The previous press officer Britta Maria Schell leaves Jenoptik upon her own request on November 30, 2015.

Britta Maria Schell has been active as the Head of Communications and Marketing as well as the press officer of the Jenoptik Group since April 15, 2013. The Executive Board would like to thank Britta Maria Schell for the good work done in a spirit of trusting cooperation and wishes her all the best for her future professional life.

Ms. Katrin Lauterbach will be in charge of the Communications and Marketing department from January 1, 2016 on. She is a professional journalist holding the German equivalent of a Master's degree in business administration, and had been active as a communications and marketing manager for Bosch Solar Energy AG after having left Jenoptik at the end of 2012. Katrin Lauterbach currently works as a communications manager for the Jena-Saale-Holzland savings bank.

As an integrated photonics group, Jenoptik divides its activities into five divisions: Lasers & Material Processing, Optical Systems, Industrial Metrology, Traffic Solutions and Defense & Civil Systems. Its customers around the world mainly include companies in the semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry, automotive and automotive supplier industry, medical technology, security and defense technology as well as the aviation industry. Jenoptik has more than 3,500 employees and generated revenue in 2014 of about 590 million euros.


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