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Microsoft is a global leader in technology, driving innovation with a commitment to ethical practices and sustainability. The company’s core values include respect, integrity, and accountability, fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more, with a focus on creating technology that benefits everyone

In the realm of AI, Microsoft is pioneering the integration of AI across its cloud services, enhancing productivity, creativity, and efficiency. Microsoft AI is designed to democratize AI technology, making it accessible and valuable for all, while ensuring ethical and responsible use.
The company leverages AI to advance sustainability, optimizing energy and water consumption, and accelerating the discovery of low-carbon materials. Microsoft’s initiatives, such as AI for Earth, demonstrate a commitment to using technology for environmental progress

Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm, with offices in over 50 countries. BCG partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation — empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.

BCG’s semiconductor practice works with semiconductor companies as well as their suppliers and customers on their most challenging strategic and operational challenges. This work spans the full range of functional topics including strategy, operations, and go-to-market. BCG also works closely with major players in application industries to support with semiconductor related challenges such as supply resiliency or Scope 3 emissions.

BCG’s diverse and global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise, and our thought leadership has proven to be influential in major policy setting in the US and Europe. Recent publications include “Strengthening the Global Semiconductor Supply Chain in an Uncertain Ara” (2021), and “The Growing Challenge of Semiconductor Design Leadership”(2022). 

Besi is a leading supplier of semiconductor assembly equipment for the global semiconductor and electronics industries offering high levels of accuracy, productivity and reliability at a low cost of ownership. The Company develops leading edge assembly processes and equipment for leadframe, substrate and wafer level packaging applications in a wide range of end-user markets including electronics, mobile internet, cloud server, computing, automotive, industrial, LED and solar energy. Customers are primarily leading semiconductor manufacturers, assembly subcontractors and electronics and industrial companies. Besi’s ordinary shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (symbol: BESI). Its Level 1 ADRs are listed on the OTC markets (symbol: BESIY) and its headquarters are in Duiven, the Netherlands. 

JBR Corporate Finance, Strategy Restructuring is an independent, internationally operating consultancy firm with a tradition spanning 40 years in strategy, corporate finance, and corporate restructuring. Renowned in the Digital & Technology sector, JBR advises leading players in the industry on sales mandates, strategic decision-making, guiding acquisitions, conducting investments/disinvestments, performing valuations, and assisting with (re)financing.

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs.

Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.

SEMI is a catalyst for connection, collaboration  and innovation, helping the semiconductor industry to deploy lifechanging tech worldwide.

Intelligent fluids GmbH is a pioneer in the field of green cleaning products for industrial customers. The German DeepTech company based in Leipzig and Leuna develops water-based products that have the potential to transform industrial cleaning from one of the most polluting sectors globally into a clean one, with zero concessions to performance. Instead of aggressive and harmful chemical solvents, intelligent fluids uses a completely new, science-based technology that physically removes organic contaminants. The technology won the FiT2clean Award at the parts2clean trade fair in Stuttgart in September 2023. The company's investors include sustainability funds such as Wave Equity Partners, IBG Sachsen-Anhalt and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF).

Since launching in 2006, Amazon Web Services has been providing world-leading cloud technologies that help any organization and any individual build solutions to transform industries, communities, and lives for the better.

As part of Amazon, we strive to be Earth’s most customer-centric company. We work backwards from our customers’ problems to provide them with cloud infrastructure that meets their needs, so they can reinvent continuously and push through barriers of what people thought was possible.

Whether they are entrepreneurs launching new businesses, established companies reinventing themselves, non-profits working to advance their missions, or governments and cities seeking to serve their citizens more effectively—our customers trust AWS with their livelihoods, their goals, their ideas, and their data.

KBC Securities is the investment banking division of KBC Group, an integrated bank-insurance group. We provide financial services for a wide variety of professional clients, each with distinct needs. KBC Securities aims to be the reference in the Benelux in debt and equity solutions for corporate and institutional clients.

Corporate clients  come to us for state-of-the-art solutions and solid execution in equity and debt capital, M&A services, private fundraising, financial structuring and more.

Institutional investors  value our profound research insights and our unparalleled access to equity capital transactions and bond offerings in the Benelux market and beyond.

Investment services  offer easy access to a wide range of venture capital and private equity funds.

ASM is a leading, global supplier of semiconductor wafer processing equipment. Our smart and ambitious team is dedicated to delivering innovative technology solutions to the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers. Improving people’s lives through advancing new technologies that unlock new potential.

Together with over 4,000 employees based in 15 countries, we work to develop thin-film deposition technologies for our customers through ALD, epitaxy, vertical furnaces and PECVD. In 2022, we also entered the high growth silicon carbide epitaxy market.

