"Made in Eindhoven: the small Dutch city that became a tech powerhouse" is the powerful title given by the American newspaper Financial Times to their engaging article. Read it here 👇 ow.ly/auM350MQRf6 #brainporteindhoven #brainport #eindhoven #asml

Are you interested? Join the information session of RVO on Wednesday 12 April (registration will open later). 👩‍🏫 Or read more and register now: bit.ly/3kn7BvW

Speaker Spotlight 🔦 Carol de Vries from PhotonDelta is speaking at #PICinternational. Theme - Driving deployment in established markets 📈 Register for your ticket today! Limited number tickets remaining⬇️ picinternational.net/register

Congratulations to EFFECT Photonics! Last week they secured $40 million in funding 💰 from a group of investors led by Invest-NL Deep Tech Fund and Innovation Industries, along with other existing investors. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉: buff.ly/3IVrVN1

This year’s European Conference on Integrated Optics (#ECIO) 🎬 takes place in Twente, the Netherlands. Join us from 19 to 21 April and get updated on leading edge research on integrated optics, optoelectronics and nano-photonics. 💡 Read more: buff.ly/3ZdbL7T University of Twente (inactive)

The 2nd General Assembly meeting of the EU-funded project OCTAPUS took place on 23-24 March 2023, organized by COSMOTE at the premises of OTE Megaron in Athens, Greece.

OCTAPUS project will be presented at the Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting (Photonics21 Partnership) on April 26-27 in Brussels. More information and the agenda of the Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting 2023 can be found on the following link: photonics21.org/events-worksho…

Happy to represent SMART Photonics at #ECIO23 next week. Visit our booth, join the exhibition and panel session or watch our contribution on Friday: F2.7. High-power CW >100 mW SOAs for active-passive integration. Andrzej Jankowski. ecio-conference.org

Panel discussion on the talent shortage in integrated photonics at #ECIO 2023. And on what to do about it. ePIXfab ⁦JePPIX⁩

What an honour! King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands visited the emerging photonics ecosystem in the Netherlands today. During his visit at Holst Centre and PhotonDelta he gained insight into the value chain of photonics and learned about various applications.

Great session in which SMART Photonics was represented by Ilse de Graaf in the panel session

In the #photonixFAB project SMART Photonics will provide the #InP coupons for heterogeneous integration onto both the SOI (imec) and SiN LIGENTEC ) platforms.

'The Talent Game' documentary on the search for talent in the high tech industry features Ilse de Graaf, Recruitment Business Partner at SMART Photonics! Don't miss out on her valuable insights on talent attraction and retention. Watch here🚀: lnkd.in/eehJ4ey7

Congrats to Holst Centre on a successful Innovation Day 2023! It was a full day of innovation at the Evoluon, where attendees indeed caught a glimpse of the future. HTCE is called the "center of the tech universe," and Holst Centre certainly contributes to that distinction! 🚀

Average height of adult men: 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 182.54 cm 🇧🇪 Belgium: 181.70 cm 🇪🇪 Estonia: 181.59 cm 🇱🇻 Latvia: 181.42 cm 🇩🇰 Denmark: 181.39 cm 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 180.87 cm 🇭🇷 Croatia: 180.78 cm 🇷🇸 Serbia: 180.57 cm 🇮🇸 Iceland: 180.49 cm 🇨🇿 Czechia: 180.10 cm 🇩🇪 Germany:

The people from SMART Photonics are happy to explain the benefits of InP and tell mire about our pure play foundry at #ECOC23. Visit us at booth 752

CTO Luc Augustin presenting "Future PIC trends, Roadmaps complexity with InP" at the market focus session at #ECOC23 .

Whoop, whoop! We are excited to introduce to you; the very first photonics game! 🥳 Are you ready to test your skills, experience our cleanroom and nail the final challenge? 🤓 Play the game and stand a chance to win a great SMART Photonics gadget! 🤩 smartphotonicsthegame.com

SMART Photonics scaling up to 4-inch wafer production. Transition from 3 to 4 inch nearly doubles the production capacity, realizing a lower price per chip. “Purchasing, installing, testing and qualifying the new 4-inch processing equipment was a huge effort, so we are...

📢 LOOKING BACK at the memorable July Kick-Off meeting event held in the beautiful town of Bernin, France. ⛰ The recap Video with a Coordinator's “Thank you” message for all Move2THz Project partners. 👇 ► Featuring Move2THz Project coordinator Francois Brunier from Soitec .