News : MINATEC

Exagan, which specializes in power components, has just invested in an Extron 200 mm epitaxy machine, currently being installed at a site near Grenoble. The investment comes less than two years after the company was founded. The automated, multi-wafer equipment will produce the company’s innovative material, which combines gallium nitride and silicon using a buffer […] >>

MINATEC and Argentina’s Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Industrial (INTI) signed a partnership agreement on February 26 in Buenos Aires. INTI, which has several technical centers across the country, offers R&D and technological support services to businesses. It also provides both educational programs and certification services. The partnership will help INTI acquire the know-how it needs […] >>

The latest Reuters Top 25 Global Innovators – Government list placed the CEA first among the world’s most innovative research institutions, ahead of the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany and JST in Japan. The list is based on ten rock-solid indicators, which include the number of patent applications filed, the percentage of patents granted, global reach, […] >>

Dr. Anne Vilcot has been appointed Interim Administrator of Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma by the French Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research. Dr. Vilcot holds an undergraduate degree from ENSERG as well as a Ph.D. in Physics. She conducts research in optoelectronics and optics at IMEP-LaHC and teaches at Phelma. She served as Academic […] >>

The French government’s higher education and research evaluator HCERES* has only good things to say about Leti in its recent report, rating the institute “excellent” for science, communication, technology transfer, organization, and strategy and “very good” for education for the 2010–2015 evaluation period. The evaluator also commended Leti’s progress and capacity to adapt to the […] >>