EPIC members in the News

  • IQE’s 850nm VCSELs achieve key milestones[ 23/05/2013 ]
    The firm's gallium arsenide (GaAs) based laser products have broken barriers in high volume photonic communications applications

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  • SOITEC announces industry's first four-junction solar cell for concentrator PV systems, entering industry's roadmap at world-class level with 43,6% efficiency[ 22/05/2013 ]
    Technology innovation opens the path to competitiveness breakthrough in PV industry

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  • Yenista Optics opens Asia Pacific Support Center[ 04/04/2013 ]
    Yenista Optics, a leading manufacturer of fiber optic test and measurement equipment opens a Support Center in Singapore.

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  • Aledia makes its first LEDs on 8-inch silicon wafers using cost-disruptive microwire technology[ 29/03/2013 ]
    Aledia, a developer of LEDs based on disruptive microwire GaN-on-Silicon technology, announced that it has made its first LEDs on 8-inch (200mm) silicon wafers.

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  • EPIC Adopt a Classroom Kit[ 05/03/2013 ]
    EPIC partners with Laser Classroom for the dissemination of an educational “Light, Lasers and Optics” outreach kit to students across Europe.

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EPIC the European Photonics Industry Consortium


About EPIC

EPIC is working with industries, universities, and the European Commission to build a more competitive photonics industrial sector in the European economic area, capable of both economic and technological growth in a highly competitive world-wide marketplace.

EPIC Network

EPIC works with the European Commission to translate industry needs into research and development programmes. Through the NEXPRESSO programme EPIC works with SMEs and universities to train students and to launch on the market components and technologies that represent the new direction of the photonics market.

EPIC Membership

Membership in EPIC is open to companies, research institutes, universities, and financial partners having operations in the European economic area. This includes the countries of the European Community, the candidate countries, as well as non-member European states like Switzerland.
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EPIC Organization

EPIC is owned and operated by its members. The annual budget is supported by subscription fees which are scaled to encourage participation of SMEs, R&D laboratories and universities, as well as larger companies.