Thema Foundries, founded in 2025, operates as Europe's first and only dedicated backend photonics foundry. The company specializes in production-scale on-chip laser integration, serving the AI infrastructure, data centers, and telecommunications markets. Its core technical capabilities include indium phosphide wafer processing, micro-transfer printing for laser integration, and comprehensive semiconductor fabrication.
The company is based in Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium, where it has transformed a facility encompassing 43,888m² of total space, including 7,000m² of cleanroom area. The investment in this facility's development was €200 million.
Thema Foundries provides end-to-end services from InP wafer processing and laser integration via micro-transfer printing to chip testing and validation. It also offers incubation services to assist photonics companies in transitioning from prototype to production stages. The team draws on nearly 40 years of continuous semiconductor fabrication expertise.
