What OES - Organic Electronics Saxony does

OES - Organic Electronics Saxony e.V. is a non-profit registered association (eingetragener Verein, VR 5058) headquartered in Dresden, Germany, founded on October 6, 2008 by seven companies and three research institutes. It operates as Europe's largest cluster management organization for organic, flexible, and printed electronics, coordinating a network of more than 39 companies and 17 research institutes that span the full technology value chain from fundamental research to manufacturing. The organization's core technology focus covers organic semiconductors enabling ultra-thin, lightweight, transparent, and flexible electronics for applications including OLED displays, organic solar cells, printed sensors, and flexible lighting.

OES generates revenue through two primary streams: recurring membership dues from its 39+ corporate members and 17+ research institute members, and professional services fees for project management and coordination of regional, national, and European Union-funded initiatives. The go-to-market motion is community-led, relying on member recruitment, networking events, conference management (e.g., Microprinting 2027, SMAR 2026, ISPA), startup support, training programs (INFINITE project), and government lobbying at regional, national, and EU Commission levels. Specific membership fee amounts are not publicly disclosed.

The cluster is supported by a lean management team of approximately five people (one Managing Director, two Project Managers, and one Team Assistant) operating through a subsidiary entity (Organic Electronics Saxony Management GmbH), with governance provided by a board of four chairpersons drawn from member organizations including Fraunhofer IZM, Fraunhofer IKTS, Bopla Gehäuse Systeme GmbH, and KETMarket GmbH. OES holds recognized cluster credentials including the Deutschland Land der Ideen 2018 award, go-cluster excellence label, and Cluster Management Excellence Silver Label.

Name

OES - Organic Electronics Saxony

Legal name

Organic Electronics Saxony e.V.

Website

https://oes-net.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

OES - Organic Electronics Saxony is a non-profit cluster management organization in Dresden, Germany, coordinating Europe's largest network of 39+ companies and 17 research institutes in organic, flexible, and printed electronics. It funds operations through membership dues and EU project coordination services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Cluster Management Services

NAICS

Management of Companies and Enterprises (55), Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (551114), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial IoT/Edge Electronics Manufacturing (Gateways, Edge Controllers) (IMAGAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Electronics Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) (IMAGAGAB), Embedded & HMI Electronics Manufacturing (Industrial PCs, HMIs, Panel PCs) (IMAGAGAD)

Keywords

• Organic electronics cluster
• Printed electronics network
• Flexible electronics consortium
• Research cluster management
• Technology association services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dresden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: OES operates as a membership-based organization (e.V. - registered association) with member companies and research institutions paying dues. The organization also coordinates and manages regional, national, and European projects.
2. Project Management and Coordination: Application and coordination of regional, national and European projects, management of conferences, workshops and symposia.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

OES - Organic Electronics Saxony e.V. operates as a cluster management organization (registered association/e.V.) providing a competence network for organic, flexible, and printed electronics companies and research institutes in Saxony, Germany. Its core offerings include application and coordination of regional, national and European projects, management of conferences, workshops and symposia, start-up support, placement of financial support, lobbying within government and the European Commission, and training and education services.

Product overview

OES - Organic Electronics Saxony e.V. is a cluster organization (not a product company) that serves as a competence network for organic, flexible, and printed electronics. The organization provides coordination of regional, national and European projects, manages conferences and workshops, supports start-ups, and offers training and education services to its members and the broader electronics community in Saxony, Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OES Cluster Services (Membership-based Competence Network) Membership-based competence network offering project coordination (regional, national, and European), conference/workshop/symposium management, start-up support, lobbying, and training services for companies and research institutes in organic, flexible, and printed electronics.
• INFINITE Training Programs Training programs offered through the INFINITE project covering organic electronics fundamentals, printing technology, additive manufacturing, and intercultural competence, available to OES members and broader ecosystem participants.
• Microprinting Conference International conference organized by OES focused on microprinting technology, scheduled for June 2027 in Bad Schandau, Germany.
• SMAR 2026 Conference Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures hosted at TU Dresden, 26-28 August 2026.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 39 companies and 17 research institutes active in Saxony organic electronics cluster
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

