Handelsblatt: FMC Appoints Former Infineon CEO Reinhard Ploss and European Semiconductor Manufacturing Leader Rutger Wijburg to Advisory Board

Handelsblatt reports on the next strategic milestone of Ferroelectric Memory Company (FMC) as the company expands its Advisory Board with two of Europe’s most experienced semiconductor executives. By appointing Dr. Reinhard Ploss, former CEO of Infineon Technologies, as Chairman of the Advisory Board and Dr. Rutger Wijburg, a European semiconductor manufacturing leader with over three decades of experience across Philips Semiconductors, NXP, GlobalFoundries and Infineon Technologies, as Management Representative of the Advisory Board, FMC further strengthens its strategic and industrial expertise to support the company’s next phase of growth.

The article highlights FMC’s ambition to revive memory chip manufacturing in Europe and bring a new generation of energy-efficient memory technologies to market. With its ferroelectric memory technology, the Dresden-based company addresses the growing demand for high-performance memory solutions for artificial intelligence applications while contributing to the strengthening of Europe’s semiconductor industry.

FMC is a portfolio company of eCAPITAL and one of Europe’s technology leaders in ferroelectric memory solutions. The company is a prime example of the potential of European deep-tech companies to develop and scale key technologies for the future of the semiconductor industry.

The full article was published in Handelsblatt on June 30, 2026, and can be accessed here (only in German, behind a paywall).

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