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Magazine of the Jenoptik Group 1 l 2012
Positive results and a view abroad.
Unplanned stroke of genius.
Everything normal.
Clear view for rescue personnel.
The galloping elephant.
The link between popcorn and clean air.
Handiwork meets high-tech.
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Positive results and a view
abroad.
Fiscal year 2011 and the first quarter
of 2012 were successful for Jenoptik.
Together with the new Financial Director,
Jenoptik Chairman Michael Mertin is setting
the agenda for 2012.
Unplanned stroke of genius.
Jenoptik and the Fraunhofer Institute IOF
are emulating moth’s eyes with plasma
etching and succeed in developing the
almost perfect antireflective coating for
optics in medical and industrial technologies.
Everything normal.
In cooperation with the Federal Physical-
Technical Institute, Jenoptik has developed
a camshaft standard which will markedly
improve quality control in the automotive
industry.
Clear view for people saving
lives.
Thermal images support rescue personnel
in their operations. Jenoptik is manufacturing
infrared sensors for the camera
module of Dräger. Recently, Jenoptik was
awarded the Dräger Supplier Award for
this cooperation.

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Editors: Katrin Lauterbach, Silvia Scharlock
Editorial assistance:
Cornelia Ehrler, Jana Dichelle
The galloping elephant.
The Indian automotive market is booming.
Next to many automotive manufacturers,
the Jenoptik Industrial Metrology division
is present onsite in the growth market
India.
The link between popcorn and
clean air.
Together with the University of Jena,
Jenoptik has developed an exhaust purification
system using microwave radiation
that is much more efficient than any other
system on the market.
Handiwork meets high-tech.
With the 39th edition of their “tangent”
arts exhibition, Jenoptik presents fiber
optic plastics and drawings by the American
artist Yvette Kaiser Smith under the
title “Etudes from Pi”.
Pictures:
Jenoptik
fotolia.com (page 5, 7, 8, 16, 20/21, 23, 24/25 at the
top)
Yvette Kaiser Smith (page 29–31)
Layout: Bernd Adam, Jena
Print: Druckhaus Gera GmbH
The contents of this magazine address men
and women equally. For better readibility, the
masculine forms are used normally.
Publication in: June 2012.
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Fiscal year 2011 and the first quarter were both successful for Jenoptik. “This is an incentive
to continue the path we have been taking.” Michael Mertin, CEO of JENOPTIK AG,
is building on a future as a globally active company. “A lot will have to change,” he says,
describing Jenoptik’s future development, which he will now approach together with his
new colleague on the board, Rüdiger Andreas Günther, and all the staff of the Group.
The main objective is to open up international markets and orient internal processes
precisely towards them.
Katrin Lauterbach
results
Positive
view
and a
The figures published by Jenoptik in March, 2012, at the balance
sheet press conference, are not bad. Sales rose by 13.5 percent
to 543.3 million euros, while operating profit (group EBIT) rose by
just about 70 percent to 49.2 million euros. With these results and
the trends in stock prices over the past year, Jenoptik CEO Michael
Mertin came second in the CEO ranking of the Wirtschaftwoche
magazine. Michael Mertin and his colleague on the board, Rüdiger
Andreas Günther, see no reason to slow down. “We have to
become a global player and open up foreign markets. This is the
only way we can continue our profitable growth in the future.”
Jenoptik is primarily relying on organic growth. “Of course, we are
also looking for possible acquisitions, especially in North America
and Asia. But under no circumstances would we make those at
any price.”
To lay the foundations for growth, Jenoptik is investing in new
structures and optimizing and expanding production. The investment
volume in 2011, at 25 million euros, was just about 70 percent
higher than in 2010. Investments will be continued – for example
in Berlin, with the expansion of production capacity for the
fabrication of the base material for diode lasers and in Altenstadt
in Bavaria for improvements to the production of energy systems
in higher power classes. But also the regional presences of the
Group and thus the sales structure will be greatly reinforced. “Our
strategy of building our own structures in target markets and thus
achieving proximity to the customer is starting to take hold,” summarizes
the Jenoptik CEO.
“Close to the customer, that’s the rule.”
(Michael Mertin)
Since May, Jenoptik has expanded its “global footprint”, as Mertin
puts it, by two more important countries. First, from Singapore,
the Industrial Metrology division will be expanding its business
in Southeast Asia. This division is also in the process of starting
with its own structures in South America. “With one division, we
are building a presence on-site that will then be available to other
divisions as well.” According to Mertin, this is especially a decisive
advantage over the competition in high-tech industries, which is
sometimes smaller and cannot fall back on global group structures.
That brings speed, flexibility, and finally also advantages in
cost – first while opening up a market and then during administration.
The fact that the Industrial Metrology division often plays

abroad.
a pioneering role within Jenoptik is no accident. This division
started with internationalization early on because it primarily provides
to the global automobile industry. “Close to the customer,
that’s the rule.”
Sales by region
America
€ 25.4 m
The Jenoptik locations, subsidiaries, and sales partners are in countries that are highlighted in blue.
In the first quarter of 2012, Jenoptik could record an increase
in sales in all markets outside Europe.
America: sales in the NAFTA region plus 49.1 percent
Germany: slight increase of 5.1 percent
Europe: total sales minus 3.1 percent, declining business with European semiconductor customers
Asia/Pacific: further growth
Middle East/Africa: strongly dependent on single orders/projects
The concept pays off – the business figures prove it. Jenoptik
saw 60 percent of sales in 2011 abroad. In the growth region of
Asia, Jenoptik saw sales rise in 2011 by 55 percent over 2010; in
dollars in America there was growth of around 20 percent. In
both regions, sales in the next few years should rise significantly –
both in absolute terms as well as in relation to total sales. “We’ve
Europe
€ 41.5 m
Germany
€ 50.5 m
Middle East/Africa
€ 7.3 m
Asia/Pacific
€ 13.0 m
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JOE – internal program started for the harmonization of the process landscape.
