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On 24 January 1985, the creation of the National Microelectronics Centre (CNM) was approved, authorised by the Minister of Education and Science at the proposal of the President of the CSIC. Today we are celebrating 40 years of technological excellence at the service of society, with the CNM at its Barcelona headquarters (IMB-CNM) being a prominent player at European level with participation in two new European pilot lines and two JU chip competence centers.

The technology-based company, from IMB-CNM and ICN2, develops new climate products such as CO2atings® and CO2rallites® from industrial and urban waste. These products can, in turn, be used in the construction sector as materials with a reduced carbon footprint, to make a passive capture of CO₂ and contribute to reducing emissions in cities.

The JPhD2024, an event entirely organized by PhD fellows in the UAB Campus, was a great success of participation and scientific networking. Predoctoral researchers of IMB-CNM gave oral presentations and attended the posters showcase, with Carla Riera Llobet and Joel Pérez winning two of the prizes.

CSIC's Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM-CSIC) is the only Spanish institution within the consortium, which aims to strengthen European technological resilience by improving semiconductor supply chains. With more than 730 million euros over the next four and a half years, the Advanced Packaging and Heterogeneous Integration for Electronic Components and Systems is one of the largest pilot lines funded by the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) and national funding authorities of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Spain, through the “Chips for Europe” initiative.