Microtechnology industry researches and supplies digital applications

The digital transformation has a significant impact on R&D activities in the field of microtechnology: 37.7 % of research institutions are developing new products or technologies that assist the digital transformation.
 
In the microtechnology industry, the digital transformation has so far inspired a little less than a fifth of companies to develop new products or technologies. A slightly higher proportion of enterprises (23.5 %) enhance their established products – for example with interfaces or apps – to make them fit for digital applications. Another fifth of companies did not have to change their existing products or technologies to enable them to be used in digital applications.
 
Source: IVAM Survey 2017