Greek hitech industry momemtum

1. Prof. Vassilios Makios
General Manager
v.makios@corallia.org
The Greek high tech industry momentum
Corallia Clusters Initiative as an innovation ecosystem catalyst

2. [Greece]
A favorable environment

4. R&D Infrastructure

5. Professional workforce
• Highly competent engineering force
• The market is relatively young thus talent competition not fierce
• Productivity at high level
• Strongest asset: talented and highly skilled minds of young scientists
and engineers
• ... Deep knowledge and wide range of scientific capabilities
• … high level of education (Masters/ Doctorates)
• ... Professionals with valuable experience
• ... Dedication, loyalty, adaptability and focus on a target

6. [Corallia]
Mission

7. The promotion of technology and innovation, particularly
through innovation cluster development, as part of the
country’s strategic goal to boost competitiveness in specific
sectors where Greece has the capacity to attain a significant
competitive advantage

9. = Innovation Catalyst

10. [Corallia]
Clusters

11. mi-Cluster (nano/microelectronics & embedded Systems)
pilot establishment
• Reached critical mass in 2006
• mi-Cluster Members:
• some figures [F/Y 2008]:
[2006] 13 companies

12. mi-Cluster
today Patras
Thessaloniki
Athens
Greece
• 130 actors including industry
academia, research, financial
institutions, public actors, buyers
& suppliers
• Main geographical concentration
in Athens (74), South Greece –
Patras (27) & Northern Greece –
Thessaloniki (10)

13. mi-Cluster
products
•mi-Cluster members have developed products, which are
currently sold in the global market
• Analog/MS/RF/Digital IP and ASIC design
• Embedded software
• System design
• EDA tools NG Residential
gateways:
Ethernet Switch,
ADSL2/2+,
SoftPBX, USB2.0,
WiFi a/b/g/e, SD
Flash Card UWB,
GPON,
VDSL, HDTV
Integrated flow and
acceleration sensors
On-Board cameras
Electronic Design
Automation
(EDA) software
tools
Integrated video coders
MPEG 4-10/AVC or
H.264
Single-chip
transceivers for
wireless data:
WiFi, WiMax
Integrated
transceivers of
DECT wireless
telephony
Integrated circuits for
Gbit Ethernet and
wireless (GSM, 3G,
WiFi, WiMax) comms
Analog, Mixed-signal and
RF integrated circuits
Integrated PCMCIA systems for
wireless laptop access

14. mi-Cluster
investments
• mi-Cluster companies backed by Private Investors or Multinational
companies established abroad:
• More than €30Μ from private investors over the last 10 years
• Recent acquisition of the Elxys Innovations by Ceragon, Blind Type by Google,
Athena Semi by Broadcom
• Over €80Μ investment of multinationals, directly for the development of design
centers operating in Greece (Sitel, Nanoradio, Bytemobile)

15. Customer Base
Tier-1 customers worldwide (incl. ATT, Brazil Telecom, Broadcom, CERN, Cypress, EADS Avionics,
Freescale, Frigoglas, Fujitsu, Goodrich, Intel, Israel Aerospace Industries, Jazz, LG, Lockheed Martin, Mitsubishi,
Motorola, NASA, Netlogic, NTT, O2 UK, OKI, Omega, Panasonic, Philips, Rockwell Collins, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, T-
Mobile, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Xerox
www.hellenic-sia.org
Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Association
• Established in 2005, acting as a business development association bringing
together companies and research institutes in Greece and abroad
• Members provide the global semiconductor & nano/microelectronics
industry with innovative products & services
• examples: fastest and among smallest JPEG cores
• greenest & most cost efficient VoiP
• total revenues in 2009 grew by 4% vs. 2008

16. mob-Cluster (Mobile Services)
today
• Establishment of the Hellenic Association of Mobile Application Companies
(HAMAC), acting as the representing body of 31 Greek companies:
• 90% of the industry’s turnover in Greece
• 4.000 employees among which, 1000 highly specialized scientists
• Company presence spreading in 40 countries
• Leading companies with clientele including the largest telecommunication
services corporations in the world
• LSE and AIM listed companies

17. • Established in 2009 – the Hellenic Association of Space Industries
Comprising of 16 companies:
• > 26M € turnover in 2009 from exports
• > 5M € annual (2009) expenditure in R&D
• 23% of employees comprises of highly specialized scientists
space-Cluster (Space tech & Services)
today

18. • A total of 50 of companies operate in Greece and are involved in the
following areas of technological & scientific expertise
• Nutrigenomics
• Perfumes & Essences (crocus)
• Wine cultivation
baf-Cluster (Bio-Agro-Food technologies cluster)
today