Well over 500 companies will present their offerings on the occasion of the 10th OPTATEC international trade fair for future optical technologies, components, systems and manufacturing at the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre from the 15th through the 18th of June, 2010. And OPTATEC will be more international than ever before during its anniversary year, because half of all exhibiting companies come from outside of Germany. The range of up-to-the-minute focal points has also been expanded again for the tenth event. New themes include the fields of fibre-optics, photovoltaic, LED technology, safety technology and medical engineering – future oriented fields of endeavour within which optical technologies and components are playing a decisive role:

Fibre-optics: Developments in the field of fibre-optics are opening up new technical processing options, above all in the areas of precision engineering and medical engineering. More precise, faster, more reproducible and energy-saving – so called fibre lasers, for example, are earning top scores with these advantages and are becoming more and more indispensable in microsystems technology and microsurgery.

Photovoltaic: Due to the simple fact that natural resources are limited, this sector is looking forward to a long-term boom in combination with solar technology. Optical components for photovoltaics, i.e. in the form of mirrors, lenses and prisms, as well as matching photovoltaic solutions which have resulted therefrom, have taken over a key role within a very short period of time, because they directly influence efficiency.

LED technology: More luminosity and signalling power, less energy consumption, longer service life, small investments and minimal replacement parts requirements – LED technology offers immediate and above all direct benefits, and it helps to reduce energy, operating and procurement costs.

Safety technology: More complex processes and sequences which are partially or fully automated demand the strictest safety precautions. Infrared safety light barriers and curtains play an important role in this respect. Great significance is placed upon optic elements with high load capacities which function flawlessly even under adverse conditions.

Medical engineering: In particular in the field of medical engineering, miniaturisation is advancing faster than ever, above all thanks to the optical technologies which are utilised in this sector in order to “focus light sources in the operating room”, as well as for “endoscopic viewing and observation instruments” and the use of “laser as a surgical tool”. Minimally invasive surgery, for example, is only possible with optical technologies.

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