IVAM - Press Release
German micro- and nanotechnology industry sees economic trend reversed
After the years of the economic crisis, 2008 and 2009, the microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industries in Germany are now confirming a reversal of the economic trend. More than half of the companies say that business in the first half of 2010 fared better than expected. The companies are positive about the second half of the year and look forward to the year 2011. More than 100 company representatives have expressed their current mood in a survey conducted by the IVAM Microtechnology Network.
After one and a half years that were flawed by lost revenue, drops in orders and production, expectations for 2010 were quite restrained at the beginning of the year. Now quite a few managers have expressed their surprise at how well business has run in the first half of 2010. Individual companies have reported that sales have risen up to 15 percent. In some micro- and nanotechnology companies, sales and incoming orders have regained or even exceed the level of the first half of 2008.
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