The goal is to have a common ERP throughout the Jenoptik Group. ERP
stands for Enterprise Resource Planning and secures the efficient use of
all enterprise resources and, thus, optimal business processes, based on a
shared database.
JOE = Jenoptik One ERP.
An ERP system will now model and support all the processes of the Jenoptik
Group. From the historical situation, there are still different systems in use in
got plenty of room above us in these regions,” says CEO Mertin.
Jenoptik proved that again in the first quarter of 2012, with sales
from the NAFTA region about 50 percent above those from the
same period in the previous year. Especially the Industrial Metrology
and Defense & Civil Systems divisions saw sharply increased
sales in North America.
“With our investment in research and development,
in our sales structures and the expansion
of our production capacity, we are investing in
our own future.”
(Michael Mertin)
Over the course of the current fiscal year, Jenoptik is continuing
this positive trend. Sales in the first quarter of 2012 were over
ten percent higher than in the previous year, with operating
profit reaching previous year’s level. The drop in margin in the
first quarter of 2012 was due to a changed sales mix, but also to
higher investment in research and development, in sales structures,
and in expansion of production capacity. “We are investing
in our own future,” says Mertin. On the sales side, business with
the semiconductor industry fell in the first months of the year, but
less severely than had been expected. Jenoptik partly compensated
for the drop with stronger systems business, that is, orders
with a high portion of value creation, and new key customers
the Jenoptik Group. To convert to a uniform system, the advance harmonization
of data and thus processes is essential. The structuring of the future
process landscape, as well as the economic analysis, were concluded
successfully in 2012.
Teams are currently working out the future process landscape and the basics
of the system that will be introduced step-by-step in the operational areas
of Jenoptik starting in mid-2013. The pioneers are the Lasers & Material
Processing and Optical Systems divisions, who will first make the move to
the new platform. The basis will be SAP, with which all Jenoptik departments
around the world will be able to work. About 200 Jenoptik staff from five
divisions, Shared Services, and Corporate Center participate in the project.
from other industries, for example with orders for optical systems
for the Asian flat screen monitor industry and for optoelectronic
systems. For example, the collaboration with Dräger was recently
strengthened here. The Jenoptik Optical Systems division is also
now working with the Lübeck company, with a corresponding
cooperation agreement concluded in February 2012 for three
years. One successful product from the collaboration with Dräger
and Jenoptik sensor technology is already successful on the market.
The thermal imaging camera for firefighters, the Dräger UCF
7000. Jenoptik provides the camera module for this camera, and
was awarded the Dräger Innovation Award in 2012 for this module.
You can read more about the camera and Jenoptik’s thermal
image know-how on page 16 of this brochure.
“On the order side, our main target during
this kind of growth is on delivery capacity and
reliability.” (Michael Mertin)
The trust of customers is demonstrated in order receipts in 2011,
which at 650 million euros was about 20 percent higher than
in 2010. This also included several large orders, primarily for
the Traffic Solutions and Defense & Civil Systems divisions. The
good order climate continued in the first quarter of 2012. The
Traffic Solutions division was able to win another large order.
For Malaysia, the division will deliver traffic safety systems and

services valued at over 40 million euros. Order intake from the
automobile industry remained at its high level. “On the order side,
our main target during this kind of growth is on delivery capacity
and reliability. There’s no point to receiving orders if in the end we
cannot deliver them to the fullest possible satisfaction of our customers,”
says the Jenoptik CEO, considering the order backlog,
which at the end of March, 2012, was at a continued high level
of 462.1 million euros.
“For our growth, reduced net debt is a stable
position that gives us room to negotiate.”
(Rüdiger Andreas Günther)
On the finance side, Jenoptik is in perfect shape for their future
organic growth. The new Financial Director Rüdiger Andreas
Günther, who announced the quarterly figures for Jenoptik in
May, 2012, is starting with a solid foundation. For years, Jenoptik
has had positive cash flow in the two-digit million range. With
the bonded loan of October, 2011, Jenoptik has good terms for
its medium- to long-term financing, and net debt was steady at
61 million euros at the end of March, 2012. At the same time, the
liabilities to the silent real-estate investors were reduced. “For our
growth – whether organic or by means of acquisitions – this is a
stable position that gives us room to negotiate,” says Rüdiger
Andreas Günther. Jenoptik has a free liquidity range of a total
of 90 million euros, as well as cash in the amount of about
65 million euros. “Compared to our liability situation of 260 million
euros in 2006 and additional guarantees of Jenoptik to third
parties in the sum of more than 200 million euros, today’s situation
provides a secure basis for our future,” says Michael Mertin.
For the overall year of 2012, Jenoptik continues to be guardedly
optimistic. Sales should rise by two to six percent, and the group
operating result should lie between 40 and 50 million euros –
depending on trends in the semiconductor business cycle. “Yes,
so far we’ve seen a better semiconductor cycle than we anticipated,
but uncertainty, including uncertainty about the economy
as a whole, is not gone yet,” says Michael Mertin. He also notes
the sovereign debt crisis of the industrial nations, still unresolved.
Germany’s economy is robust, but very dependent on exports.
In all, though, Jenoptik management has a confident view of the
future. “Stable, sustainable development of the Group is important
to us, and we’re on the right track.”
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Jana Dichelle
Unplanned
stroke of genius
Moths don’t have it easy. Among the animal kingdom, they
aren’t really our favorites; holes in our winter coats and kamikaze
runs into our candles just don’t make a good impression.
But Susanne Gaumitz, optical engineer in the Optoelectronic
Systems business unit, can still gain something from them. Or
more precisely: from their eyes. Because the fluttering insect is a
master of antireflectivity from which human optical expert could
learn something indeed. The facetted eyes of nocturnal moths
always stay entirely black – no reflected light betrays the moth to
its enemies, and they use the meager light of dusk optimally to
find their own food.
