics Technologies: the European Perspective The Leverage Effect
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Leverage</strong> <strong>Effect</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Photonics</strong> <strong>Technologies</strong>: <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> <strong>Perspective</strong><br />
2.2<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Photonics</strong> industry is<br />
substantial and still in its early<br />
industrial stage<br />
<strong>The</strong> world market for civil photonics products in 2008 was worth<br />
€256bn, <strong>the</strong> defence market adding an additional €21bn - leading to an<br />
overall total <strong>of</strong> €277bn [Optech Consulting, April 2010]. <strong>The</strong> two largest<br />
civil sectors were flat panel displays and information technology. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
accounted for €71.8bn and €49.0bn respectively and toge<strong>the</strong>r made up<br />
nearly half <strong>the</strong> total market volume (44%). <strong>The</strong> remaining seven nondefence<br />
sectors accounted for between €15bn and €27bn each.<br />
Defence photonics<br />
8%<br />
6%<br />
6%<br />
8%<br />
10%<br />
Solar energy<br />
Flat panel displays<br />
6%<br />
Lighting<br />
Information technology<br />
Medical tech. & life sciences<br />
7%<br />
Optical communications<br />
24%<br />
Measurement and automated vision<br />
18%<br />
7%<br />
Production technology<br />
Optical components & systems<br />
Figure 2: World photonics production by sector (2008). Total: €277B, redrawn with modifications<br />
from [Optech Consulting, April 2010].<br />
<strong>The</strong> total <strong>of</strong> €277bn can be put in perspective by comparing this with<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r important industries. In total, <strong>the</strong> overall worldwide GDP is around<br />
€60trillion (2008), where <strong>the</strong> EU GDP is around €12trillion (2008). <strong>The</strong><br />
overall production <strong>of</strong> defence related photonics in 2008 was around<br />
€22bn, which can be compared to defence procurement <strong>of</strong> €44bn in<br />
Europe and $154bn in <strong>the</strong> USA in 2009 (EDA 2 ). Compared to technol-<br />
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<strong>European</strong> Defence Agency<br />
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