Key Players
- The nanotechnology industry in Germany comprises about 2,000 key players: approximately 40 percent of these are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), 13 percent are large companies, 24 percent are university institutions, and 9 percent are research institutions or other organizations such as professional networks, government agencies, associations, or financial institutions (as of July 2012).
- The number of key nanotechnology players has increased by 50 percent since the end of 2008.
- The total number of employees in the industrial nanotechnology sector in Germany was estimated at 61,000 in 2010.
- Approximately 80 percent of nanotechnology companies are SMEs and start-ups; 70 percent have been founded in the years since 1985.
Nano-Map is an interactive map of nanotechnology expertise in Germany. Users can search for nanotechnology experts from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), large companies, universities and research institutions, government agencies/associations, financial institutions, and media/museums. Search results can be sorted by region, application, and technology, and then displayed in clear and comprehensible maps. Detailed search filters allow for a specific search according to select fields of technology and application.
