LASER SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS OF EUROPE

Their core work

LASER SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS OF EUROPE (operating under the SCREEN LASSE brand) is a French private company specializing in semiconductor manufacturing equipment — specifically lithography systems and metrology tools used in chip fabrication at advanced technology nodes. They supply and develop process equipment for both power semiconductor devices and leading-edge logic chips, supporting European pilot lines and large research consortia with industrial tooling expertise. Their real-world contribution is providing the physical instruments and process know-how that research programs need to manufacture next-generation integrated circuits: they are not a lab doing basic science, but an equipment company embedded in applied manufacturing R&D. This positions them as a practical industrial anchor inside academic-heavy programs, bridging the gap between process research and production-grade equipment.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their earliest H2020 participation (R3-PowerUP, starting 2017) was anchored in power electronics and energy-efficient semiconductor manufacturing, with explicit links to CO2 reduction and sustainable power device production. By 2020, their focus shifted toward leading-edge logic semiconductor process technology — the 2nm node, heterogeneous integration, photonics, and design-technology co-optimization — through the IT2 project. The trajectory is a clear move up the technology ladder: from specialized power device pilot lines toward the frontier of mainstream semiconductor scaling, where Moore's Law economics and nanofabrication precision define the agenda.

They are moving toward the hardest open problems in semiconductor scaling — sub-2nm processes, heterogeneous integration, and photonics — which makes them a relevant industrial partner for any European initiative in advanced chip manufacturing or semiconductor sovereignty.

How they like to work

LASER SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS OF EUROPE has exclusively participated as a partner, never as a coordinator, indicating they contribute specialized equipment and process expertise rather than managing consortia. Despite only two projects, they have engaged with 68 unique partners across 16 countries — an unusually high network density — which is characteristic of large pan-European pilot line programs where many industrial and academic actors converge around shared infrastructure. This profile is typical of equipment suppliers who are invited into major programs for their specific tooling capabilities rather than for project leadership.

Across two projects they have worked with 68 distinct consortium partners spanning 16 countries, reflecting participation in large pan-European semiconductor research programs rather than small focused collaborations. Their network is broad by volume but concentrated within the European microelectronics ecosystem.

What sets them apart

As a France-based company within the SCREEN Holdings group, LASER SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS OF EUROPE brings semiconductor equipment manufacturing heritage into European research programs — an uncommon combination in H2020 consortia that are more often dominated by universities and national labs. They span both power semiconductor and advanced logic fabrication, making them relevant to two distinct segments of the European chip industry simultaneously. For consortium builders, they represent a ready-made bridge between industrial equipment supply chains and frontier IC research, a role that is difficult to fill with purely academic or purely commercial partners.

Highlights from their portfolio

• IT2
  With the largest funding allocation (EUR 134,900) and a focus on IC manufacturing at the 2nm node, IT2 places this company at the frontier of European semiconductor technology, covering topics — heterogeneous integration, photonics, DTCO — that will define chip scaling for the next decade.
• R3-PowerUP
  Their entry into H2020 through a 300mm nanoelectronics pilot line for smart power devices demonstrates early industrial relevance in power semiconductor manufacturing, a sector directly tied to the European energy transition.