“OptecNet Deutschland is continuously working on the further development of its range of services in order to be able to generate new added value for the association members,” emphasizes Dr Andreas Ehrhardt, managing director of Photonics BW. “The competitiveness of the photonics industry and the importance of Germany as a business location are to be strengthened by the promotion of photonics and quantum technologies,” adds Dr Horst Sickinger, managing director of Bayern Photonics. “I am very pleased to be able to play an even more active role in shaping and further expanding the activities and projects of the umbrella organization OptecNet Deutschland in the future,” says Ralf Niggemann, manager of Wetzlar Network and new board member at OptecNet Deutschland.

With the addition of Wetzlar Network eV and the association NanoMicroMaterialsPhotonics eV (NMWP) to its membership, OptecNet Deutschland now represents around six hundred companies and research/educational institutions which cover the entire federal territory and can further expand and complement its position as the photonics association with the largest number of members in Germany.

Launched in 2020 as an alliance of OptecNet Deutschland and Spectaris, ‘Photonics Germany’ jointly represent the interests of the high-tech industry at a national and international level and to support the competitiveness of companies and research institutions in Germany through co-ordinated activities and initiatives. PhotonicsViews is its official publishing medium since April 2021.