Janoschka does research for project OptiK-Net
December 8, 2019The German Federal Ministry of
Education and Research (BMBF) is supporting OptiK-Net, a joint project
involving a number of industry experts, including from the printing industry.
The project was officially launched in October 2019. As a project partner,
Janoschka is in the process of developing an innovative printing tool at its
Kippenheim site.
As a packaging printing specialist with decades of experience, Janoschka has
become involved with the OptiK-Net scheme (full title: “Direct print and
integration of optical short range networks”) as a project partner in October
2019. The German Ministry of Education and Research is providing a total of 3m
euros for six consortium partners, highlighting the ground-breaking potential
of this research project.
OptiK-Net’s mission is to perfectly combine the benefits of electronic circuit
boards with those of optical communications. The declared objective is the
cost- and resource-efficient production of such optical waveguides. For the
first time, high-performance printing processes will be enabled to directly
print highly functional polymer-based optical waveguides for optical networks
on an industrial scale.
A number of different printing processes, such as silkscreen, flexo and
gravure, will be evaluated to this end. As an expert in gravure printing,
Janoschka will be dedicated to developing an innovative printing tool, which
will ultimately enable the use of printed optical waveguides in a variety of
areas of daily life.
“The prepress industry is driven by technology, and our innovation strategy has
always been consistent and application-focused. We want to offer significant
added value – not only to our customers, but the industry as a whole. OptiK-Net
provides the ideal platform for making the power of innovation available to
other industries and sectors”, explains Falko Klein, Project Manager OptiK-Net,
Janoschka Deutschland.