Innovation Engine: EV Group Wins 2025 Upper Austria Innovation Award

ST. FLORIAN, Austria, October 2, 2025 — EV Group (EVG), a leading provider of innovative process solutions and expertise serving leading-edge and future semiconductor designs and chip integration schemes, today announced that it received the 2025 Upper Austria Innovation Award (Landespreis für Innovation) in the large enterprise category. EVG was recognized with the award for its newly developed IR LayerRelease technology. The festive award ceremony took place on September 30 at the ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) regional studio in Linz. Governor Thomas Stelzer, Economic Councillor Markus Achleitner, and Martin Bergsmann, Chair of the Strategy Group for Technology & Innovation in the Industry Division of the Upper Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKOÖ), presented the prestigious award to Dr. Werner Thallner, Executive Operations Director at EVG, and Dr. Bernd Thallner, Pathfinding and Optics Director at EVG.

EVG’s LayerRelease™ revolutionizes microchip scaling
With its newly developed IR LayerRelease™ technology, EVG introduces a novel process for the nanometer-precision release and transfer of ultra-thin material layers with electronic circuits. This technology enables entirely new manufacturing methods for 3D-integrated microchips and future generations of semiconductors. It paves the way for further advances in miniaturization, computing power, and manufacturing cost reductions, while also benefiting the environment through lower energy consumption and resource-friendly production. Potential applications of this groundbreaking technology include the development of next-generation memory chips for AI and high-performance computing applications.

The Upper Austria Innovation Award reaffirms EVG’s role as a driving force in the global technology development. The prize money will be donated to support local technical talent, with further details to be announced.

Innovation as an economic engine for Upper Austria
The State Innovation Prize annually honors outstanding technological achievements by Upper Austrian companies whose ideas and entrepreneurial spirit contribute to the region’s competitiveness. This year, more than 80 projects were submitted.

The distinguished jury, chaired by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Koch, Rector of Johannes Kepler University Linz, also nominated EVG’s innovation for the Austrian Innovation Award (Staatspreis Innovation) – a prestigious honor presented by the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure, Republic of Austria, which EVG previously won in 2004 and 2017.

About EV Group (EVG)

EV Group (EVG) provides innovative process solutions and expertise for implementing cutting-edge semiconductor designs and 3D integration of microchips. The company’s mission and vision — to be first in new technologies and to support the most advanced applications in micro- and nanotechnology — enable customers to successfully market their new product ideas. EVG’s products, designed for high-volume production, include wafer bonding, lithography, thin-wafer processing, and metrology systems. These solutions drive further advancements in semiconductor frontend scaling, 3D integration, advanced packaging, and other electronics and photonics applications. More information at www.EVGroup.com.

Contacts:

Clemens Schütte
Director, Marketing and Communications
EV Group
Tel: +43 7712 5311 0
E-mail: Marketing@EVGroup.com

David Moreno
Principal
Open Sky Communications
Tel: +1.415.519.3915
E-mail: dmoreno@openskypr.com