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- Jenoptik AG, headquartered in Jena, Thuringia, Germany, and tracing its heritage to the Carl Zeiss optical workshop founded in 1846, operates as a global photonics group focused on advanced optical technologies; the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker: JNPKF) and included in the TecDAX index, with approximately 4,600 employees worldwide and revenue of around 1.12 billion euros in fiscal year 2024. Jenoptik divides its operations into Advanced Photonic Solutions and Smart Mobility Solutions, serving key markets including semiconductor and electronics equipment, life science and medical technology, metrology, and traffic safety; it maintains production sites in Germany, the US, France, Switzerland, and significant stakes in Asia-Pacific countries such as Singapore, India, China, Korea, Japan, and Australia, with offices in over 80 countries. The company's core products and services encompass optomechanical and optoelectronic systems, modules, and assemblies; single- and multi-coated optical components including aspherical lenses, filters, and cylindrical lenses; diffractive and refractive optical elements plus micro-optical systems; components for digital microscopy, camera systems, photodiodes, LEDs, and color sensors; laser systems for cutting, welding, perforating plastics, metals, glass, ceramics, and semiconductors, as well as for solar cell processing and three-dimensional metal structuring; industrial metrology solutions such as optical shaft measuring systems, 3D measurement technology, in-line inspection, and vision systems; traffic safety systems including OEM components, cameras, radar and laser-based sensors, classifiers, modular monitoring for red light, speed enforcement, and vehicle classification, plus operator models, outsourcing, consulting, and traffic management software; and customized OEM laser solutions like diode lasers, disk lasers, fiber lasers, and high-power systems for industrial, medical, and entertainment applications. Jenoptik has executed its "MORE VALUE" Agenda 2025 by divesting non-core assets like VINCORION to a Star Capital fund in 2021 for 130 million euros enterprise value and Prodomax Automation planned by 2025, while pursuing acquisitions including TRIOPTICS GmbH in 2020 to bolster optics testing, BG Medical Applications GmbH and SwissOptic Group in 2021 for medical and semiconductor optics; the company opened a new LEED-certified micro-optics cleanroom fab in Dresden in early 2025—its largest single investment near 100 million euros—doubling production capacity for semiconductor equipment including AI chips, inaugurated a medical technology site in Berlin in 2023, and announced expansions like a high-end Jena manufacturing facility starting late 2025, alongside leadership transitions with CEO Dr. Stefan Traeger departing February 2026 and Supervisory Board Chairman Matthias Wierlacher resigning December 2025.