EU Grants “Integrated Production” and “Open Foundry” Status to Four Semiconductor Projects: A Strategic Inflection for Europe’s Chip Ecosystem
The European Commission has for the first time formally designated four semiconductor manufacturing projects across the European Union with either Integrated Production Facility (IPF) or Open EU Foundry (OEF) status.
What this means for industry stakeholders:
Facilities that receive the IPF / OEF status will benefit from priority administrative support, streamlined permitting processes and preferential access to pilot lines under the Chips for Europe Initiative.
In return, they are required to commit to crisis-relevant production: in times of supply disruption these facilities may be obliged to accept and prioritise orders flagged as “priority-rated”.
For investors, suppliers and downstream users this marks a clearer pathway into the EU’s preferred ecosystem of semiconductor manufacturing capacity.
For manufacturers and electronics supply-chain participants, this moves the needle on increasing the resilience of the supply chain.
This milestone, under the European Chips Act is a clear signal that the EU is shifting gears, moving from ambition to concrete capacity creation. For stakeholder groups across the semiconductor value chain, from equipment vendors to materials-suppliers and national policy teams, this development opens a window of strategic opportunity. The key now will be to monitor the execution and align with the ecosystem for maximum leverage.
The appointed initiatives:
OEF: ESMC, Germany (TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP)
IPF: Ams-OSRAM, Austria
IPF: Infineon Technologies Dresden, Germany
IPF: STMicroelectronics, Italy