A £15.2bn industry employing over 89,400 people in the UK with nationally leading productivity and global industrial and societal impact
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We are preparing SWOT analysis on 7 key UK photonics sectors. The last draft of the SWOT for photonic Education, Training and Research is below. Comments for improvement are welcome. SWOTS for the other areas are found in parallel postings Education, Training and Research Strengths Consistently high levels of investment in photonics research from…
We are preparing SWOT analysis on 7 key UK photonics sectors. The last draft of the SWOT for photonic components is below. Comments for improvement are welcome. SWOTS for the other areas are found in parallel postings Components Unique UK aspect – Strengths Globally significant Integrated photonics research in both Silicon and III-Vs Strong…
We are preparing SWOT analysis on 7 key UK photonics sectors. The last draft of the SWOT for solid state lighting areas is below. Comments for improvement are welcome. SWOTS for the other areas are found in parallel postings Lighting Aspects unique to UK –Substantial investment in GaN on Silicon volume LED production Strengths…
We are preparing SWOT analysis on 7 key UK photonics sectors. The last draft of the SWOT for biophotonics areas is below. Comments for improvement are welcome. SWOTS for the other areas are found in parallel postings Life sciences – biophotonics Unique UK aspect – NHS state supported healthcare Strengths Strong and diverse biophotonics…
We are preparing SWOT analysis on 7 key UK photonics sectors. The latest draft of the SWOT for communications is below. Comments for improvement are welcome. SWOTS for the other areas are found in parallel postings Communications UK unique aspect – highly competitive privatised end market Strengths Depth of Engineering skills Design capability Strong…
We are preparing SWOT analysis on 7 key UK photonics sectors. The last draft of the SWOT for industrial manufacturing with photonics is below. Comments for improvement are welcome. SWOTS for the other areas are found in parallel postings 2- Industrial manufacturing – Unique UK aspect – low adoption rate of laser processing relative…
1500 photonics manufacturing companies in UK 70,000 in UK employed in photonics manufacturing Generating output of £10.5bn According to 2010 figures from the ESPKTN.
The Photonics Leadership Group (PLG) today announced that it has been reformed with full backing from over 50 leading UK photonics manufacturers, associations and research institutes. At a meeting in London on 8 May 2013 the group confirmed over ~70,000 people are directly employed in UK photonics manufacturing in an industry worth £10.5 billion to…
