SMART IS MAKINALARI SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI

Their core work

Smart Is Makinalari is a Turkish industrial SME based in Manisa that has positioned itself at the intersection of advanced RF semiconductor technologies and autonomous systems integration. In the BEYOND5 project, they contribute to building a European supply chain for RFSOI (Radio Frequency Silicon on Insulator) — the semiconductor substrate enabling 5G millimeter-wave communications, V2X connectivity, and low-power IoT applications. In ADACORSA, they work on resilient data collection architectures for drones and automated vehicles. Their dual presence in both semiconductor supply chain development and autonomous aerial systems suggests an industrial company expanding into high-technology electronics and connectivity domains, though their precise technical contribution within these large consortia is not fully derivable from available data.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both projects launched in 2020, so long-term temporal evolution cannot be observed from the data. However, the project sequence reveals a thematic breadth: ADACORSA placed them in the autonomous systems and resilient architecture domain — drones, unmanned vehicles, airborne data — while BEYOND5 brought them into the semiconductor supply chain, specifically RFSOI/FDSOI chip technologies for 5G, radar, and IoT. This dual engagement suggests the organization is active at the systems integration level (ADACORSA) and at the enabling component level (BEYOND5), which is an unusual combination for an SME. The direction appears to be toward deeper involvement in the RF semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem.

Moving from autonomous vehicle and drone data architectures toward advanced RF semiconductor manufacturing and the European 5G supply chain, suggesting a strategic pivot toward foundational connectivity hardware.

How they like to work

Smart Is Makinalari participates exclusively as a consortium partner, never as coordinator — indicating they contribute specific technical capabilities within larger research programs rather than driving project agendas. Despite only 2 projects, they have accumulated 82 unique consortium partners across 17 countries, which reflects participation in large, multi-stakeholder EU consortia typical of ICT infrastructure programs. This ratio of partners-to-projects suggests they are embedded in well-connected research networks rather than operating in narrow, recurring partnerships.

Despite only 2 H2020 projects, the organization has collaborated with 82 unique partners across 17 countries, reflecting participation in large, internationally diverse consortia characteristic of European ICT and semiconductor research programs. Their network spans communities in autonomous systems and RF semiconductor supply chains.

What sets them apart

As a Turkish private SME embedded in European semiconductor and 5G supply chain research, Smart Is Makinalari occupies an uncommon position: a non-EU industrial company with active roles in projects explicitly aimed at building European technology sovereignty — BEYOND5's stated goal is a "fully European supply chain" for RFSOI. This combination of industrial manufacturing heritage and advanced RF semiconductor project participation makes them a bridge between Turkish industrial capacity and EU high-technology research priorities. With only 2 projects and no funding data available, their precise technical depth within these large consortia remains difficult to verify independently.

Highlights from their portfolio

• BEYOND5
  A flagship EU initiative to build a sovereign European RFSOI/FDSOI semiconductor supply chain for 5G, radar, and IoT — rare combination of geopolitical industrial strategy and deep semiconductor physics that ran to 2024.
• ADACORSA
  Focuses on resilient airborne data collection architectures for drones and autonomous vehicles, placing the organization at the intersection of aviation safety and autonomous mobility systems.