Soitec

Soitec is the global leader in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer technology, producing the engineered substrates that underpin high-performance, low-power semiconductors used in 5G, automotive, and IoT applications. Spun out of CEA-Leti in Grenoble, the company holds a near-monopoly on fully depleted SOI wafers, making it an indispensable upstream supplier to the global chip industry. Soitec's position at the very foundation of the semiconductor value chain gives Europe irreplaceable leverage in an industry otherwise dominated by Asian and American players.