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The Leverage Effect of Photonics Technologies: the European Perspective Scanning, sensing and imaging: a SWOT analysis for Europe Strengths ● Strong research in this area ● Strong connection between research and industry ● Well established position of photonics enabled manufacturing industries ● Strong position in high performance markets ● Strong in system integration of photonics components Opportunities ● Increased political attention to more social needs like healthcare and defence/security might increase markets ● Enhanced demand for more quality connects to EU strengths Weaknesses ● Manufacturing of components for imaging is limited, although some are well represented ● Limited presence in manufacturing for consumer markets ● Limited access to rare earth raw materials Threats ● Credit crunch might limit governmental funding for public demand (e.g. healthcare, security) ● Credit crunch might limit availability of resources for research and innovation, jeopardizing the pipeline between research and industry ● Further globalisation in this field might undermine the added value of the EU research base 3.2.5 Impacts The basic economic impact can be divided into two different elements. The first focuses on the economic impact to the enabled manufacturing industries, looking at the improvement of their production process. The second element focuses on the economic impact to final markets. In this qualitative assessment, the additional competitiveness of photonics will be addressed, as well as the overall economic growth that can be expected. Also potential impact on economic restructuring will be addressed if relevant: 42 / 190 ■ Increase in competitiveness of industries expected due to improved quality The scanning, sensing & imaging technologies are used in a significant number of manufacturing industries. Especially the use of these
The Leverage Effect of Photonics Technologies: the European Perspective systems for advanced automation (most major industries), quality control (most major industries) and specific manufacturing processes (limited number of industries) will be of importance to their competitiveness. This will lead to improved quality (testing), more efficient processes (automation) and new innovative products (precision manufacturing), which are crucial to their competitiveness. The overall accompanying economic growth will be limited, but significant, but to keep up the competitiveness these systems are essential. ■ Creation and increased competitiveness of (new) final markets The impact on the final markets and underlying manufacturing industries is of more importance. Looking at medical & healthcare activities, developments in scanning, sensing & imaging are of crucial importance to keep competitive and create new markets. Also, due to the increasing societal attention to healthcare and ageing, it is to be expected that the market growth will be significant. But also various other final markets will experience significant economic growth, like Transport, Defence & security, Environmental monitoring and control, Construction & built environment, Science. The use of these technologies will enable more efficient ways of fulfilling the societal and consumer needs, but also will create new functions. It is expected that photonics will be crucial to the competitiveness of the underlying industries, as well to the efficiency and effectiveness of the services provided with their products. The economic growth in these final markets is expected to be significant. Other sources show that several of these markets increase over 10% annually [Photonics21, 2010]. The assessment of the environmental impact of scanning, sensing & imaging also will follow the division into enabled manufacturing industries and final markets. The assessment will focus on climate change and waste production: ■ Balance on impact on climate change is complex and unclear In general, use of scanning, sensing & imaging leads to the acquisition of additional information at the cost of an increase in direct energy consumption. This is the result of substitution of labour by electronic devices and the introduction of new energy consuming devices. In some cases this increase in energy consumption is balanced by improved efficiency, although rebound effects are possible when higher efficiency leads to more overall consumption. Negative envi- 43 / 190
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