At a glance
| Booth | K2760 |
| Country | NL |
| Website | www.hollandhightech.nl |
Company profile
Holland High Tech is the Dutch sector for High Tech Systems and Materials, bringing businesses, knowledge institutions and government authorities together in innovation-focused public-private partnerships. Its stated role is to help address the energy transition, the shift to a circular economy and the acceleration of digitalisation, including Smart Industry and key enabling technologies, through expert teams working across 11 innovation domains. Holland High Tech says its overall aim is to stimulate innovation, collaboration, internationalisation and economic growth, and it shares knowledge and new technology applications with other sectors and SMEs. The ecosystem is described as comprising 89,000 companies and more than 500,000 professionals, including multinationals, SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, together representing 165 billion euros in production value and more than 70 billion euros in export value. Holland High Tech supports programmes and projects in the High Tech Systems and Materials top sector through close collaboration between public and private partners within mission-driven and innovation policy, including funded R&D programmes and projects. Its international mission brings together Dutch companies and ecosystem partners active in integrated photonics, semiconductors, advanced packaging and related deep-tech disciplines.
Exhibits
Participation in the NL Pavilion includes a dedicated company presentation within the pavilion, giving participating organisations a specific presentation format alongside the broader collective presence. Within Semiconductor Technologies, Holland High Tech covers technologies affecting semiconductor design, production and application and describes the Dutch semiconductor industry as an important global-market player that contributes to the national economy and knowledge development. The semiconductor ecosystem is described as spanning the full value chain, including global players ASML and BESI, with Holland High Tech supporting the ecosystem through strategic programmes and public-private partnerships intended to drive innovation. Technology themes named in the semiconductor domain include EUV and High-NA lithography for further miniaturisation and efficiency, new architectures such as 3D integration, GAA and VNAND vertical transistors and advanced packaging, and advanced materials including semiconductor packaging materials and nanomaterials. The domain links semiconductor value-chain products and semi-finished goods to semiconductor-development systems such as chip design, chip-manufacturing systems and packaging, as well as to consumer electronics, automotive driver-assistance and monitoring, medical diagnostics and patient care, and solar cells and efficient energy management. Holland High Tech also identifies cross-domain links from semiconductor technologies to Optical Systems & Integrated Photonics for advanced lithography, Quantum Technologies for quantum computing, Imaging Technologies for sensors and image processors, Mechatronics & Optomechatronics for precision production and inspection systems, and Energy Materials for storage and conversion efficiency. For research consortia, Semiconductor Technologies is presented as a Holland High Tech innovation domain in which research organisations and companies can pursue R&D programmes and projects with subsidies from the government's PPS Innovation Scheme. Examples of named semiconductor-domain projects include Impulse Printing, described as the fastest 3D interconnect in the world, DaMPOME for data-based mechatronic performance optimisation for metrology equipment, MINT for mechanical integrity of NanoTube structures, and Bonsai for bonding by surface activation. In Mechatronics & Optomechatronics, Holland High Tech combines mechanics, electronics, control engineering and computer science, while optomechatronics adds optical components and technologies to mechatronic systems for the construction of complex, high-quality machines and systems. The Netherlands is described in this domain as strong in high-complexity, low-volume machine construction, with applications in semiconductor production, medical equipment and laboratory instrumentation and with diversification opportunities extending to agrifood and aerospace. The technology topics listed for Mechatronics & Optomechatronics include precision mechanics that minimises unwanted movement and maintains stability, sensor and actuator systems for position, force, speed and temperature, laser and optical technologies for micron- or nanometer-scale imaging, positioning and measurement, and embedded measurement and control software with feedback, feedforward, fault-detection and adaptive-control functions. Semiconductor applications within this domain include precision equipment for lithography, metrology and chip packaging, while other applications include precise sensors, actuators and robotic systems for medical technology, robotics and automation in agrifood, laser-satellite communication and earth observation in aerospace, and intelligent automation for autonomous factories. Holland High Tech states that it supports the Mechatronics & Optomechatronics ecosystem through strategic programmes and public-private partnerships, and identifies the domain as one of the ten key technologies of the Nationale Technologiestrategie. Cross-domain connections for Mechatronics & Optomechatronics include optical technologies for precision equipment and robotics, mechatronic support for quantum-equipment production and operation, integration of advanced imaging, optimisation of battery and energy-material production, advanced lithography and inspection systems for semiconductors, and Smart Industry automation and production-efficiency technologies. Named projects in the Mechatronics & Optomechatronics domain include CORE for Contact Optimization for Reducer Efficiency and COCARoSA controller projects for compact optical communication applications in robust space avionics. Across these innovation domains, Holland High Tech frames technological innovation and specialised expertise as tools for urgent transitions and for future safety, autonomy, job security and income, while its role is to amplify the impact of that innovation through the ecosystem.
Capabilities and products
- dedicated company presentation within the NL Pavilion
- High Tech Systems and Materials programme and project support
- innovation support for Semiconductor Technologies R&D consortia
- innovation support for Mechatronics & Optomechatronics R&D consortia