Beyond Borders
Building a Photonics Cluster—From Scratch
The ambitious Mexican Photonics Initiative finds a home for its proposed industry hub.
Panoramic view of Santiago de Querétaro, the capital and largest city of the state of Querétaro, Mexico, home of the new photonics cluster. [Getty Images]
In November 2016, Mexico announced its intention to build a photonics industry capable of competing on the world stage. The occasion was the release of Towards a Brighter Mexico—a manifesto and roadmap developed by ProMéxico, a government agency promoting international trade and investment, in partnership with the International Commission for Optics (ICO). The report called for a Mexican Photonics Initiative (MPI) along U.S. and European Union lines; laid out a five-year agenda of planned efforts in areas ranging from LEDs to petawatt lasers; and argued for the creation, from the ground up, of a Mexican Photonics Cluster to serve as an investment and innovation magnet.
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