JIACO INSTRUMENTS BV

Their core work

JIACO INSTRUMENTS BV is a Dutch instrumentation SME specializing in testing, characterization, and reliability validation of power electronic components and semiconductors. Their work spans the full stack of electronic hardware — from chip and package level through board and system level — with particular expertise in diagnosing failure mechanisms and validating component robustness under real operating conditions. In the Power2Power project they contributed to next-generation silicon-based power semiconductor solutions for mobility and industrial drives; in iRel40 they worked on Physics of Failure methods and AI-assisted reliability prediction for complex electronic systems. Their commercial value lies in providing the measurement instruments and validation methodologies that tell engineers whether a power device will survive its intended lifetime.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

JIACO entered H2020 through power semiconductor technology — silicon devices, electric drives, and mobility applications — reflecting a focus on the components themselves and their performance in demanding applications. By their second project, the emphasis shifted decisively toward how those components fail: Physics of Failure, Robustness Validation, Design for Reliability, and predictive AI/ML methods. This is a recognizable progression for an instruments company: first you measure device performance, then you build the methods to predict and prevent failure before it happens. The trend suggests JIACO is evolving from pure measurement tooling toward integrated reliability intelligence solutions.

JIACO is moving toward AI-augmented reliability engineering for complex electronic systems — a direction that puts them squarely in demand as automotive, rail, and industrial sectors accelerate electrification and require certified component lifetime guarantees.

How they like to work

JIACO participates exclusively as a consortium member — they have not led any H2020 project — which is consistent with a specialist SME that brings niche instrumentation or methodology to larger industry-led programmes. Both their projects are large Innovation Actions with dozens of industrial and research partners, indicating they are comfortable operating inside complex, multi-partner consortia where their role is well-defined and technical. This makes them a low-friction partner: they show up, contribute specific expertise, and do not seek project management overhead.

Across just two projects, JIACO has worked with 113 distinct consortium partners in 15 countries — a figure that reflects the scale of flagship ECSEL/KDT-type semiconductor programmes rather than JIACO's own reach. Their network is broad but effectively inherited from these large industry consortia, spanning the European power electronics and semiconductor supply chain.

What sets them apart

JIACO sits at an unusual intersection: a small Dutch instruments company with direct experience in both the power semiconductor development pipeline (Power2Power) and formal reliability engineering frameworks (iRel40 / Physics of Failure). Most reliability labs focus on one side or the other; JIACO's participation in both suggests they can bridge component characterization with lifetime prediction — a combination valuable to anyone building safety-critical power electronics. For consortium builders, they offer specialist instrumentation credibility without the overhead of a large institute.

Highlights from their portfolio

• iRel40
  The larger of the two grants (EUR 140,688) and the more technically ambitious — iRel40 is a flagship ECSEL programme on reliability engineering for automotive-grade electronics, giving JIACO exposure to the full Physics of Failure methodology stack alongside major European semiconductor players.
• Power2Power
  An ECSEL Innovation Action targeting next-generation silicon power semiconductors for mobility and grid applications, establishing JIACO's credentials at the core of Europe's power electronics industrial agenda.