The reason are tiny bumps no greater than 100 nanometers in
size that are packed onto the surface of the facetted eyes and
can be seen only under an electron microscope. The regular
pattern of bumps is smaller than the wavelength of visible light.
So the light is not abruptly reflected. Instead, where the eye and
the air meet, the index of refraction has a gentle, continuous
transition – resulting in nearly perfect antireflective properties.
Imitating nature with purple plasma.
“When we want to find out the things nature is telling us, we
humans need enormous technical effort,” says Susanne Gaumitz
about the vacuum chamber in which she manufactures artificial
moth eye structures. The young engineer is responsible at Jen-
optik for a team of six people, along with the new task lovingly
called “Nanomoth” in company jargon. She studied ophthalmic
optics at Jena University of Applied Sciences, intending to work
in the technology field later – until the variety of optical coatings
captured her heart.
Now she operates the touch screen for the plasma ion source.
The source is in a vacuum chamber sealed by a heavy door
something like a safe’s. Once the vacuum is established, the
violet plasma can shine, beautiful behind its view glass. But
what you can’t see is important: the plasma ions are fired at a
lens and etch a structure into it – similar to that placed on the
moth’s eye by nature.
Assistance from Mr. Accident.
It was a stroke of luck that revealed this antireflective technique
to Jenoptik. While researchers around the world were looking
systematically for ways to produce the moth’s eye structure, Dr.
Peter Munzert at Jena’s Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics
and Fine Mechanics (IOF) more or less stumbled on it.
“Historically, we’ve really only used plasma treatments to prepare
surfaces so that the coating will hold better afterwards.
But I was entirely surprised once when I measured the transmission
after preparation. The light transmission of a PMMA disk

The perfect antireflective coating, self-organizing:
Fraunhofer Institute and Jenoptik
are emulating moth’s eyes with plasma etching.
(better known as Plexiglas) had actually improved after plasma
etching. You would really have expected it to get worse, since
you normally see absorption losses in this kind of situation,”
recalls Munzert, educated as a plastic engineer. But look: Under
an electron microscope, it is clear that the plasma etching
produces very small structures that were very similar to those
eagerly sought in the moth’s eye. And miraculously, in a selforganizing
manner, without planned intervention.
It works – but why?
Exactly how and why that happened, that is, how the ions
were able to structure the surface at such small intervals and
with such regularity, is something that nobody knows yet. “Our
institute has set up our own research projects to make sense of
it,” says Peter Munzert. But even without an exact clarification
of the “why”, the discovery was quickly used in practice. The
duration and intensity of the ion beam were refined until the
aspect ratio of the structures, that is, the relationships between
height, width, and gaps between them, were ideal. Then it was
time to give the child a name and let it out into the world. The
patent was filed under the name of ARplas®, and Jenoptik was
one of the first licensees. For two years now, Jenoptik has offered
moth’s eye antireflective coating using plasma etching as
a commercial product.
The left half of the lens is coated with Nanomoth and the right one is
not. In the red box the moth eye structure under the electron microscope:
The microscope images of moth eye structures both natural and
from plasma etching show an uncanny resemblance to each other.
From the lab to the production plant
in record time.
The smoothness of the invention’s transition from basic research
into the business world was even awarded a prize. The team at
the Fraunhofer Institute were pleased to accept the Thuringian
Research Prize in February, 2012.
At Jenoptik, meanwhile, collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute
continues – people talk on the phone or email, and in the
worst case the 50 km between Triptis and Jena aren’t much of
a distance by car. “The physical proximity helps,” says Susanne
Gaumitz, naming one success factor for the Nanomoth in Triptis.
“We’ve worked intensively together for years, of course, on
the development of optical coatings,” adds Peter Munzert.
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So the Triptis team were already well equipped. A system for the
etching of nanostructures was available immediately, because
Fraunhofer researchers had installed it years ago. However, its
original purpose was primarily to coat lenses with plasma-assisted
vacuum sputtering. Now one and the same machine is also
used to create the moth’s eye structures using plasma etching.
From endoscopy to display.
The perfect antireflective coating on nearly any surface shape –
Jenoptik is one of the few manufacturers anywhere in the world
that can implement that dream goal. The Nanomoth is already
being greeted by the market with great interest. Well-known
companies, primarily in medical technology, the pharmaceutical
industry, and optical technology, are already customers and
are using lenses with moth’s eye structures from Triptis in their
equipment. From automobile valves and monitoring cameras to
medical technology applications like endoscopy to displays of all
kinds that can provide clear, high-contrast images – the applications,
markets, and opportunities are countless.
Shape-neutral regularity.
And the Nanomoth cuts a good figure on a variety of surface
configurations. On spherical lenses, for example. Here, the
reflection is suppressed in a color-neutral manner right to the
edge – fully evenly, without the distorting color fringes that
can result from classical coating. But smooth surfaces, irregular
shapes, and complex structures like optical grates on binary
lenses, can also be given regular, effective antireflective properties
thanks to the Nanomoth.
Susanne Gaumitz at the touch screen to the vacuum chamber. New systems
were not necessary because Jenoptik had the latest technology already available.

Highlight for Peter Munzert (2 nd from left): The Thuringian Research
Prize is awarded to his team and presented by Thuringia’s
minister for science Christoph Matschie (right), also to the
delight of Jenoptik Chairman Michael Mertin (2 nd from right).
Highly sensitive Nanomoth.
“But there is one disadvantage,” says Susanne Gaumitz. “The
nanostructured surfaces are sensitive to the touch.” So for
glasses or exposed optical surfaces, this type of antireflective
coating isn’t yet an option.
But for the inner sides of display covers and any internal lenses
such as those used in complex lenses – really, any application
for plastic which can’t be touched anyway – the Nanomoth is
already the method of choice. Researchers have already set their
Scrutinizing the core wire of the plasma ion source.