34 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• AMIRES SàrlminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss-based strategic partnership and innovation management company. Located at Rue de la Serre 4, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
• Netzwerk Automobilzulieferer Sachsen (AMZ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaxon automotive supplier network, represented by RKW Sachsen GmbH, Freiberger Str. 35, 01067 Dresden. Represents automotive sector as key target market for organic electronics applications.
• Association Française de L'électronique Imprimée (AFELIM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench association for printed electronics based at 8, avenue Duval Le Camus, 92210 Saint-Cloud, France.
• Ausbildungsverbund Olefinpartner gGmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining association at Value Park, Building G4, Training Center, 06258 Schkopau, Germany. Provides intercultural competence and other training programs.
• BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBiotech cluster development company located at IZB-West II, Am Klopferspitz 19a, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
• biosaxony e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaxon biotech cluster network at Tatzberg 47-51, 01307 Dresden. Cross-cluster collaboration in health technology applications.
• CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)coreTechnology or IntegrationFrench Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission at 25 rue Leblanc, Bâtiment Le ponant D, 75015 Paris, France. Major European research organization in organic electronics.
• CPI - Centre for Process InnovationcoreTechnology or IntegrationUK-based process innovation center at Wilton Centre, Wilton, Redcar, Teesside, TS10 4RF, England. Part of COLAE project partners.
• EBN - European Business and Innovation Centre NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network of business and innovation centers at Avenue de Tervueren 168, 1150 Brussels, Belgium.
• EPIC - European Photonics Industry ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean photonics industry consortium at 14 Rue de la Science, Brussels, Belgium. Collaboration in photonics-optronics field.
• Functional Print ClusterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish functional printing cluster at Plaza Tomás Caballero, 2, Ed. Fuerte del Príncipe I, 6th Floor, Office 1, 31006 Pamplona (Navarra), Spain.
• GRAVOmer e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaxon GRavity VOltage research network at Leibniz-Institut für Oberflächenmodellierung e.V., Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig.
• HEALTHY SAXONY e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaxon health cluster at Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden. Health technology applications collaboration.
• High Tech Startbahn GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDresden-based high-tech start-up support at Martin-Luther Straße 20f, 01099 Dresden. Start-up support and technology transfer.
• Hellenic Organic & Printed Electronics Association (HOPE-A)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreek organic and printed electronics association at 20th km Thessaloniki-Tagarades Road, 57001 Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• HZwo e. V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaxon hydrogen technology cluster at TU Chemnitz/Fak.MB/IAF, Reichenhainer Straße 70, 09126 Chemnitz.
• imeccoreTechnology or IntegrationBelgian microelectronics research center. One of Europe's leading research institutions in nanoelectronics and semiconductor technology.
• Interizon FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolish technology foundation at Gdański Park Naukowo-Technologiczny, Ul. Trzy Lipy 3, 80-172 Gdańsk, Poland.
• Joint Committee about New Industry Creation in Yonezawa (JCNIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJapanese industry creation committee at 1-808-18, Arcadia, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-0119 Japan. Long-standing collaboration since 2010 on organic electronics with Saxony-Yamagata partnership.
• LETERA ClusterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatvian electronics cluster at Dzirnavu iela 91k3, Rīga, Latvija, LV1011.
• Medical Valley EMN e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical technology cluster at Henkestr. 91, 91052 Erlangen, Germany. Key partner for medical technology applications (flexMED).
• MinalogicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench micro-nanotechnology cluster at Minatec, 3 Parvis Louis Néel, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
• OptoNet e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThuringian photonics cluster at Leutragraben 1, 07743 Jena, Germany. Photonics-optronics collaboration.
• PrintoCent / VTTcoreTechnology or IntegrationFinnish printed electronics expertise from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland at Tekniikantie 21, 90571 Oulu, Finland. COLAE project partner for pilot production facilities.
• Rail.S e. V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaxon railway technology cluster at Kramergasse 4, Dresden. Rail technology applications for organic electronics.
• Silicon Saxony e. V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaxon semiconductor cluster at Manfred-von-Ardenne-Ring 20, Dresden. Cross-cluster collaboration in microelectronics.
