European micro and nano companies rule off 2009 – the year of the worst economic crisis – and resume their activities with optimism. Improving markets in the semiconductor business made some companies turn from “Kurzarbeit” – a German form a slowing down production without laying off employees – to extra weekend shifts. The recent European data survey conducted among 2640 companies and institutes by IVAM – an European association companies and institutes in the field of micro- and nanotechnology – shows that the expectation for 2010 are not too high but improving.
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