ASM has a legacy of innovation - for more than half a century we have focused on collaborative solutions to make integrated circuits, or chips, smaller, faster, and even more powerful. Our technology is integrated in every aspect of modern life as it is used in 5G, autonomous driving, AI, medical equipment, smart phones, laptops, and more.

Every day we challenge ourselves to enrich the lives of everyone we engage with. We are committed to accelerating our sustainability initiatives – with a clear focus on governance, responsible value-chain management, the green power of innovation, and working to improve people’s lives and positively impact the planet. We aim for Net Zero operations by 2035 and reaching 20% women in our workforce by 2025.

Evatec offers complete solutions for thin film deposition and etch in the Advanced Packaging, Power Devices, Fronted, MEMS, Wireless, Optoelectronics and Photonics markets. Our technology portfolio includes a range of advanced sputter technologies, plasma deposition & etch as well as standard and enhanced evaporation. From the bright LEDs in our cars to the sensors and filters in our mobile phones, our expertise enables the world's leading manufacturers to provide solutions for autonomous driving, wearable technologies and devices, and high-performance 5G mobile networks.

Our team is ready to offer process advice, sampling services and custom engineering to meet our customers individual needs in platforms from R&D to prototyping and true mass production. We provide sales and service through our global network of local offices. 
For more information, please visit www.evatecnet.com or contact our headquarters in Switzerland.

EV Group (EVG) is a leading supplier of high-volume production equipment and process solutions for the manufacture of semiconductors, MEMS, compound semiconductors, power devices and nanotechnology devices.

A recognized market and technology leader in wafer-level bonding and lithography for advanced packaging and nanotechnology, EVG’s key products include wafer bonding, thin-wafer processing and lithography/nanoimprint lithography (NIL) equipment, photoresist coaters, as well as cleaning and inspection/metrology systems.

With state-of-the-art application labs and cleanrooms at its headquarters in Austria, as well as in North America and Asia, EVG is focused on delivering superior process expertise to its global R&D and production customer and partner base – from the initial development through to the final integration at the customer’s site.

Founded in 1980, EVG services and supports an elaborate network of global customers and partners all over the world, with more than 1300 employees worldwide and fully-owned subsidiaries in the U.S., Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan.

FUJIFILM Electronic Materials (Europe) is a leading supplier to the semiconductor IC market.  We offer the broadest range worldwide of high performance photopolymers and high purity chemicals to the technologically demanding semiconductor manufacturers.  Some eye catchers:
Extremely high resolution state-of-the-art resists EUV, 193 nm dry and wet, 248 nm technology through i-line, g-line photoresists and rubber based negative technologies.
Our polyimides, a specialty coating used as a protective layer or “buffer coat” before packaging, including a Low Cure version for redistribution layer applications. 
A broad array of high purity solvents, developers, specialty etchants, cleaners, removers and other ancillary products.
Ultra-pure CVD and diffusion chemicals as well as high purity delivery systems. 
FUJIFILM Electronic Materials Wave Control Mosaic® and Color Mosaic® technology, a photosensitive-pigmented or dyed material incorporated in image sensors.

KLA Corp. is a leading supplier of wafer processing, process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related nanoelectronics industries. KLA’s products and services are used by bare wafer, IC, reticle and other manufacturers of materials and equipment around the world, from research and development to final volume manufacturing. Products and services include etch and deposition processes, inline unpatterned and patterned wafer defect inspection, review and classification; reticle defect inspection and metrology; packaging inspection and die sort; critical dimension (CD) metrology; pattern overlay metrology; film thickness, surface topography and composition measurements; measurement of in-chamber process conditions; wafer shape and stress metrology; computational lithography tools; and, overall yield and fab-wide data management and analytics.

Professional materials analysis service in Nano-structure analysis. Total solution for Electrical and Physical failure analysis service.
MSScorps values integrity and is committed to customer confidentiality in order to protect important information with an NDA, including sample storage and results and other confidential materials. In addition, the site of the laboratory is reinforced by metal detectors, double door (airlock) entry system, signal interrupter, memory storage prevention, security recording and communication equipment. Personnel identity is controlled and validation is necessary to enter the laboratory.

SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd. (JPX: 7735:TYO) is a global semiconductor equipment supplier, providing technology and equipment solutions for wet etch/clean technology, photoresist processing, wafer annealing, wafer inspection, and film thickness measurement. Founded and headquartered in Kyoto, SCREEN is present in Europe, the USA, and APAC regions.

Top 10 Semiconductor Manufacturing Solution Providers for the year 2022 and 2023 according to Semiconductor Review Europe, SCREEN steadily holds the largest market share in the wet etch/clean equipment segment, serving all major semiconductor manufacturers (Logic, Foundry, Memory, Analog, Power, CMOS Sensor) and a variety of electronics manufacturers (MEMS, SAW/BAW filter, LED).

