was handed over to the European Commission. Multiwave is proud to be a Partner Company of this initiative, one of the 60 European Companies and entities who subscribed to it.

According to the strategic document, To achieve this leadership for the benefit of Europe and our citizens, an ambitious program is required to:

• Supply the necessary research environment capable of supporting the visionary and industrially relevant R&D activities for photonics components, systems and their application over a broad range of industry sectors;
• Establish strategic links between mainly SME based photonics industries and principal user industries to share their long-term vision and to mobilize a critical mass of resources;
• Foster co-operation and smooth out the current fragmentation of national and European R&D activities.

The members of the representative group of industrial and research organizations are committed to joining in and anticipate contributing actively to such an initiative. As a first step, all stakeholders must endeavor to implement a technology platform for photonics to ensure that Europe strives to be a leader at the forefront of the photonics century.”