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The Leverage Effect of Photonics Technologies: the European Perspective of photonics in an economical way. However, there are barriers to entry, as the workshops conducted within the scope of this study showed that the connection between universities and business is crucial for the future position of companies. Research needs full public and private support in order to keep the innovative capacity strong enough. But to support all possible research fields would limit its effectiveness. Support of weak areas of research should be limited and strong research communities should be further strengthened, but with future developments in mind. However, the dynamic character of the industry and stage of evolution also leads to the conclusion that policy should support small and upcoming areas of research and innovation. As described before, the photonics industry is highly characterized by new and emerging (sub) markets. These new markets will have some connections to existing strengths in research, but need support to grow out of infancy. As the photonics industry has strong presentation of SMEs 5 , adjacent policy needs to be developed that supports SMEs to connect to research and develop new innovations in new markets (more radical innovations). Looking at the assessment of the photonics industry in Europe, two policy implications can be drawn: 1. The photonics industry is highly heterogeneous, including several subsectors with fundamentally different characteristics. A general policy will be suboptimal and a thematic policy is needed. 2. The industry shows many growth markets with critical mass, but also several new emerging markets can be identified. So next to a policy of “backing the winners”, also support is needed for newcomers and for innovative SMEs. 28 / 190 5 Within the Photonics21 database some 2,600 companies are collected. Over 90% is SMEs, and less than 10% have over 500 employees. It is estimated that some 200,000 people work in the SMEs within the EU photonics industry.
The Leverage Effect of Photonics Technologies: the European Perspective 2.5 Conclusions for the assessment of the photonics industry The assessment of the photonics industry shows that it is a significant industry, about half the size of the pharmaceutical industry. The estimated world production is €277bn (2008), of which Europe contributes about €58bn (2008). This is about 20-25% of the total global production and it can be said that the EU is a significant world player. However, although Europe is considered a world leader in certain fields it only has a marginal position in others. It can be concluded that the photonics industry is significant for Europe, but not in all fields (see chapter 3 for more information). In the last decade, the photonics industry has shown a growth rate that is significantly higher than average and it can be said that the industry is still in its early phase of economic life (this is supported by the leverage assessment). Although the credit crunch has had a large impact on the industry, already in 2010 the growth paths have shown it to be back to the level before the credit crunch. Even further increases can be expected for the coming decade, but within the sector, strong differences can be seen and its character is heterogeneous. The European photonics research and industry is broadly addressed by most of the 27 EU countries. However, over 50% of research and industrial activities take place in Germany, France and the UK. Some other countries like Spain, the Netherlands. Poland, Sweden and Italy are also considered substantial players in the field of photonics, but focal areas of the individual countries vary significantly. Overall, it is estimated that around 5,000 companies are involved in photonics related industrial activities, employing about 290,000 people and some 1,000-2,000 research organisations are present in Europe. The photonics industry includes a relative high proportion of SMEs, but also a significant number of multinational companies have their main office in Europe. 29 / 190
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