[Pixeurope-mct] Lab-to-Fab call

[Valerio Pruneri]

Hi Kevin
Sorry for the delay.
Yes, I think what you propose makes sense.
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.
We should promote and be ready to analyse what they propose.
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.
Cheers
Valerio

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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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