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21.03.2013

Industry supplies health care and mechanical engineering sectors

The medical technology and health care sector is the key target market for the largest share of the microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials companies in Europe. In Germany, the medical market is sharing the major position with mechanical engineering (most important market for 16 % of companies). In Europe, mechanical engineering is sharing the second place …

05.03.2012

IVAM Survey 2012

Euro debt crisis leaves European micro- and nanotechnology industry largely unfazed in 2011 – expectations for 2012 slightly subdued. The Euro debt crisis has left the microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industries largely unfazed so far. Although business has not grown as much as the companies had expected in the beginning of 2011, still more …

04.03.2012

Micro- and nanotechnology industry looks on 2012 with slightly subdued expectations

In the wake of the Euro crisis, the business climate in the Euro zone has deteriorated since March 2011 according to the "Business Climate Indicator" (BCI) of the European Union. Since the end of the year it has been improving again. So probably the micro- and nanotechnology industry looks forward to 2012 with slightly lowered …

03.03.2012

Orders, production, and sales gone up in 2011 despite Euro debt crisis

The Euro debt crisis has left the microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industries largely unfazed so far. Although business has not grown as much as the companies had expected in the beginning of 2011, still more than half of them have been able to increase orders, production and sales during the past year. However, financing …

02.03.2012

Micro and Nano companies have created jobs in 2011

Staff numbers in the European microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industries have developed more positively in 2011 than in the years before, especially compared to 2009. 56% of companies have been able to raise staff numbers during 2011. In Germany, staff numbers have developed even better than in other countries: 62% of German micro- and …

01.03.2012

Foreign business focuses on Euro zone

Currently, the microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials companies in Europe are largely concentrating their foreign transactions on the Euro zone: Western Europe is the main export region for European companies – far ahead of the USA and China. Within Asia, China is the most important export region for the European companies, followed by Japan. Source: …

29.02.2012

Energy efficiency is emerging market - medical technology still most important market

Medical technology continues to be the most important target market for the European microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials suppliers. The aerospace industry has gone down in the ranking of target markets, but is still among the top ten: only 35% of companies are supplying the aerospace industry, going down from 48% in the previous year. …

24.02.2011

IVAM Survey 2011

Micro- and Nanotechnology companies in Europe to raise staff numbers again. The latest economic data collection of the IVAM Microtechnology Network in the medium-sized microtechnology, nanotechnology and materials industry in Europe shows how well the industry has recovered from the economic and financial crisis. The companies want to hire more employees again, their sales have …

21.02.2011

24.02.2011: Micro, Nano and Materials companies want to employ more people in 2011

The European companies in the microtechnology, nanotechnology and new materials industries have resolved to employ more people in 2011. According to the survey conducted by the IVAM Microtechnology Network in January 2011, 60% of companies intend to create new jobs during the year 2011. This will continue the positive post-crisis trend, which has been perceptible …

20.02.2011

24.02.2011: Skills shortage no pressing issue?

It seem that the shortage of skilled workers, which is a pressing issue in many industries and for political bodies as well, has not made itself fully felt in the predominantly medium-sized micro- and nanotechnology companies, yet. Over a third (39%) of the companies in Europe say that the skills shortage does not affect them …

19.02.2011

24.02.2011: R&D specialists are in demand

In the European high-tech industry there is above all a shortage of specialists with academic and technical skills for product development and R&D. 86% of companies in the microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industry who feel the skills shortage are looking for people with such skills. But the shortage also affects areas like project management, …

18.02.2011

24.02.2011: Industry addresses skills shortage by itself

For the time being, it is up to the companies to find appropriate solutions to the skills shortage. A little more than 60% of the affected companies in the micro- and nanotechnology industry have already taken measures to counteract the skills shortage. Many companies are taking it into their own hands to educate their future …

17.02.2011

24.02.2011: Turnover jumps in 2010

The European companies of microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials have been able to significantly increase their turnover in the past year. Almost half of the companies (47%) increased their turnover by more than 10% as compared to the previous year. The positive trend in sales is to continue in 2011, according to industry forecasts, though …

16.02.2011

24.02.2011: Export remains steady in 2010

The micro- and nanotechnology industry’s export quota has remained more or less steady in 2010 compared to the previous year. A quarter of the companies have made more than 75% of turnover from exports. Half of the export transactions take place within Europe. Germany is the most important export market for the neighbouring European countries, …

15.02.2011

24.02.2011: Markets in Asia still attractive

Growing export markets, which the companies want to address in the near future, are mostly located in Asia. Russia appears to be an attractive future market especially for the German companies at the moment, but not so much for companies in other countries. Source: IVAM Survey January 2011

14.02.2011

24.02.2011: Prospects on 2011 are fine

Good prospects for the new fiscal year: nearly two-thirds of the European micro- and nanotechnology companies expect that business will continue to improve during 2011. Especially orders, production and sales figures are supposed to rise explicitly. But the companies also want to surpass last year’s export and investment figures. Source: IVAM Survey January 2011

13.02.2011

24.02.2011: Funding gaps remain

Although the financial crisis has been officially pronounced to be overcome a while ago, it remains difficult for the European high-tech companies to get sufficient financial means to invest in their own business and new developments and ultimately to boost the economic growth. For about 40% of companies financing has become more difficult in the …

19.07.2010

20.07.2010: Orders, production and sales have increased during the first half of 2010

According to the IVAM survey, incoming orders have developed particularly well in the first half of 2010: 62.9 percent of the German microtechnology, nanotechnology and advances materials companies have improved in this area. Production and sales has also improved for more than half of respondents. Corporate financing is still a weak point: more than half …

18.07.2010

20.07.2010: Further revival expected for second half of 2010

Some of the German microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials companies are foreseeing “a very positive development” in the second half of 2010. For this period, 53 percent are expecting a stable business situation and 40 percent are anticipating further improvement. Specifically, the companies have reported an increase in foreign demand – particularly in Asia export …

17.07.2010

20.07.2010: Companies are very positive about 2011

After the crisis, the genuine “boom” for the microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industries is being supposed to happen in 2011: 59 percent of the German companies are anticipating an improvement of their business, only 7 percent fear that things might run worse for them than in 2010. Source: IVAM Survey July 2010