Organisations

LFoundry wants to contribute as a leading Foundry in Europe by the membership in committees and organizations, to strengthen the growth of the semiconductor and electronics industry, as well as to construct new partnerships by using networks.

		Europractice IC Service was set up in 1995 as part of a project by the European Commission to stimulate use of advanced IC technologies by European universities and industry. The Europractice service, run by a consortium of IMEC, STFC and Fraunhofer IIS, offers industry and academia a fully supported, affordable route to IC design, prototyping, and small and medium volume production.

		Fab Owners Association (FOA) is an international, nonprofit, trade association, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cupertino, California. The FOA provides a forum for semiconductor manufacturing executives and industry suppliers to discuss common manufacturing issues often leading to companywide cost savings. Full Membership companies must own and operate a semiconductor or MEMS fabrication facility. Other membership levels are available. Please visit www.waferfabs.org . "Fab Owners Association" and the "FOA" logo are trademarks of Fab Owners Association, a California corporation. References to other companies and their products use trademarks owned by the respective companies and are for reference purposes only.

		Global Semiconductor Alliance GSA plays a vital role with the emergence and worldwide adoption of the fabless business model by fostering a more effective ecosystem through collaboration, integration and innovation.

		MST - Cluster Mikrosystemtechnik Linking enterprises with the research centres of the Universities of Applied Sciences is the core task of the Micro Systems Technology Cluster.

		National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland.

		OSBF - Open Source Business Foundation The Open Source Business Foundation founded in Nuremberg in May 2006 is a European wide open source network. Members are companies, institutions and persons inspired by open source software, and as a business network, its activities center upon open source commercial benefits. Its purpose is to strengthen the open source industry of software and services, thereby creating and safeguarding employment in these areas.

		Sensorik-Bayern e.V. a technological network of high-tech companies, Bavarian universities and research institutes.
		Association for European NanoElectronics Activities Aeneas is a non-profit industrial association established under French law, continuing the activities of the ENIAC platform and representing the Nanoelectronics RTD partners in the joint undertaking.