Europe is at a turning point. The decisions we make now will shape our technological future for decades.
Take the semiconductor industry: its strength depends on secure access to strategic materials such as European-produced polysilicon.
Today, global production of polysilicon is heavily concentrated in Asia, leaving Europe vulnerable to disruptions in the supply of this strategic raw material, essential for both solar energy and advanced chips.
The EU Chips Act underscores the importance of building a robust European semiconductor ecosystem, from research and design to production and the supply of critical raw materials. Without reliable access to highโquality polysilicon, Europeโs wafer, chip, and module capacity remains exposed. Strengthening European polysilicon production lays the foundation for a truly autonomous and competitive semiconductor sector.
This is exactly the gap we are working to close and one I hear about regularly in conversations with partners across Europe.
As industry expert Hein van der Zeeuw emphasises:
โ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ-๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.โ
At RESiLICON, we are translating this ambition into concrete, futureโproof capacity to build a strong, fully European value chain.
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