Brexit: A View from the U.K. Photonics Business

OPN Interview with John Lincoln

In the view of one expert on the British photonics scene, the near-term impacts could be limited, and “keep calm and carry on” could be the best mantra in the referendum’s wake.

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With the world still grappling with the implications of the “Brexit” referendum—in which British voters, by a 52-to-48-percent margin, favored withdrawal from the European Union—OPN talked with John Lincoln, the chief executive of the U.K. Photonics Leadership Group, to get his view on what the decision means for the photonics industry in the United Kingdom.

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