• SpinLab - Der HHL-AcceleratorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeipzig-based startup accelerator at Weißenfelser Straße 65G, 04229 Leipzig. HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management accelerator.
• TNO Innovation for lifecoreTechnology or IntegrationDutch applied research organization at Anna van Buerenplein 1, 2595 DA The Hague, Netherlands. Part of COLAE project partners.
• VEMASinnovativ (Innovationsverbund Maschinenbau Sachsen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaxon mechanical engineering innovation network at Reichenhainer Straße 88, Dresden. Manufacturing applications.
• VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland LtdcoreTechnology or IntegrationFinnish state-owned research institute at Tekniikantie 21, VTT FutureHub, 02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland. COLAE project partner with PrintoCent.
• Cambridge Innovation and Knowledge Centre (CIKC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK innovation center for organic electronics at Cambridge. Partner in internationalization project focusing on printed sensors and transistors, complementing OES expertise in vacuum-processed electronics.
• Fraunhofer FEPcoreTechnology or IntegrationFraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology at Dresden. Key research partner in electron beam technology, pulse magnetron sputtering, and plasma-activated high-rate evaporation.
• Fraunhofer IKTScoreTechnology or IntegrationFraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems at Winterbergstr. 28, 01277 Dresden. Ceramic technologies and systems research.
• IAPP - Dresden Integrated Center for Applied Physics and Photonic MaterialscoreTechnology or IntegrationTU Dresden's applied physics and photonic materials center at Nöthnitzer Str. 61. Fundamental research on OLEDs and organic solar cells.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Silicon Saxony: Silicon Saxony is Europe's largest microelectronics cluster based in Dresden with 400+ members. It is a direct peer to OES because both operate as cluster management organizations in the same geographic region (Dresden/Saxony) covering overlapping semiconductor and electronics technology stacks, and they have a formal partnership relationship.
• Medical Valley EMN e.V. Medical Valley is a leading German medical technology cluster based in Erlangen. It is a peer to OES because both are German cluster management organizations with formal partnership relationship, and Medical Valley is the key partner for OES's flexMED medical electronics applications.
• HOPE-A (Hellenic Organic & Printed Electronics Association): HOPE-A is the Greek organic and printed electronics association. It is a direct peer to OES because both are membership-based associations coordinating organic electronics R&D and commercialization, with overlapping European partnership networks and similar application focus.
• biosaxony e.V. biosaxony is the Saxon biotechnology cluster based in Dresden. It is a direct peer to OES because both operate as regional cluster management organizations in Saxony covering biotechnology/health technology applications, with formal cross-cluster partnership on health-related organic electronics.
• EPIC - European Photonics Industry Consortium: EPIC is the European Photonics Industry Consortium based in Brussels. It is a direct peer to OES because both are industry associations coordinating European photonics/optoelectronics technology companies and research organizations, with overlapping membership and formal partnership.
• AFELIM (Association Française de L'électronique Imprimée): AFELIM is the French association for printed electronics. It is a direct peer to OES because both function as national/multi-national membership associations coordinating organic and printed electronics companies and research institutes, with overlapping application focus and cross-partnership.
• PrintoCent / VTT Printed Electronics: PrintoCent is Finland's printed electronics competence center hosted at VTT Technical Research Centre. It is a direct peer to OES because both operate as cluster/coordinator organizations for printed and organic electronics, are COLAE project partners, and target similar application markets across Europe.

Regional players

• Functional Print Cluster: Functional Print Cluster is a Spanish functional printing cluster based in Navarra. It is a regional peer to OES because both operate cluster management organizations for printed/functional electronics but serve primarily different European geographies while collaborating on EU projects.
• OptoNet e.V. OptoNet is the Thuringian photonics cluster based in Jena. It is a regional peer to OES because both are German photonics/optoelectronics cluster management organizations with overlapping technical scope and formal partnership through EPIC collaboration.

Broad incumbents

• imec: imec is a leading Belgian microelectronics and nanotechnology research center. It is a broad incumbent peer to OES because it operates as a much larger research organization covering organic and nanoelectronics with deeper capital base, and is both a partner to OES and a potential competitor for EU funding and member companies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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