A ray of sunshine for the industry manifested itself as an upward trend: With more than 5000 expert visitors from all over the world, the 10th OPTATEC at the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre marks an economic turning point.

5217 expert visitors, well over 500 exhibitors, more than 190,000 square feet of overall occupied floor space, participants and visitors from over 30 countries around the globe – the 10th OPTATEC international trade fair for future optical technologies, components, systems and manufacturing closed with these figures on the 18th of June, 2010, and was thus able to assert itself exceptionally well! Not only was Frankfurt once again transformed into the Mecca of optical technologies during the four days of the event from the 15th through 18th of June, not only did most of the exhibitors from near and far enjoy good to very good leads, and not only did OPTATEC more than live up to its distinguishing characteristics – exhibitors and expert visitors alike bear witness to the great importance of OPTATEC in this international field of business as well.

Exceptional Circumstances at OPTATEC:
Concrete Business Deals Closed!

Admittedly, things didn’t, and still don’t look as bad for the sector as they do in other industries, but the current strong run of business resulted in high expectations. According to project manager Karen Waldow, developments amongst the expert visitors were even more encouraging, and upon enquiry the exhibitors expressly praised their quantity as well as their quality, and in some cases were even able to report that they had closed concrete deals. After all, the 10th OPTATEC took place at an opportune time, because the industry is anticipating growth in the low 2-digit range. It’s unique throughout the world with regard to its industry-specific content, i.e. optical issues within production – a benefit which is greatly appreciated by the exhibitors as well as the expert visitors.

Optimisations and innovations in the customary applications for optical technologies were showcased at OPTATEC 2010 to just as great an extent as were the latest developments in safety, LED, solar and photovoltaic technologies, as well as medical engineering. And thus OPTATEC has once again lived up to its reputation as a trend setter, and interesting markets are developing from these trends now, and will continue to do so in the future, in which the exhibitors will be able to participate right from the start.

The 11th OPTATEC will take place at the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre from the 22nd through the 25th of May, 2011.

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