STMicroelectronics, Europe’s leading specialist manufacturer of semiconductors, employs 50,000 people in 31 countries around the world, with 16 industrial sites, 16 advanced researched centres, 39 design and application centres and 88 sales offices. STMicroelectronics makes almost 3,000 different types of product: dedicated integrated circuits, custom microprocessors, standard integrated circuits and discrete components. Its key markets are telecommunications, consumer electronics, multimedia, the automotive sector, IT and industry. STMicroelectronics has around 10,000 employees in France, including more than 6,000 in Grenoble and neighbouring Crolles. A total of 2,400 research staff work at these two sites. In addition to its R&D for electronic packages and advanced testing activities, the Grenoble site is home to the head offices and marketing departments.
STMicroelectronics is playing a major role in industrial research programmes. STMicroelectronics in Crolles is one of the leading players in the Nano 2012 project.

The Nano 2012 R&D programme was officially launched in 2008, bringing together IBM’s research centres at Fishkill and Albany, New York state, STMicroelectronics and CEA-Leti . Nano 2012 is a cooperation programme which aims to boost the technological lead and competitive position of the Grenoble area in the changing conditions of the global semiconductor industry and consolidate its leadership position in the development of (32 and 22 nm) CMOS technologies and derivative technologies for system-on-chips (embedded memory, analog/RF devices, etc.). Over the next five years Nano 2012 will be allocated a €2.3bn R&D budget with a further $1.25bn for capital investment, making it one of France’s biggest industrial projects.

STMicroelectronics is one of the founding members of the Minalogic competitiveness cluster, and sits on its board of directors.

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