Recognized by the European Commission as one of the 6 Key

Recognized by the European Commission
as one of the 6 Key Enabling Technologies,
Politicians meet the
European photonics industry
Carlos Lee
Director General
EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
[email protected]
Drew Nelson, CEO of IQE and president of EPIC – European Photonics Industry
Consortium, at February 2013 kick-off meeting of European Commission Key
Enabling Technologies High Level Group, in presence of 3 European Commissioners.
Henk Kamp, Dutch Minister of Economic
Affairs, and Pim Kat, CEO of Technobis at
opening of new facility on 1 October 2014
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
Geneviève Fioraso, French Minister for Research, and
Eric Mottay, CEO of Amplitude Systèmes
(1 July2014)
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and
Employment Lodewijk Asscher (2nd on the left)
visits ASML
(12 June 2014)
French President meets with Amplitude
Systemes’ CEO Eric Mottay at French Tech Hub
(February 2014)
French President visited the French Tech Hub, located in San Francisco, during his visit to the United States.
Host to the San Francisco office of Amplitude Systemes, the French Tech Hub gathers innovative start-up and establish
companies and helps them expand into the Silicon Valley and the U.S. Amplitude Systemes has been a partner since 2007
and recently announced the opening of an office and service center in California.
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
Visit to Amplitude Systemes by French politicians:
Arnaud Montebourg, Minister or Industry
Mrs Fleur Pellerin, Minister in charge of SMEs and Digital Economy
Mrs Geneviève Fioraso, Minister of Research
(January 2014)
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
Switzerland Johann Schneider-Amman, minister of
economy, education and research, visits the fiber
laboratory of the Institute of Applied Physics at the
University of Bern (28 August 2013)
President of France Francois Hollande visits
iXBlue which owns specialty optical fibers
manufacturer iXFiber (8 August 2013)
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
Des membres de Photonics Bretagne rencontrent le
ministre Mr Moscovici à Lannion.
Le ministre de l’Économie et des Finances, Pierre
Moscovici était en visite à Lannion.
Il s’est entretenu avec des industriels du cluster Photonics
Bretagne dont D. Pureur (Quantel), T. Georges (Oxxius), B.
Cadier (IXBlue), M. Leflohic (Keopsys) (26 August 2013)
are member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel visits laser
manufacturer TRUMPF (2 July 2013)
UK Business Secretary Vince Cable visits Rofin-Sinar
in Hull on to announce £1.1m funding to support
laser development and new factory (8 July 2013)
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
UK MP David Willetts visits TWI (The Welding
Institute) (June 2013)
Matt Spinks demonstrates hand-held laser
cutting to David Willetts MP
Le ministre de la Défense, Jean-Yves Le Drian,
s’est rendu à Lannion sur le site industriel de
KEOPSYS, spécialisé dans la conception et la
fabrication de lasers à fibre optique,
d’amplificateurs à fibres et de systèmes
d’équipements optiques pour la Défense.(28
June 2013)
Federal President of Germany meets Novaled
founders and Future Prize winners at the Technical
University of Dresden where he met the scientists who
founded Novaled and won the President’s award for
technology and innovation. April 2013
La société Kerdry reçue à l’Elysée
Jean-Claude Keromnès, PDG de la société Kerdry a été convié par l’Elysée à partager un déjeuner
avec le Président de la République François Hollande et 14 autres chefs d’entreprise bretons (tous
secteurs d’activités confondues) Lors du repas, chaque entrepreneur breton a disposé d’une
quinzaine de minutes pour présenter son activité et remonter au Président ses doléances. Parmi
ces remarques, ont notamment été évoqués le besoin de soutenir les entreprises à l’export et de
maintenir les crédits d’impôts sans en changer les règles.
La société Kerdry dispose d’un savoir-faire unique dans le dépôt des couches métalliques et
optiques. Elle adresse des marchés aussi divers que le médical, la défense, l’aéronautique, les
télécommunications, l’industrie du luxe… La société compte 13 salariés (23 August 2013)
UK Business Secretary Vince Cable and Danny
Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury visit SPI Laser
and TWI (The Welding Institute) (15 February 2013)
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
President of France Francois Hollande visits laser
manufacturer Amplitude Systèmes (January 2013)
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
French Minister for Higher Education and Research
Geneviève Fioraso visits laser manufacturer Amplitude
Systèmes (January 2013)
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
Majesty Queen Beatrix and Slovakian President Ivan
Gašparovič visit Dutch research center Holst and
TU/e Intelligent Lighting Institute (November 2012)
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
President of France François Hollande and Arnaud
Montebourg visit Lucibel (29 November 2012)
French Minister Fleur Pellerin visits Ekinops ,
ideaoptical, Ixblue, Kerdry, …
Ministre des petites et moyennes entreprises, de l'innovation et de
l'économie numérique 18 November 2012
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė visits laser
manufacturer EKSPLA (2012)
European Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie
Kroes meets a group op young engineers of Dutch
lithography company ASML (Autumn 2012)
President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė and former Prime
Minister Andrius Kubilius at the opening of the new facility of
molecular beam epitaxy foundry of Brolis Semiconducors (2012)
European Commissionner for Research, Innovation and
Science, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn visits laser
manufacturer Light Conversion in Lithuania (2011)
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands,
Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess
Máxima, visit solar panel factory Solarwatt in Dresden,
Germany (April 2011)
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands,
Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess
Máxima, visit Fraunhofer in Dresden (April 2011)
French Minister of Industry Christian Estrosi
visits 3S Photonics with Nathalie KosciuskoMorizet (secrétaire d'Etat chargée de la Prospective et du
Développement de l'économie numérique) 2009
is a member of EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium
France President Nicolas Sarkozy visits optical
lenses manufacturer Varioptic (29 June 2007)
199 members companies – www.epic-assoc.com/epic-members