At the same time Mrs. Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, came to Germany with a delegation of Dutch companies from the fields of photonics, semiconductor technology, bio-based chemistry and water. The aim of this trip was the promotion of mutual trade and investment, as well as technological cooperation.
As part of the delegation visit, on 8 February 2017, there was an event at the Beutenberg Campus Jena with various lectures and a business matching around the optics and semiconductor industry, in which the SIOS also took part. The meeting provided a good opportunity for German and Dutch companies and scientific institutions from the fields of optics, photonics and semiconductor technologies to get to know the respective markets, intensify existing contacts and establish new contacts.