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www.iof.fraunhofer.de/en.html
sights on Nanomoth’s contact sensitivity. “We’re working at IOF
on increasing the wear resistance of the structured surfaces,”
explains Peter Munzert, “and we have some very promising approaches.”
So we’re not quite to the point where our eyeglasses can get
a Nanomoth coating. But this summer, we may at least have a
somewhat milder and even respectful attitude for the fluttering
night creatures that still have something to teach us humans
about nearly perfect antireflectivity.
Careful: Regine Lanyi from the Production department must not touch the
nanostructured surfaces, otherwise everything is lost.
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Everything normal.
Cornelia Ehrler

Precision ensures quality. That’s true not only for sportsmen and
surgeons, but also for automobile manufacturers and, in the
end, for each and every driver. Only precise, perfectly working
vehicles are safe, environmentally friendly, and fuel-efficient – a
look at the gas pump might make that even more relevant for
drivers today.
The central point for the functional perfection of an internal
combustion engine are the camshafts used to control the valves,
among other things. “Specifications such as the cam profile, the
element angle, and cam dimensions must be followed exactly,”
explains Reiner Emminger, “because even for deviations of a few
hundredths of a millimeter, fuel consumption and exhaust emissions
rise. That’s the precision we use when fabricating measurement
devices and developing assessment strategies and software
modules to ensure that camshafts in the automobile and OEM
industry are measured and evaluated reliably.” The applications
engineer at the Industrial Metrology division has intensively
accompanied the research project with the Federal Physical-
Technical Institute (PTB) in Braunschweig and a partner from the
automotive industry. The result: a cam standard certified by the
PTB as a so-called system control master shaft, with which shaft
measurement devices in the industry “can be verified even more
Precision is their strictest requirement – and now the Jenoptik Industrial
Metrology division is able to share their decades of experience with the
highest German metrology authority once more. Together with the
Federal Physical-Technical Institute, the division has developed excellent
and extremely precise metrology solutions that are improving the quality
control of the entire automobile industry.
precisely than ever, not only in terms of system geometry, but
now also in terms of cam interlock and evaluation strategy.”
Cam standard for more quality in measurement.
“This kind of measurement device has already worked reliably in
the past to demonstrate the exactness of camshafts,” says the
engineer in Villingen-Schwenningen. But until now there was no
option for relating measured values to national or international
standards, directives, or norms. “Our certified cam standard is
now the original metric by means of which all measurement
results from shaft meters can be compared. That strengthens
the quality control for camshafts to an enormous extent.”
The cam standard was ground from a piece of tool steel, and is
300 millimeters long, weighing 1.4 kilograms. The dimensions of
the standard – as a model for a camshaft that would work in an
engine – were specified by the PTB as target contours with a tactile
shape measuring device, and a tactile coordinate measuring
device. “We provided the PTB with our HOMMEL-ETAMIC CMF
3010 measuring device, with which all the test measurements on
the cam standard were carried out,” reports Reiner Emminger.
All geometrically relevant features of camshafts were examined,
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such as the cam shape, angle, diameter, roundness and straightness.
The PTB calculated the measurement results, determined
the associated measurement uncertainty, and then issued a
certificate for the cam standard.
Higher precision for the automobile industry.
One cam standard was fabricated for Jenoptik as part of the
research project, while a second is kept by PTB in Braunschweig.
Customers from the automobile industry will be able to choose
between two certificates for their cam standard: either one
certified by the PTB or one provided by Jenoptik and certified by
the German Accreditation Agency (DAkkS). Currently, the first
“DAkkS Cam Shape Laboratory” is being installed at the Jenoptik
Industrial Metrology division in Villingen-Schwenningen, which
can be used to certify the cam standard with “slightly higher
permissible measurement deviation than with the PTB,” as Reiner
The cam standard certified by the PTB serves as an
original metric by means of which all measurement
results from shaft meters can be compared.
Emminger says, explaining the difference. The DAkkS certificate
does suffice for most customers, however.
The camshaft research project was started with the PTB and automobile
supplier Mahle about five years ago. “We had already
worked with the PTB before, for example with standardization
and guidelines for accreditation. And in 2002 we worked together
to develop the KN8 contour standard.” Mahle was involved
as the industrial partner for the cam standard because they had
already used different camshaft measuring machines from the
Jenoptik division in measurement chambers and in final inspections,
and showed great interest in the traceability of assessments.
The team lead in Mahle product development in Stuttgart
confirmed how important this PTB-certified cam standard is:
“Just for its traceability and comparability, the new cam standard
is much more reliable for measurements, and that improves our
quality in all of our production facilities.”
Additional certificate for metrology software.
To be able to measure and evaluate shape and orientation characteristics
of camshafts adequately, special evaluation strategies
and algorithms are required. “These have never been integrated
into the system testing of cam shape measurement machines
because no standardization of the evaluation procedure existed,”
explains Reiner Emminger. There are often error sources hidden
in the evaluation of such complex datasets, for example due

to computing with rounded values. The PTB thus also provides
certified test datasets as well, which can be used to check the
software in use. The basis for these test records is the HOMMEL-
ETAMIC TURBO SHAFT evaluation software.
Entirely aligned with the spirit of “Sharing Excellence” – the
sharing of know-how with partners – the Jenoptik division
provided the PTB with datasets, so-called evaluation algorithms
for camshaft measurements that had been optimized in the field
for decades. “The PTB used our algorithms to generate test data
and evaluated them as simulated measurements with TURBO
SHAFT. Comparison with reference results provided an extremely
low measurement uncertainty of less than a micrometer,” notes
the application engineer. In return,
the TURBO SHAFT evaluation
software received a PTB
certification – an award unique
in the world for this type of
Application engineer Reiner Emminger, here at the
HOMMEL-ETAMIC roundscan, has intensively accompanied
the research project with the PTB.
