Press releases
15.12.2011 (Jena) In its meeting today the Supervisory Board of JENOPTIK AG appointed Rüdiger Andreas Günther as a full member of the Executive Board with effect from April 1, 2012. The appointment was made for a term of three years.
12.12.2011 (Berlin/Jena) The investment for the expansion, including new clean room technology and production equipment, is in the total sum of approx. 10 million euros. This will more than double the production capacities from 2013.
01.12.2011 (Jena/Shanghai) The Jenoptik Group has pooled all its activities on the Chinese market and combined them within a 100 percent owned subsidiary. The official opening of the new business premises was celebrated today together with customers and attended by the Jenoptik Executive Board and the entire Jenoptik Group Management.
22.11.2011 (Jena) Jenoptik’s Lasers & Material Processing division has won its first orders for laser processing systems used in the manufacture of energy saving high-tech glass, so-called smart windows.
09.11.2011 (Jena) Group operating result for the full year 2011 now expected to be approx. 44 million euros, an increase of more than 50 percent. Sales are forecast to come in at around 525 million euros.
08.11.2011 (Jena) Forecast for the Group operating result 2011 to approx. 44 million euros. Sales now forecast to come in at approx. 525 million euros.
08.11.2011 (Jena) Forecast for the Group operating result 2011 to approx. 44 million euros. Sales now forecast to come in at approx. 525 million euros.
24.10.2011 (Jena) Issue more than three times oversubscribed. The Group has thus secured its medium to long-term financing and reduces interest costs. Existing guaranteed loans will be replaced.
05.10.2011 (Jena/Wedel/Altenstadt) Krauss-Maffei Wegmann is placing an order for the supply of nearly 400 GTdrive systems (weapons stabilization systems). Jenoptik’s total share of the PUMA project now exceeds 70 million euros.
29.09.2011 (Jena/Wedel/Altenstadt) Contract for electric power supplies for the PATRIOT air defense missile system. The order is worth more than 10 million US dollars and will be completed in full in 2012.
21.09.2011 (Berlin/Jena) The Group is to invest around 10 million euros as the existing production facility has reached the limits of its capacity. From 2013 production capacities will be more than doubled.
16.09.2011 (Altenstadt) As the result of the high demand for the extremely reliable and efficient energy systems in the high output category range the production capacity at the Altenstadt location was notably expanded. Plant, equipment and production cycle reflect state-of-the-art manufacturing and environmental processes.
15.09.2011 (Jena) Chief Financial Officer Frank Einhellinger will not be extending his contract with JENOPTIK AG beyond June 2012.
12.09.2011 (Jena) At the DSEi trade fair in London, Jenoptik’s Defense & Civil Systems division will showcase the new DLEM SR for the first time. It covers a measuring range of more than 1,500 meters with an accuracy of better than one meter and weighs less than 40 grams only.
11.08.2011 (Jena)
The Jenoptik Group posted record results for the 1st half-year 2011. In addition to high sales and order intake levels as the result of a good economic performance, it achieved a marked improvement particularly in the quality of earnings.
21.07.2011 (Jena/Wedel) On behalf of Eurofighter GmbH, the firm of Cassidian in Madrid has awarded Jenoptik an order to supply the DC generators for tranche 3a of the Eurofighter.
12.07.2011 (Jena) Continuing strong demand for Jenoptik lasers used in medical technology. Jenoptik is in international demand as a supplier in the area of lasers and material processing.
08.07.2011 (Rochester Hills/Villingen-Schwenningen) Jenoptik will supply metrology systems worth approx. 6.5 million US dollars to three North American engine plants of a major automotive car manufacturer.
13.05.2011 (Jena) The Jenoptik Group posted a very good 1st quarter 2011 operating result. Sales, order intake and order backlog also produced a positive performance. The EBIT forecast for the full year 2011 was raised to 40 million euros.
13.05.2011 (Jena) The Traffic Solutions division has received a major order for systems and equipment for traffic monitoring from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
09.05.2011 (Jena) On the basis of an analysis of the business development made with all segments the Jenoptik Executive Board raises the EBIT forecast for 2011.
18.04.2011 (Jena) Green thin-disk lasers for prestigious German manufacturer.
24.03.2011 (Eisenach/Jena) Photonic Sense GmbH in Eisenach, a company of the Jenoptik Group, has won the Supplier of the Year Award 2010 from FLIR Systems AB. With this award, the Swedish company recognizes the performance of Photonic Sense as a supplier of germanium optical components.
24.03.2011 (Jena) 2010 sales increased by 7.8 percent to 510.6 million euros l Earnings from operating activities, including one-off effects, rose to 56.4 million euros l Net debt halved l Enhancing profitability further in 2011
17.03.2011 (Triptis/Jena) With the low double-digit million euro agreement running over several years, Jenoptik is expanding its manufacture of sensors for the automotive industry.
10.03.2011 (Jena) The ceilometers of the Defense & Civil Systems division will be integrated into a large nationwide network outside Germany for the first time. The 14 ceilometers of the type “CHM 15k NIMBUS” will be delivered to Met Office, United Kingdom, in March 2011.
04.03.2011 (Jena) Jay Kumler, responsible for Jenoptik´s Optics Business in the US, was honored in March 2011 as a SPIE-Fellow for his achievements in optical design and fabrication. SPIE is the international Society for Optics and Photonics, based in Bellingham, Washington, USA.
08.02.2011 (Jena) According to provisional calculations, sales in 2010 totaled approx.
510 million euros. The Group EBIT exceeded 55 million euros including one-off effects, with a pure operating result of approx. 32 million euros. The order intake increased by nearly 35 percent. Net debt was reduced to slightly less than 80 million euros.
08.02.2011 (Jena) About 600 guests from politics, economy and sciences gathered in the Jena Volkshaus, among them Christine Lieberknecht, Minister-President of Thuringia, and Albrecht Schröter, Lord Mayor of Jena.
07.02.2011 (Jena/Wedel) MTU submits order for the supply of starter generators. Jenoptik’s total share in the new infantry fighting vehicle for the German Army will be approx. 70 million euros.
17.01.2011 (Jena/San Francisco) Jenoptik’s Lasers & Material Processing and Optical Systems divisions will be putting technology chain and systems expertise under the spotlight at the key sector trade fair from January 25 to 27, 2011.
14.01.2011 (Jena) When comparing the quality of forecasts Jenoptik is one of the best of 24 quoted companies.
