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 high‑quality polysilicon, Europe’s 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:

“𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.”

At RESiLICON, we are translating this ambition into concrete, future‑proof capacity to build a strong, fully European value chain.

Get in touch to learn how we’re building Europe’s polysilicon future.

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