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software in shaft metrology. And together with the PTB-certified
cam standard, it is an excellent solution for more precision, reliability,
and quality in camshaft metrology.
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Clear view
for people saving
lives.

Things are on fire, smoke everywhere, maybe there are people missing – every second counts
in a situation like this. In a fire, rescue personnel have to be able to orient themselves quickly,
and rely on their equipment 100 percent. Technical systems that are increasingly essential in
any rescue situation must also be very easy and intuitive to operate. Measurement results are
read off in seconds, interpreted, and used to make life-and-death decisions. With the new UCF
thermal imaging camera, the Lübeck company Dräger has brought a successful product to
market that is now in use by firefighters around the world. The heart of the camera, the infrared
module, is made by Jenoptik.
Dräger and Jenoptik worked together on these thermal imaging
cameras, designed especially for rescue personnel. In fire, smoke,
and darkness, infrared images provide vital information – both
to allow rescue personnel to get around and also to help find
people and hot spots. “When there’s smoke, firefighters cannot
see, so normally they feel their way forward. That takes time, and
it’s difficult and dangerous,” says Dr. Bernd Spellenberg, portfolio
manager for thermal imaging cameras at Dräger. “With infrared
images, firefighters can see,” he says, highlighting the primary
application of thermal imaging cameras. Smoke particles, says
the Dräger specialist, are small in comparison to the wavelength
of thermal light, so the camera more or less sees right through
the smoke. “That allows personnel to orient themselves and to
see quickly if, for example, people are still in the building,” says
Dr. Spellenberg.
For the specific tasks that firefighters face, Dräger UCF cameras
are ideal. They can be operated with one hand, they are light
and nearly indestructible, they provide clear images by adapting
automatically to varying light levels, and they have a built-in laser
pointer. The pointer can be used to show others hot spots that
can then be extinguished specifically. Dräger offers the UCF camera
family in different equipment variants, for example also including
a recording function or suitability for potentially explosive
atmospheres. One great plus of these cameras, however, is their
simple and intuitive operation. This permits the safe and reliable
use of the camera – and more importantly, its full functionality –
under even the most difficult of conditions.
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That functionality includes thermal images in high quality in seconds
combined with different display options, such as still frames
or video and sound recordings. The camera also allows you to
“see around corners”, for example when movement is restricted
or there is no view. At the push of a button, the mode can be
changed to match the situation, whether that’s fighting fire,
search and rescue of people, or looking for hot spots. “It’s these
many ‘little things’ that add up to innovation that has never before
been available on the market,” summarizes Dr. Spellenberg.
He adds that customers tell him that the UCF 9000 sets new standards.
The UCF 9000 is the top version of the camera family, with
higher resolution and more functionality than its siblings the UCF
7000 and UCF 6000. UCF, by the way, stands for “You See Fire”.
The infrared module for the UCF cameras is a Jenoptik product.
Functions, interfaces, and user interfaces were all developed and
adapted to one another over the course of two years of collaboration
between Dräger and Jenoptik. The camera modules have
been in production in Jena since 2010, manufactured to the
fullest possible satisfaction of Jenoptik’s partner Dräger. In spring
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of this year, Dräger even awarded Jenoptik their supplier award in
the category of “Innovation” for this work. Dräger demands very
specific requirements from their strategic suppliers, says Stefan
Dräger, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dräger, at the
awards ceremony in March of this year, to which over 100 of the
company’s suppliers had been invited. “The requirement for being
listed as a strategic partner at Dräger is to have the same passion
for ‘Technology for Life’ as Dräger puts it in their company motto.
It must be possible to rely on the products and their quality at any
time.”
Jenoptik is a specialist in thermal imaging systems and modules
that are primarily developed and manufactured for applications
in industry, science, and security. “In Dräger, we have a strong
partner in the market for thermal imaging cameras and are
entering new sales markets,” says Jenoptik CEO Michael Mertin.
“The know-how we’ve gained from this collaboration is not just
useful for our sensor business, but also opens up new topics for
collaboration.” Since 2012, for example, Dräger and Jenoptik
have also worked together closely in the area of optoelectronic
system solutions. Jenoptik will develop and fabricate integrated
optoelectronic modules and systems for Dräger. Jenoptik once
again displayed its competence to its advantage, especially due
to its entire in-house process chain – from optics and electronics
development to software development.

The Jena FireCam team proudly presents the
award: During the Dräger supplier conference in
March, 2012, Jenoptik received the award as
Dräger Key Supplier in the category of Innovation.
Thermal images in photo quality.
Jenoptik presents their new high-resolution thermography
camera in the United States.
The VarioCam ® HD thermography camera, presented for the
first time at the end of April, 2012, in Baltimore, Maryland, at
the SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Symposium and at the
Hannover Trade Show in Germany, is the world’s first handheld,
uncooled thermography camera with megapixel infrared
resolution and an integrated laser range finder.
The new VarioCAM ® HD thermography cameras developed
by the Defense & Civil Systems division take individual pictures
and image sequences at up to 3.1 megapixels resolution –
nearly photo quality. Three megapixels may not sound impressive,
but resolutions for thermal imaging cameras sensitive in
the infrared spectrum normally fall between a few thousand
and several hundred thousand pixels – really in the “kilopixel”
range. The camera is also equipped with a laser range finder
that is not dangerous to the human eye. A GPS module even
permits the additional embedding of geodata into the thermograms.
The high-quality lenses developed especially for the VarioCAM ®
HD camera series are designed and produced by the Optical
Systems division. Typical application areas for the new thermography
cameras are the areas of industrial and scientific
research and development, preventive maintenance, and building
thermography.
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Cornelia Ehrler
The galloping elephant.
