The photonics industry is international and our members are also globally active. Worldwide value chains, international R&D cooperations and an export quota of German companies of over 70% show the importance of good networking.

Internationalization is a central part of Optence's cluster strategy. We support our members through international cooperation events, networking and consulting in establishing contacts and initiating cooperation projects.

Our partners:

Photonics Finland (Finland) • LITEK (Lithuania) • Photonics NL (The Netherlands) • Optics Valley - Arizona Technology Council (Arizona, USA) • secpho (Spain) •  Pôle Optitec (France) • Optonique (Canada) • Photonics Israel (Israel) • Czech Optical Cluster (Czech Republic) • Swissmem (Switzerland) • Photonics Scotland (UK) • Torbay HiTech Cluster (UK) • CPIA (Colorado, USA) • Mexican Photonics Cluster (Mexico)