If Europe were to lose its market leadership in East Asia after the optics industry, entertainment electronics, information and communication technology (computers, mobile phones, smartphones), microelectronics would be a disaster for the European economy. Micro- and nanoelectronic components are indispensable not only for digital products and services, but also an important basis for innovation and competitiveness in all major industries.
Duplication of Chipproduction
Electronic components not only make cars, airplanes and trains safer, more energy-efficient or more comfortable, but also medical technology, household appliances, energy networks and safety systems. Micro- and nanoelectronics is therefore a key technology for growth and employment in the EU. According to the EU Commission, at least 10% of GDP depend on electronic products and services.
Hope for 100 billion
Nor is Europe the world market leader in automotive electronics, and is strongly active in the fields of energy, mobile technology, industrial automation and equipment for chipping, nor is the medium-sized market leader in sensor technology and medical implants. "Without a comprehensive production and new industrialization strategy for Europe, there are no new jobs, no growth, and thus higher unemployment," says EU Parliamentarian Paul Rübig
In order to secure the existing market position and further develop highly developed production in Europe, the European Commission launched a campaign for higher and better coordinated investments in research, development and innovation in micro- and nanoelectronics at the end of May. "I would like our chip production to double to about 20 percent of world production, and I want Europe to produce more chips in Europe than the United States in its own country, which is a realistic goal if we channel our investments properly, Said Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission
New industrialization must be completely different from the first industrialization of Europe in the nineteenth century. It must be clean, high-tech, smart, innovative and resource-efficient.
Paul Rübig
Three complementary development directions into cheaper, faster and smarter chips are at the center of their strategy. To this end, the electronics clusters in Dresden, Eindhoven / Löwen and Grenoble are to be expanded and better connected to other European clusters. Ten billion euros of private, regional, national and EU funds will be used as a boost.
Kroes hopes for the successful implementation
In its ambitious ambitions, the EU Commission refers to the proposals for a position paper published in November 2012 ("Innovation for the future of Europe: Nanoelectronics beyond 2020") of the Association for European Nanoelectronics Activities (Aeneas) and the EUREKA research cluster CATRENE. Electronics industry and researchers, had set out how a total investment of € 100 billion could be launched between 2013 and 2020.
"With this strategy, European industry is better positioned to transform engineering innovations into commercially viable technology," said Commissioner Kroes.
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