Bollywood, curry, and Tikka Masala chicken – when you’re talking
about national clichés, those are the hit exports of India, the
seventh-largest country on Earth, and South Asia’s economic
engine. And think about the film musicals from the center of the
Indian cinema factory around Mumbai which plunge the viewer
into a world of dance, song, and joy in life that simply can’t be
beat for color and melodrama. If you could smell films, spices
like cardamom, coriander, and chili would certainly be there. But
the country is far more than just exotic cuisine and the color of
Bollywood.
Located between the Himalayas, the Indian Ocean, and the Gulf
of Bengal, India is a land of superlatives, with an ethnic, religious,
and cultural variety second to none. With over 1.2 billion citizens,
India is also the largest democracy in the world. By the mid-21st century it is expected to have passed current frontrunner China
as the most populous nation. India is home to more millionaires
and billionaires than any country in the world except Japan. In
addition to English and Hindi as the official languages, India
officially recognizes 21 regional languages; a total of over 100
languages are spoken in the 28 federal states.
By 2020, India will be the world’s third largest automobile
market. Even today, the streets of the metropolises are full with
thousands upon thousands of small cars and buses, but also
rickshaws and cows, which makes mobility on Indian streets an
adventure. For the automotive manufacturer, India is second only
to China as a booming auto market, especially for compact cars.
This is why the leading international automobile manufacturers
and suppliers have been represented by production facilities
in India for the past few years. These industries are Jenoptik’s
precise target with its own Indian presence, which markets the
product portfolio of Industrial Metrology from its location in
Bangalore and which is open to all the other Jenoptik divisions,
too.

Since 2008, the growth market of India has been an important support point for
Jenoptik‘s expansion in the Asian market. Spreading out from the Indian “Silicon
Valley” around Bangalore, especially the Industrial Metrology division is pioneering
the further opening up of the subcontinent between Bollywood and high-tech.
Liberalization opens market to foreign companies.
This kind of company foundations only became possible after a
radical economic reorientation in India at the beginning of the
1990’s. The idea was to overcome decades of a quasi-planned
economy and fend off the threatening bankruptcy of the state.
Among other things, customs duties were reduced and foreign
investment simplified, ushering in the boom years, with
annual growth rates in the gross domestic product of
over 5 percent. The elephant – a symbol for the
subcontinent – accelerated its heretofore
easy pace.
Economic liberalization, market opening,
and legal stability favored the relocation
of many international high-tech companies,
especially from segments like information
technology, electronics, machine tools,
and semiconductors. In particular in Bangalore,
well-known companies moved in, building a reputation
for the region in the southern state of Karnataka as
the Silicon Valley of Asia. It is this technopolis where Jenoptik
decided to locate its Indian headquarters and applications center
for Industrial Metrology.
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Industrial Metrology in India.
But the company history of industrial metrology in India goes further
back than the foundation of the joint venture in June, 2008,
recalls K. Srinivasan. “Even back in 1986, the Swiss company
Movomatic had a presence in India, represented by sales partner
Francis Klein. The French Etamic Group came in 2000.” The
acquisition of the Etamic-Movomatic Group by Jenoptik in 2006
allowed Jenoptik to expand its global market and brand presence
in industrial metrology into this market as well.
Jenoptik started in Bangalore with five employees. “Now, 21
people work here at HEMI,” says Srinivasan, using what almost
sounds like a pet name for the Jenoptik subsidiary HOMMEL-
The Indian colleagues celebrated the 20th
corporate anniversary of Jenoptik in 2011
together with their families (in the middle:
general manager K. Srinivasan).
The Bangalore employees in front of their
headquarters.
ETAMIC Metrology India Pvt. Ltd. Of those 21 employees, 13
work in Bangalore; three each work in the regional offices in
Chennai and Pune, as well as two in Delhi. “We don’t produce
anything locally here in India,” explains Srinivasan, “rather, we
handle technical sales and support after-sales activity of the division
in India.” The metrology applications center in Bangalore also
demonstrates all the key products of the division from Germany,
France, and Switzerland.
The fact that Jenoptik is not alone in seeing “infinite opportunities”
in economic relations between India and Germany is made
clear by the “Year of Germany” taking place in India until November,
2012, under that motto. Economists expect that India will
become the third largest domestic economy in the world, after

Facts and Figures about India.
Name of the country: Republic of India Form of government: parliamentary democracy
Capital city: New Delhi
Head of State: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil
Area: 3.28 million square kilometers Head of Government: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
Population: 1.21 billion people
Administrative structure: 28 states
(Census 2011)
Currency: Indian rupee
Languages: Hindi and English as
Gross domestic product (GDP) 2010: 1.632 billion US dollar
official languages plus 21 recognized
regional languages
GDP per capita 2011: 1,370 US dollar
Religions: Hinduism, Islam,
Christianity, Sikhism
National day: August 15, Independence Day
Sources: German Federal Foreign Office (September 2011),
Census India 2011 (censusindia.gov.in/), Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI)
China and the United States. The Indian elephant is catching up
to the Chinese dragon, thanks to the accelerated reform and the
long-term favorable demographics of billions of labor force.
The dark side of the growing megasociety.
But the growth and variety have their dark side, too. The rapid
demographic growth cannot offset the extreme mass poverty in
agrarian regions; about a fourth of the population lives below the
poverty line on less than one US dollar per day. With a very low
per capita income and enormous deficits in the social infrastructure,
India remains a developing nation according to the estimates
of the German Foreign Office. Many social indicators of health, life
expectancy, and education even lie below the average values of
sub-Saharan Africa.
Then there are the religious and social conflicts, such as those in
the disputed Kashmir region or the phenomenon of the caste system.
Going back to the Portuguese word “casta”, meaning “race”
or “origin”, the concept of castes originally allowed the colonial
powers in India to distinguish between the different social levels
of the Hindus. The caste system was officially abolished with the
Indian constitution of 1949, but the divisions from the Brahmins
down to the “untouchables” considered unclean still remain
today, and influence more than just marriage and the choice of
careers.
Economic reform or electoral success.
