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I have been contacted by a company interested in the call. They said they want to ‘join' a consortium. I told them industry must lead, and it would be best if ‘they' consider a consortium, as we (Tyndall) can’t put one together. There are also issues with co-funding
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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>Date: </b>Sunday, 14 December 2025 at 09:26<br>
<b>To: </b>Williams, Kevin <k.a.williams@tue.nl>, pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es <pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es><br>
<b>Cc: </b>pixeurope-mct@lists.icfo.es <pixeurope-mct@lists.icfo.es>, Panina, Katia <e.panina@tue.nl><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Pixeurope-sc] Lab-to-Fab call<br>
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Hi Kevin</p>
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Sorry for the delay.</p>
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Yes, I think what you propose makes sense.</p>
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However, it is true also the other way around. Companies should approach us and then we see whether we can commit to support depending on technology and timeline.</p>
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We should promote and be ready to analyse what they propose.</p>
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For the time being I have only heard from different sources around a Greek led proposal on 2-D material integration. However, I believe they are looking for a leading company.</p>
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Cheers</p>
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Valerio</p>
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<b>From:</b> Williams, Kevin <K.A.Williams@tue.nl><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 10 December 2025 9:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es; Valerio Pruneri <Valerio.Pruneri@icfo.eu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> pixeurope-mct@lists.icfo.es; Panina, Katia <e.panina@tue.nl><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Lab-to-Fab call</p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; color: black;">Dear Valerio,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; color: black;">Good that you share this. I think it is quite urgent.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; color: black;">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.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; color: black;">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.</span></p>
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on behalf of Valerio Pruneri via Pixeurope-sc <</span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es" data-outlook-id="3f407893-c1ff-4260-aed5-da08937dd4ba" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es</a></u></span><span style="color: black;">><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 8, 2025 6:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> </span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es" data-outlook-id="c4c21e95-53e5-4573-a727-7c834da1893d" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es</a></u></span><span style="color: black;"> <</span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es" data-outlook-id="acf3c8cf-1174-43f7-a537-c10604d0fa79" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es</a></u></span><span style="color: black;">><br>
<b>Cc:</b> </span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:pixeurope-mct@lists.icfo.es" data-outlook-id="598f6192-96d9-434a-98a7-9cc18d14ce59" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">pixeurope-mct@lists.icfo.es</a></u></span><span style="color: black;"> <</span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:pixeurope-mct@lists.icfo.es" data-outlook-id="a7ba4e63-24ad-4ba6-ab88-ff7bf0b8a7eb" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">pixeurope-mct@lists.icfo.es</a></u></span><span style="color: black;">><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pixeurope-sc] Lab-to-Fab call</span></p>
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<p class="WordSection1">Hi All</p>
<p class="WordSection1">The call we mentioned several times is now out.</p>
<p class="WordSection1">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 class="WordSection1">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 class="WordSection1">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 class="WordSection1">Best</p>
<p class="WordSection1">Valerio</p>
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