Besides an extensive line-up of equipment for 300 mm standard Si wafers processing, the Frontier series provides advanced processing of various substrate sizes and materials 200 mm and smaller for the automotive and IoT device market.

As a leading global company of innovative semiconductor production equipment, Tokyo Electron (TEL) engages in development, manufacturing, and sales in a wide range of product fields. All of TEL's semiconductor production equipment product lines maintain high market shares in their respective global segments. TEL provides outstanding products and services to customers through a global network in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

With a local focus and global reach, the news platform BioVox shares insights into the Benelux life sciences ecosystem with readers across the world. BioVox is an independent publisher, providing the community with quality content and first-row access to interesting breakthroughs and trends in biotech, medtech, agtech, pharma, and more. We shine a spotlight on the latest news and innovations from both our partner organizations as well as the entire community.

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EnergyVille is a collaboration between the Belgian research partners KU Leuven, VITO, imec and UHasselt in the fields of sustainable energy and intelligent energy systems. EnergyVille develops technology and knowledge to support public and private stakeholders in the transition to an energy efficient, decarbonised and sustainable urban environment. The unique complementarity of the research partners allows us to integrate the energy system value chain in its entirety, ranging from materials and components to the level of entire energy systems, business models and strategies. Our activities are clustered in eight interdisciplinary domains: solar energy, battery storage, power electronics, power-to-molecules, thermal systems, electrical networks, energy for buildings and districts, energy strategies and markets. 

With approximately 400 researchers and state-of-the-art research facilities, EnergyVille is a top European innovation hub in the energy field. it bundles research, development and training under one roof and collaborates closely with local, regional, national and international partners from industry as well as public authorities. 

As an energy R&D innovation hub, located in the industry-oriented ecosystem of Thor Park (Genk, Belgium), EnergyVille offers an attractive environment for energy research, industrial product development and business creation. The collaboration is supported by the city of Genk, the Province of Limburg, LRM, Nuhma, POM Limburg and the European structural funds. 

Flanders Semiconductors, a non-profit organisation, created by Flemish semiconductor companies is dedicated to boost the visibility and prominence of its members in the Flanders region and beyond. Through its efforts, Flanders Semiconductors brings members from Flanders and the wider region together, promotes this semiconductor ecosystem and gives a voice to its supporters. Organisations join Flanders Semiconductors to play a proactive role in the growth and development of the regional industrial semiconductor ecosystem, to stay informed, connected, and competitive in this rapidly evolving and crucial industry.

Flux50 is the spearhead cluster for energy in Flanders. Flanders wants to promote cooperation for srategic key or spearhead areas. 
This Flemish cluster policy is an initiative of Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO). With VLAIO's support, Flux50 builds bridges between research institutes & universities, innovative enterprises and policymakers within the energy sector.

Flux50 unites and mobilises over 220 members to technologically support the energy transition and increase Flanders' competitiveness. With the ultimate goal of creating a Smart Energy Region and to propagate it internationally.

It bases its activities on these pillars:

1. Inspire: training and knowledge sharing
2. Connect & Accelerate : initiating, stimulating and supporting collaborations across sectors (such as energy, construction and IT) in pilot projects. For these projects, VLAIO  provides the necessary support and funding.
3. Internationalisation: International promotion of the Flemish energy industry & valorisation of these innovations abroad thanks to an increasing international network.

Health House is a pioneering experience center located in Leuven, dedicated to showcasing the future of health and care. It inspires visitors through a 600 square meter exhibition space filled with advanced, immersive, technological tools. This includes 3D animations, motion controls, virtual reality environments, a digital dissection table, and more than 75 interactive screens. Health House creates a compelling narrative around the possibilities in healthcare, emphasizing connections between technology and healthcare. The center accelerates learning and understanding by presenting scientifically validated content. Visitors are offered a glimpse into what the future holds, ensuring the scenarios presented are grounded in reality and not mere science fiction

Leuven MindGate is a member’s organization that highlights the leading international role of the Leuven Innovation Region in the fields of health, high tech and creativity.

We attract investors, talent and companies by communicating about the strengths of the region.

At the same time, we want to strengthen the local ecosystem itself by organizing network events and setting up collaboration initiatives.

MEDVIA is an industry-driven membership organization that fosters health innovation in Flanders. We are one of six spearhead clusters supported by Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO), nurturing R&D at the intersection of biotech, medtech and digital technologies. We facilitate health innovation – which is increasingly arising at the intersection of devices, drugs, diagnostics and digital solutions – by providing members with funding and services, as well as jointly tackling the challenges facing health entrepreneurs. Together, we pave the way to better health for all. For more, visit www.medvia.be