In 2012, however, the dynamics of Indian growth have seemed
to ebb. The International Monetary Fund forecasts economic
growth of 6.9 percent this year, well under previous years with
over 8 percent but still much more dynamic than in the euro
zone with a predicted growth of 1.4 percent this year. Experts
consider another economic opening in India, for example in retail
trade, necessary especially to solve the enormous problem of
poverty in this nation strongly focused on the domestic market.
On the other hand, not only the political opposition of Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh, but also a majority of the poor rural
population is against this move. They see foreign investors as a
new species of their old British colonial masters. Further reforms
are being postponed, because important elections will be held at
the end of this year for which the government needs the support
of the poor segment of the population. For the galloping Indian
elephant, this may simply be a breathing break in its marathon
run to the world championship.
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Cornelia Ehrler
Together with researchers at the Friedrich Schiller University of
Jena, Jenoptik has developed an exhaust purification system that
uses microwave radiation to obtain a higher efficiency than any
other system on the market.
The link between
Popcorn and
Microwave radiation is an essential part of our everyday lives
today. Discovered accidentally in the 1940’s during a military
radar research project, the use of microwaves in ovens was
initially restricted to commercial kitchens, then later entered
private households, profoundly influencing the culinary culture
of the industrial nations. Foods can be quickly and easily heated
and reheated, whether they’re the leftovers from Sunday’s grill or
the Chinese food in the refrigerator. And what would the home
theater experience be without microwave popcorn? And by the
way: popcorn was a decisive influence on the development of
microwave technology. It was the first food prepared specifically
in this manner – as a test in the military research lab.
In addition to the food industry, other industrial sectors also make
use of microwave technology, which converts electromagnetic
energy into heat. Especially the plastics processing industry has
used the advantages of heating by microwave radiation since the
late 1960’s. Many polymers have a very low heat conductivity,
so conventional methods for heating plastic surfaces can be very
time-consuming. time-consuming But microwaves microwaves, thanks tto
their long wavelength,
penetrate deep into polymers and heat them from the
inside – regardless of their heat conductivity and without heating
the furnace or its vicinity. That saves time and is more energyefficient.
Microwave radiation for purification of air.
It is precisely this feature of microwave radiation that has been
recently used by Jenoptik for industrial exhaust purification. Systems
for exhaust purification have been developed and manufactured
by Jenoptik for the last ten years, rounding out the laser
system portfolio for material processing.
This type of purification system is essential for every process in
material processing that produces volatile organic compounds
like dust or vapor, or that uses solvents. They filter hazardous
materials out of the exhaust air and ensure that clean air is used
in production.

clean air.
Microwave technology now offers a new approach for exhaust
air purification. In line with the Jenoptik motto “Sharing Excellence”,
the staff of the Jenoptik Lasers & Material Processing
division in Jena, working together with the Institute for Technical
Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry (ITUC) at Friedrich Schiller
University of Jena, have succeeded in developing a “microwave-assisted
technology” for exhaust air purification.
Adsorption and catalysis.
Basically, Jenoptik’s Katasorb purification systems – as the name
implies – work on two principles: catalysis and adsorption. In
the latter process, released hazardous materials such as dust or
vapors are deposited on the surface of a solid material. Heating
releases these adsorbed materials again and directs them into a
catalytic afterburner, where they oxidize into carbon dioxide and
water vapor.
This catalytic exhaust purification is based on a controlled chemical
reaction of the hazardous materials with the catalyzer, for
which a certain temperature must first be achieved. “Conventional
systems require a certain warm-up time, sometimes over an
hour,” explains Ronald Krippendorf, plant manager for Katasorb
in Jena-Göschwitz. With the KATASORB M exhaust purifica-
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Much know-how in the team: As of
recently, Dr. Thomas Krech (2 nd from
left) has been part of the Katasorb
team next to Dr. Stefan Häcker, Sven
Matthes-Orlet, Matthias Giesel and
Ronald Krippendorf (from left).
tion system, on the other hand, microwaves are used to heat
the catalyzer material more quickly than in any other system on
the market. “Without long preheat times, our system is ready to
operate immediately after it’s started,” explains the plant manager,
describing the most important advantage of the system.
Heat transport losses during heating and cooling of the system
are minimized, because only the so-called catalyzer bed has to
be heated with microwaves.
Another advantage of the new exhaust purification system is
its tolerance to variation. This applies to processes with severe
fluctuations in hazardous material content, explains Ronald Krippendorf.
“Our system can react much more quickly to changing
operating circumstances. For example, if the concentration of
hazardous material in the exhaust rises quickly, the system can
immediately be connected. If the content of hazardous material
falls back below the limits permitted by law, the system can
be turned back off immediately without any cooling phase.” Of
course, reliable exhaust purification, for example in the plastic
and printing industries, works at lower throughput as well.
Premieres in the anniversary year.
In the year of their tenth anniversary, Jenoptik Katasorb presented
a new customer-oriented solution that resulted from close cooperation
with the University of Jena. “Thanks to our good partnership,
we have employed a postdoctoral research fellow from
ITUC and thus gained important know-how for our development
efforts,” enthuses Ronald Krippendorf about the reinforcement of
his team. He is particularly proud of another first in the anniversary
year: “We will be represented at ACHEMA for the first time
in 2012!” This chemistry conference is among the most important
in the areas of chemical technology, environmental protection,
and biotechnology. And now it has offered the Jena developers
the opportunity to present their microwave-assisted exhaust air
purification system to the technical community for the first time.
The exhaust purification system KATASORB TM M
meets the requirement of variable flow volume and
is ready to operate nearly immediately after its start.

