European Quantum Industry Consortium Growth & Collaboration
European quantum industry consortium
Innovative Chip Project and Quantum Strategy Advance Europe. The EU's 2030 quantum technology policy advances global leadership. This daring choice safeguards EU scientific leadership, competitiveness, technical sovereignty, and security. The EU also backed the SUPREME collaboration, a vital quantum chip effort to industrialise European production.
Bold Quantum Vision for Europe 2030
Research and innovation, quantum infrastructures, ecosystem development, space and dual-use technologies, and quantum skills are the European Commission's five-pillar plan to become a quantum powerhouse by 2030. As well as boosting technology, this huge project is likely to affect the economy and society.
The quantum industry is expected to produce €155 billion globally and thousands of highly skilled EU jobs by 2040. Quantum technologies are projected to enable speedier disease diagnosis and the fulfilment of hitherto unattainable computer jobs, in addition to financial rewards.
Actions have been planned to realise this vision. A quantum design facility, six quantum chip pilot lines, and the Quantum Europe research and innovation project were launched.
Additionally, the strategy calls for the building of the European Quantum Skills Academy in 2026, a European quantum internet pilot facility, and EU-wide expansion of the Quantum Competence Cluster network.
With the European Space Agency, the EU intends to develop a space quantum technology roadmap. To assist the quantum ecosystem and industrialisation, the Commission will collaborate with EU states and the European quantum community. A 2026 Quantum Act proposal is expected.
SUPER Consortium
SUPREME Consortium: European Quantum Chip Manufacturing Foundation.
EU support is shown by the funding and selection of the SUPREME consortium, a six-year Framework Partnership Agreement overseen by VTT. In this program, end-users, industrial technology developers, RTOs, and academics from eight Member States collaborate. The alliance aims to scale up European quantum gadget manufacturing by creating repeatable fabrication methods. These procedures prevent commercialisation of quantum technologies from research prototypes.
SUPREME relies on new technologies including hybrid quantum processes, 3D integration, and angle-evaporated and etched Josephson junctions, superconducting electronic switches. These foundational technologies will enable many quantum computing, sensing, and communication applications. These methods will be validated using pilot lines of 3D-integrated qubit assemblies for large-scale QPUs, TWPAs, and SNSPDs.
Process Design Kits Boost Innovation
The SUPREME project's commitment to providing complete process design kits (PDKs) for fabrication technologies is crucial. Strategically important, these kits will allow academic institutions, SMEs, and larger industrial entities to design and develop quantum devices and systems without having to establish foundational fabrication capabilities. This technique provides reliable foundational building parts to European quantum enterprises by simplifying manufacturing.
Allowing inventors to focus on application-specific design and system-level integration will accelerate European quantum ecosystem innovation. SUPREME will work together with design platforms and chip competence centres to increase access to these PDKs and foster a robust European quantum ecosystem.
Roadmap and Cooperation
The SUPREME project is funded by Specific Grant Agreements and managed into two stages by the Chips Joint Undertaking (JU). Iteratively improving fabrication technologies satisfies evolving industry needs. After the pilot line launches in 2026, the first technologies should be offered to outside users by 2027. The timeline indicates a shift towards European quantum chip production.
Technology development and large-scale industrial manufacture depend on the SUPREME pilot line. By communicating with industrial foundries, the consortium hopes to accelerate technology transfer and build a strong European quantum chip supply chain. This proactive strategy supports European quantum technology and reduces production scale dangers.
These coordinated efforts demonstrate the EU's commitment to leading the quantum revolution and securing its technical future and global powerfrom strategic policy to chip production.
