INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES CEGLED TELJESITMENYFELVEZETOKET GYARTO KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG

Their core work

This is the Hungarian manufacturing subsidiary of Infineon Technologies AG, one of Europe's largest semiconductor companies, operating a production facility in Cégled, Hungary. Their core industrial activity is the manufacturing of silicon-based power semiconductors — components that control and convert electrical power in systems ranging from industrial drives to electric trains. In EU projects, they contribute as an industrial end-user and technology validator: they bring real production-floor context to questions of digital manufacturing and supply chain optimization, and real application expertise to power semiconductor development for mobility and grid applications. Their presence in large ECSEL consortia signals their role as a European anchor site for semiconductor manufacturing, representing the "Made in Europe" chip production that EU industrial policy depends on.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (2017), the focus was squarely on manufacturing digitalization — digital factory, simulation and modeling, process automation, and supply chain optimization — consistent with a production site adapting to Industry 4.0 demands. By 2019, the focus shifted to the product itself: power semiconductors, silicon technology, electric drives, and electric mobility for trains, reflecting engagement in the core semiconductor technology roadmap rather than just the factory processes around it. The trajectory suggests a maturation from internal operational improvement toward active participation in defining the next generation of European power devices.

Their shift toward power semiconductors for electric drives and train electrification positions them squarely in the growing electric mobility supply chain — a direction well-aligned with EU Green Deal priorities and automotive electrification demand.

How they like to work

Infineon Cegled participates exclusively as a consortium partner, never as project coordinator — consistent with a large industrial site that contributes manufacturing capacity and application knowledge rather than project management. Despite only two projects, they have worked with 150 unique partners across 21 countries, which reflects participation in very large pan-European ECSEL consortia (Productive4.0 alone had over 100 consortium members). They operate as a specialist industrial node in broad European technology ecosystems, not as a bilateral collaborator.

With 150 unique consortium partners across 21 countries from just two projects, this organization's network is unusually broad for its project count — a direct consequence of participating in two of the largest ECSEL Joint Undertaking initiatives in the H2020 period. Their reach spans most of Western and Central Europe.

What sets them apart

As a real semiconductor manufacturing site — not a university lab or consultancy — Infineon Cegled offers something rare in EU consortia: validated industrial production capacity for power semiconductors on European soil, directly relevant to "Made in Europe" chip sovereignty goals. They bring the industrial weight of the broader Infineon group while representing Hungarian manufacturing in European technology partnerships. For consortia targeting TRL 6-9 validation or industrial scale-up of power electronics, this site provides credible end-user and manufacturer perspective that pure research partners cannot.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Power2Power
  The largest of their two projects by EC funding (EUR 240,162) and the most strategically relevant — a flagship ECSEL initiative on next-generation silicon power semiconductors for electric mobility and grid, directly aligned with Infineon Cegled's core manufacturing mission.
• Productive4.0
  One of the largest ECSEL Innovation Actions in H2020 history with 100+ partners, focused on digitalization of European electronics manufacturing — notable for the scale of the consortium and its relevance to semiconductor fab modernization.