Brussels, Belgium (30 March 2015) – The European Photo nics Industry Co nsortium (EPIC) now is at its largest – counting 200 members today.

The membership of 200 milestone marks EPIC’s tremendous growth during the last couple of years. Since its establishment a decade ago EPIC included some 80 members - today marks the surge of growth that the association has enjoyed recently, more than doubling in size since 2012.

This sudden increase is not totally unexpected given the im portance of photo nics and the various high-value markets interested in incorporating photo nics technologies, such as: automotive, medical, life science, communication and co nsumer electro nics sectors has been recognised. This recognition as well as the fact that the positive growth forecasts in many niche markets motivates companies to find out more a bout the opportunities in the photo nics industry has led to increased interest in EPIC as an organisation as well. “At EPIC workshops we meet customers and early adopters in the marketplace in order to gain insight into market trends.” explains Luc Coupet, Sales Engineer, Andor (an Oxford Instruments company). Mr Rolf Münter, Head of Business Development, AIM INFRAROT-MODULE added “In the EPIC network you identify promising technical opportunities to innovate a co ntinuous stream of new products that meet market needs.”

Membership of EPIC is viewed as an investment. “ Through the EPIC network I discover and validate new technologies that are relevant in the development of our product roadmap .” states René Heideman, CTO, LioniX. EPIC’s distribution of reliable market data, sharing of industry technology reports, and organization of many focused workshops makes it the perfect platform to explore new business opportunities in photonics.