SILICON ALPS Cluster

EBSCON 2025

8 Oct 2025 | Graz, Austria

ExpertiseUpdated on 2 October 2025

Chip NL Competence center Portofolio

Peter-Jan Hendrikx

Manager Semicon Cluster HTNL at High Tech NL

Eindhoven, Netherlands

About

The Netherlands have a leading role in:

Equipment (~85% of workforce): photolithography (ASML), atomic layer deposition (ASM), metrology (ASML & Nearfield)

IDMs/Electronics (~5% of workforce): electronics (NXP), high-volume chip production (Nexperia), RF manufacturing (Ampleon)

Photonics (~2% of workforce): from design to small scale production, assembly, testing and packaging

Value chain ecosystem of 300+ smaller companies:

A cluster of OEMs and suppliers such as VDL, Prodrive, Neways, NTS

Knowledge institutes and talent development (TNO, IMEC, Holst, TU/e, UT, TU Delft)

Promising start-ups (Axelara AI) and incubator vehicles (HighTech XL)

Strong industry associations (HighTech NL, Chiptech Twente, etc

Organisation

High Tech NL

Association/Agency

Eindhoven, Netherlands

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