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The government have just published their Foresight report on the future of UK manufacturing. The future of manufacturing – summary report (PDF, 2.4 MB) The future of manufacturing – project report (PDF, 5.5 MB) There are a number of references to photonics enabled technology within the report, especially related to additive manufacturing and sensing, however…
David Belforte, of Industrial laser Solutions, will show in Paris later this month that laser material processing systems now make up more than 10% of all machine tool sales . Photonics is clearly a main stream manufacturing technology for the 21st Century.
PLG Chief executive John Lincoln recently supported UKTI inward investment team at the China International Optoelectronics Exposition (CIOE) in Shenzhen 4-7 September 2013. Those interested in understanding the dynamics of this major CHinese photonics exhibition may find the following observations useful. Observations on CIOE This is large exhibition covering 100,000 sq meters with 3,200 exhibitors…
Minutes from the PLG meeting on 19 September will be emailed to attendees and previous contributors shortly. If you would like a copy please contact us. A key output from the meeting was for PLG experts to compile summaries of key future opportunities for UK Photonics prior to the next meeting in January 2014, including…
Presentation introducing the Photonics Leadership Group given by John Lincoln at the UK Photonics Research Showcase at ECOC (European Conference on Optical Communications) on 5 September 2013 available to download.
A new ‘who are we?‘ page has been added to www.photonicsuk.org listing regular contributors to the Photonics Leadership Group. If you are interested in becoming a regular contributor to the PLG and represent a developer, or user of Photonics in the UK at senior management level please contact us.
ESP KTN have releases an Energy Efficient Lighting report. The guide is intended to be read by the lighting industry, technology companies, the UK government and technology investors in the UK and internationally. http://bit.ly/1dX8xI3 Please note you will need to be a member of _connect to be able to read the report.
Several of the SWOTS of key UK photonics sectors have been updated following input from industry experts. Key changes are underlined in each SWOT postings. Further comments are very welcome
Isn’t every great technology an enabling technology? Superficially yes, but these terms are being used by support agencies, government and the European Commission to describe, in some cases, quite different areas of technology which will be the focus of significant targeted support and funding. To maximise synergises between different technologies, industries and economic support from…
Note this SWOT looks at the complete area of Security metrology and sensing and specifically includes photonics related to defence and aerospace applications. Sensing related to healthcare is included in 3.Life sciences – biophotonics and industrial process control in 2. Industrial manufacturing. 5- Security Metrology and Sensors including defence and aerospace Strengths Globally significant defence/security…
