Thanks for paying attention. Central Europe also has a very similar low volume ceramics/optics SME networks, but they are also much more industrialized and energy consumptive.

Requires boots on the ground to see if the energy shortages will lead to these networks evolving "solarpunk" tech. (They are also similarly secretive). Let me know if you see any trends in that direction!

I can tell you from AP that people are trying to reverse engineer "secret" Japanese tech, reverse engineering is sacred work :)

> Central Europe also has a

Central Europe out of all places.

> very similar low volume ceramics/optics SME networks

By which you mean - excuse the question - "SME networks" as in "business-networked" mid-size commercial concerns doing low volume production in the electroptical field -or- production networks running optoelectronic hardware at a small scale? Or, both ...

Haha the first one, but also "small-sized" (in addition to mid-sized)

Also want to point out to academic spinoffs (which most of these SMEs are) like

https://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2023_041_nanomaterials-3d...

They have been "incorporated" but still seems like they haven't got the attention they deserve? (Okay the temp/volume is maybe not low/high enough, but the process is almost domestic kitchen level simple)