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ORC is a subsidiary unit operating under the Council of Tampere University
of Technology (TUT) since 1999. ORC's research portfolio was about EUR 5,9 million  in 2009 of collaborative R & D grants and contracts.
ORC houses 65 workers (January 2010).

Investments in scientific equipment amount to about EUR 22 million, which make ORC one of the best  equipped academic research units in Finland and the largest university-based research centre in Europe in the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) crystal growth technique with 5 commercial MBE reactors and complete optolectronic device processing and characterization facilities.

ORC is currently running more than 25 national and international research
projects with about 50 universities and companies throughout the world.
It  has been exceptionally successful in achieving innovative scientific
results, developing new technologies, and transferring know-how to industrial use. It has played a seminal role in creating a laser manufacturing industry in Finland.