Positioning an ERSFab in the Mediterranean Corridor isn't just a local project—it is our answer to the European challenge for semiconductor sovereignty. 🇪🇺
Read the full report here: https://www.emporda.info/comarca/2026/03/03/proposen-gran-hub-industrial-xips-127459107.html
#EUChipsAct #Semiconductors #TechSovereignty #FabCat #Vilamalla #IndustrialPolicy #Resilience
La proposta FabCat, que es presenta com el "full de ruta" per reforçar la resiliència industrial europea en semiconductors, situa l’Alt EmpordĂ com a "node de fabricaciĂł" d’un futur hub industrial que inclouria una fĂ brica de xips a l’entorn de Figueres, Vilamalla i el Far d’EmpordĂ . Segons la informaciĂł facilitada pels promotors, l’emplaçament es tria per "una logĂstica imbatible", amb connexiĂł ferroviĂ ria d’ample estĂ ndard cap al cor d’Europa i accĂ©s immediat al corredor de l’AP-7, amb l’objectiu d’evitar colls d’ampolla metropolitans.
Territorial support is the foundation of industrial resilience. 🏗️
New in emporda.info: The proposal for a major semiconductor hub in #Vilamalla is gaining momentum. As we move through our open revision process, the message from #Catalonia is clear: the territory is ready to host the high-volume infrastructure Europe needs to secure its strategic autonomy.
To the State Planners and EU Commissioners: Difficulty does not exempt you from duty.
Come and review the roadmap. Decide if you want to be observers of history or architects of resilience.
đź“… 19 Feb | 19:00 CET | Vilamalla https://calendar.app.google/oSTCLfb7FtzeXe6v9
We propose the #ERSFabs (European Network of Semiconductor Resilience and Skills Fabs). A roadmap moving from “Pilot Lines” (Mature nodes) to High-Volume Manufacturing (SME Included).
📍 Vilamalla (Catalonia): The production engine. 📍 Anglès (Catalonia): The “Teaching Hospital” for talent.
This is not a wishlist. It is a blueprint for the Southern European industrial axis.
To surrender the capability to manufacture mature semiconductors (22nm) is to surrender the sovereignty of our Automotive, Health, and Defence sectors.
Dependency is a political choice. We cannot "audit" our way to resilience. We must build it. The cost of a foundry is high. The cost of inaction is our future. #Geopolitics #SupplyChain #Sovereignty #tech
🏛️ “The factory might be unreachable, but not fighting for industrial resilience is a resignation.”
This is the core message of FabCat Manifest 2.0. Too often, European industrial policy suffers from defeatism. We regulate markets we do not possess. We subsidise competitors because we fear the risk of building our own capacity.
On 19 Feb, we challenge this doctrine of “managed decline”. #EUChipsAct #StrategicAutonomy #IndustrialPolicy #FabCat
Join the resistance against de-industrialisation.
đź“… 19 Feb | 19:00 CET
Centre Cultural Can Gruart • View details & RSVP
https://calendar.app.google/bAL5VZDtYg1sGoXT7
We need a European Network of Resilience Fabs (ERSFabs).
Distributed. Decentralised. Independent.
FabCat puts Vilamalla (Catalonia) on the map as the Southern anchor of this network.
Connected to the Mediterranean Corridor. Powered by the MAT line. Ready to ship.
🛑 Europe is sleepwalking into a sovereignty trap.
Brussels obsesses over "leading-edge" (<2nm) nodes to compete with Taiwan. Meanwhile, our actual industries—Automotive, IoT, Defence—are starving for mature 22nm chips.
#EUChipsAct #Semiconductors #IndustrialPolicy #ERSFabs #Resilience
