VLC Photonics
VLC Photonics combines expertise in optical materials and automated testing to offer customized solutions in telecommunications, sensors, quantum technology, and biophotonics.
VLC Photonics offers comprehensive design, characterization, and testing services for integrated photonic circuits. The company develops process design kits (PDKs), automates testing, and manages encapsulation, ensuring quality and traceability from prototype to production. Its solutions are geared towards high-tech sectors such as telecommunications networks, LiDAR, advanced detection, space communications, biophotonics, and quantum electronics.
The spin-off operates as a global design house, backed by European recognition and public funding. It has been recognized for its technological and strategic excellence by entities such as the Ministry of Industry, and since its incorporation into the Hitachi Group in 2020, VLC Photonics has consolidated its international presence, expanding its industrial capacity, access to cutting-edge manufacturing technologies, and its presence in global value chains; this strategic alliance allows it to scale its solutions and participate in next-generation developments in areas such as space, quantum computing, and intelligent mobility.
The company represents a solid technological transfer from the Universitat Politècnica de València: it converts scientific knowledge into key photonic infrastructures for the new generation of communications and intelligent sensors; its objective is to facilitate the global adoption of integrated photonics, optimizing the connectivity, detection, and quantum systems of the future.