The ubiquity of microwave technology in our everyday lives may
make this seem simple, but it was actually the results of decades
of global research, as Ronald Krippendorf explains. “The first
work in heating catalytically active materials with microwave radiation
were described by people at Queens University in Ontario in
1982.” But implementation in industrial applications took a long
time. “At first, there were no suitable catalyzer materials that had
all the required characteristics at once. And there were no magnetrons
powerful enough.” Magnetrons are the vacuum electron
tubes that act as efficient generators of microwave radiation. As
knowledge accumulated about the interplay between alternating
electromagnetic fields and catalyzer materials, it finally became
possible to translate the theory into machine designs.
The result is an excellent solution for exhaust air purification
for the customer, who can use the microwave-assisted KATA-
SORB M system not only to save time, but also investment and
operating costs. And it demonstrates once again that “Sharing
Excellence” – the sharing of knowledge with colleagues, partners,
and customers – is more than just a clever saying for Jenoptik.
We’ll take popcorn with that!
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The KATASORB TM M system reacts adequately to different levels of
pollutant concentration in non-linear processes and, thus, minimizes
running costs.
Compared to other systems, which have reached their operating temperature
not less than after an hour, the exhaust purification system
from Jenoptik is ready to operate shortly after its start already.
The catalyst material is directly heated by microwave radiation. That
is why the exhaust purification system KATASORB TM M requires only
a fraction of the energy needed to reach the operating temperature.
The catalyst temperature is lower than with conventional systems. That
reduces heating costs.
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Silvia Scharlock
With the 39th edition of their “tangent” arts series, under the title
“Etudes from pi”, Jenoptik presents fiber optic plastics and drawings
by the American artist Yvette Kaiser Smith. She shows the high-tech
character of handiwork – a contrast welcome at Jenoptik.
Crochet work by the American artist Yvette Kaiser Smith have
been open for viewing by the public since mid-April of this year
in the foyer of the Ernst Abbe Tower in Jena. However, crochet in
the traditional sense as many of us may remember from school
has little to do with the works of Yvette Kaiser Smith. The artist
combines the traditional craft technique with high-tech materials
like fiberglass and plastic resin. That’s what makes this work
so entirely different in appearance from traditional handicraft or
crocheted sweaters.
Mathematics as structural foundation.
meets high-tech.
The artworks of Yvette Kaiser Smith present different mathematical
numbers and numeric sequences. Sequences of pi, prime
numbers, or Fibonacci sequences* provide the basic framework
for the mesh-like three-dimensional forms, which despite their
size awaken a feeling of filigree in the viewer, seeming light and
fragile. The meshes correspond to a number assigned to a color.
This makes the mesh a component, a molecule in a network-like
structure that is possible in infinite variations. And the material
adds a little more: It gives the plastics stability and lets them truly
float in space.
Internationality and mathematics in association.
“With Yvette Kaiser Smith, we are hosting an American artist
with a strong reference to the international orientation of our
Group,” says Jenoptik CEO Michael Mertin at the opening of the
exhibition. “And we have succeeded yet again in creating an association
between its content and our company,” he continues.
The works of Yvette Kaiser Smith show the interplay between
technology, science, and art. They are appropriate to the topic
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Biography of Yvette Kaiser Smith
Born in Prague in 1958
1969 moved to the US
1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Southern Methodist
University of Dallas, Texas
1994 Master of Fine Arts at the University of Chicago,
Illinois
Started her career as a traditional sculptor, then moved
to crocheting with fiber optics by the end of the 1990s
Guest lecturer for art history and art theory
Exhibitions
2011 “Etudes from Pi“, Chicago
2008 “Digits“, Chigaco
2006 “Installations“ Southwestern Illinois College
2001 “Nonlinear Feedback”, University of Wisconsin
1998 “Metaphors“, Wayne State University Detroit
In university galleries in the US, Rom, Berlin
In US embassies in Moscow, Ankara, Abuja (Nigeria)
Public commissions
2011 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Scottsdale, Arizona
2008 Ritz Carlton Residences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Awards
2009 Artists Fellowship Award, Illinois Arts Council
2002 Connoisseurs Award
1995 H. R. Meininger Co. Award
Various art prizes in Illinois
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of “Sharing Excellence” that has motivated Jenoptik for years:
the interplay between industry and research, the partnership
between company, customers, and partners.
The artist, born in Prague in 1958, received her artistic education
at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, the Yale
Summer School of Art in Norfolk, Connecticut, as well as at the
University of Chicago. Two decades of work and exhibitions in
the United States have given Yvette Kaiser Smith a well-earned
place in the US art scene. She lives and works in Chicago. In her
work, Yvette Kaiser Smith bridges the interfaces between the
fiber arts (contemporary textile art), traditional sculpture, and
concept art.

Visitors to the opening of the exhibition were impressed by
this interplay and the combination of natural science, high-tech
materials, and art. Yvette Kaiser Smith consciously eschewed
introductory words that explain the exhibition, instead encouraging
the public to come to her directly with questions. In
numerous discussions, the interested guests took the opportunity
to exchange ideas with the artist.
Combining competences.
Jenoptik’s tangent exhibition series looks back on nearly 20
years of tradition. But there was still something novel in the 39th exhibition: For the first time, the exhibition was curated by the
Jena art dealers Huber & Treff. With this change, Jenoptik has
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Pi in Pascal’s Triangle Round
initiated a promising partnership on which they hope to build in
the future. “We want to continue the tradition of our tangent
series,” explains Michael Mertin. “Since 1994, it has established a
firm place in the event calendars of the region. But the design of
art exhibitions is not part of the core competencies of the Jenoptik
team. So we’ve placed this task into experienced hands,” he
adds. Armin Huber and Torsten Treff have followed Jenoptik’s art
engagement from the beginning and will now be valuable advisors
for future Jenoptik exhibitions.
The current exhibition can be seen in Jena’s Ernst Abbe Tower
until August 31, 2012.
* wikipedia: The Fibonacci sequence is an infinite sequence of numbers (the
Fibonacci numbers) in which each successive number is obtained by adding the
two previous numbers (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55,...). The sequence can
be shown graphically in the form of a spiral, for example.
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