[Pixeurope-mct] Lab-to-Fab call

[Williams, Kevin]

Dear Valerio,

Good that you share this. I think it is quite urgent.

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.

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.

Regards,
Kevin

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Subject: [Pixeurope-sc] Lab-to-Fab call


Hi All

The call we mentioned several times is now out.

A few key points:

  *   It is to transfer technologies from Pilot Lines
  *   It has to be led by an industry partner
  *   It does not specify whether Pilot Line partners have to be partners in the proposal
  *   Photonics is one key area, more specifically integration at chip level and packaging
  *   EU funding rate for companies is 25% while for RTOs is 35%. Nothing is said about National contribution, if any.
  *   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.



In one way or another PIXEurope is to be involved, especially WP6, 7 or, possibly, 8. Questions like:

  *   Are we ready with the technology for transferring?
  *   Are there leading companies in the photonics related areas in the call, e.g. heterogeneous integration, CPO, etc..
  *   Is a manufacturer or a vertical integrator more suitable to lead the proposal?
  *   Etc….



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.



Best

Valerio


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