European Commission Recognizes imec with HR Excellence in Research Label

Imec announced that it has been awarded by the European Commission with the HR excellence in Research label, a recognition for imec’s human resource policy to create the best possible employment and working conditions for researchers.

During the past year, imec has made an in-depth assessment of its HRM strategy and produced a comprehensive and clear action plan to further improve the quality of its talent and career practices towards researchers. The European Commission congratulated imec for this achievement, meeting all the requirements for awarding the HR excellence in Research logo.

Imec’s research covers multidisicplinary fields ranging from semiconductor chips and systems, electronics for life sciences, body area networks, energy, photovoltaics, sustainable wireless communication, image sensors and vision systems, and flexible electronics and displays. Imec is headquartered in Leuven Belgium; its staff of more than 2,080 people includes almost 800 researcher profiles, and more than 670 industrial residents and guest researchers.