Adlershof: leading cluster in photonics and optics in Germany

Berlin-Brandenburg is one of the strongest regions for photonics, optics and microsystems in Germany and Europe. Many of these businesses are based at Adlershof, in the Photonics Centre’s six buildings, which comprise 18,600 square metres of lab and office spaces. Companies that have already outgrown the WISTA Technology Centres can find properties in Adlershof on a leasehold basis. 
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The Adlershof Technology Park is characterised by the close proximity of university and non-university research institutions: including Berlin Humboldt-Universität’s Physics Institute, the Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Energy (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie) – HZB, the Leibniz Institute for Analytical Science – ISAS, the Max Born Institute for Non-Linear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy – MBI, the National Metrology Institute (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) – PTB, the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik – FBH, the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) – DLR, and the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung) – BAM.

The specialist network OpTecBB e.V. receives significant support from these Adlershof companies and institutes. Amongst its aims are the quick translation of research findings into marketable products, and training and further education. Adlershof is fast becoming one of the world’s leading sites for the research and development of light technologies. The entire supply chain is represented, from initial research, to highly specialised suppliers, to commercial high tech businesses supplying the mass market.

This portfolio of services is regularly presented at international trade fairs such as Laser World of Photonics and Photonics West.