The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) continues to expand both its membership and business value as global supply chains consolidate and shorten.ANDREAS THOSS, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR [email protected]HELSINKI, April 6, 2023 — “Globalization was about profits,” said Timothy Paul Kennedy, vice president of Global Sales at Edmund Optics during the Annual Grand Meeting of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) held in Helsinki last month. Globalization had other benefits as well. It helped to optimize supply chains to enable economy of scale for global companies. It also helped developing countries build their manufacturing capacities and workforce and drove down prices for consumers. Now times have changed. 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