Just in time for its 25th anniversary, IOF Jena is inaugurating the new state-of-the-art technology center: After two years of construction, the building offers space for its own pulling of optical fibers, which is particularly in demand for the development of a new generation of powerful lasers worldwide.
The IOF Jena began work in 1992 with 60 employees and an initial equipment of DM 2.7 mio. During the last 25 years, the institute has developed very positively and successfully launched more than 2,400 projects. It is one of a total of 19, which after the reunification was established by the Fraunhofer Society in the new federal states and which is still regarded as a fixed size of the research landscape of the Federal Republic. As was recently announced, Fraunhofer also plans to invest in a new project center in Erfurt, thereby further intensifying its research in the field of microelectronics. In the project center, which is initially planned for five years, 20 employees will firstly be involved in a close exchange with local companies as well as with the Ilmenau University of Technology and the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt. Later the number will be increased to around 60 employees. (gro)
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