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Dear Valerio,</div>
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Good that you share this. I think it is quite urgent.</div>
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PIXEurope probably does not define an offer from scratch quickly enough to be relevant to the call, but I think we need an offer before Christmas if we are to be written into proposals. My suggestion would be to leverage the work done in the foundational Pilot
Lines - JePPIX, PIXAPP, OIP4NWE, PIX4LIFE, PHOTONIXFAB - to create a short capability offer with pricing at prototype and pilot capability. It could be a one page table. And as PIXEurope we make the commitment to support and manage these offers while providing
choice in supply chain. It does not need to be a supply chain partner commitment at proposal phase in my view but the budget needs to be reserved.</div>
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We can check whether this resonates with a few candidate lead companies to both check our relevance and possibly stimulate a couple of photonics-enabled proposals. Instinctively I would be thinking of the players like Nokia, Ericsson, Adtran (Adva), Thales,
Leonardo, Airbus, Philips, Siemens, Infineon, Bosch.</div>
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Kevin</div>
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<b>From:</b> Pixeurope-sc <pixeurope-sc-bounces@lists.icfo.es> on behalf of Valerio Pruneri via Pixeurope-sc <pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 8, 2025 6:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es <pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es><br>
<b>Cc:</b> pixeurope-mct@lists.icfo.es <pixeurope-mct@lists.icfo.es><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pixeurope-sc] Lab-to-Fab call</div>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Hi All</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The call we mentioned several times is now out.</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A few key points:</p>
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<li style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">It is to transfer technologies from Pilot Lines</li><li style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">It has to be led by an industry partner</li><li style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">It does not specify whether Pilot Line partners have to be partners in the proposal</li><li style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Photonics is one key area, more specifically integration at chip level and packaging</li><li style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">EU funding rate for companies is 25% while for RTOs is 35%. Nothing is said about National contribution, if any.</li><li style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Total EU budget is 50M and they expect projects from 12 to 16M EU contribution. So, likely 4 projects with a budget of 50M each. In this way they may avoid state aid……if National
cofund.</li></ul>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In one way or another PIXEurope is to be involved, especially WP6, 7 or, possibly, 8. Questions like:</p>
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<li style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Are we ready with the technology for transferring?</li><li style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Are there leading companies in the photonics related areas in the call, e.g. heterogeneous integration, CPO, etc..</li><li style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Is a manufacturer or a vertical integrator more suitable to lead the proposal?</li><li style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Etc….</li></ul>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Please provide comments and if you have heard of any company interested in leading. Deadline is end of February, so there is limited time to build strong proposals.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Best</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Valerio</p>
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