Our colleagues Paul-Christiaan Spruijtenburg, Rien Wesselink, and Marijn Kalter are co-authors in a new publication in Superconductor Science and Technology by IOPscience.

The province of North Brabant is investing nearly 4 million euros in the further development of a new generation of nuclear reactors. A consortium of the companies Thorizon, VDL Groep and DEMCON will work in Brabant in the coming years to develop and test crucial components for a molten salt reactor. This investment should lead to new market opportunities for Brabant's high-quality manufacturing industry.

Today, 64 companies and (knowledge) organisations from the Dutch chip industry present their innovation program to the Dutch Minister Beljaarts of Economic Affairs. The sector aims to further strengthen the strong position that the Netherlands holds globally in semiconductors. After all, international developments in the semiconductor industry are advancing rapidly.

Demcon has entered into a collaboration with TNO and the University of Twente to accelerate the development of low‑energy silicon nitride (SiN) photonic chips. By combining expertise in integrated photonics, thin‑film deposition equipment and applied research, we aim to advance photonic chip technology that enables faster, more energy‑efficient applications in areas such as data communication, medical diagnostics and autonomous systems.