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Innovative Industry Meet for Optical Technologies

The Optatec international trade fair for optical technologies, components and systems scored high ratings during its three days in mid-May with technical innovations from all...

Welcome to the 14^th Optatec at the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre! We publish trade fair films here every day covering current trade fair activities. We’ll capture impressions of new products, world’s firsts, outstanding know-how and...

Optatec Presents Innovative Application Options

Whether the solar industry, industrial image processing, laboratory technology or microelectronics is involved – further progress would be inconceivable today in many areas without...

Optatec Presents All Aspects of Optical Technologies

In demand and as highly esteemed as ever: only a few booth locations are still available for the Optatec international trade fair for optical technologies, components and...

Even More Technical Information, a More In-Depth Exchange of Know-How and Less Legwork at the Leading Trade fair

Collaboration partner SPIE Europe will accompany the upcoming Optatec international trade fair for optical...

The new record-breaking figures we achieved during the last trade fair year with regard to exhibitor and visitor numbers, as well as the internationalism of our events, are our incentive for trade fair power in 2018!

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At the cutting edge, or: the Optatec international trade fair for optical technologies, components and systems is the industry event for an enormous future market. Promoted already for the 13^th time in the early summer of 2016,...

With its focus on optical technologies, components and systems in the form of optical modules, optomechanics/optoelectronics, fibre-optics, fibre-optic cables, laser and fibre-laser components as well coating technologies, Optatec...

The 570 exhibitors from 31 nations (251 from Germany) and above all the 5600 expert visitors from 55 countries view Optatec as a benchmark for offerings and applications. With 56% of its exhibitors and 32% of its expert visitors...

The technologically highly demanding subject mater surrounding the optical technologies is unsuitable for marketing gags, and thus for trendiness and hype as well. The best example of this is laser technology which evolved from...

Research and development targeted at generating, shaping and making use of light – this is the common thread which runs through the entire spectrum of Optatec’s offerings. Often smiled at a bit condescendingly as a trailblazer or...

On the occasion of the 14^th edition of the leading Optatec trade fair, expert visitors will be offered a special information and business highlight, namely the “Optical Systems Design” congress.

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The exhibitor forum at Optatec has been conceived as a communication platform for supplementary information concerning the participating companies, as well as their technologies and their respective range of offerings. The...

The German Industry Association for Optical, Medical and Mechatronics Technologies (SPECTARIS) and DIN will present the following workshop at the 14th Optatec in Frankfurt: “DIN ISO 10110-7 and DIN ISO 14997, Surface...

Photonics is the technical mastery and exploitation of light. In contrast to electronics, the technical mastery and exploitation of electrons or the flow of electrical current, photonics encompasses the use of photons in optical...

The event entitled “Short Course – Optics Coatings: a Brief Introduction” is targeted at technicians, engineers and physicists who are currently or will soon be involved with the application of coatings to optical components, or...