Stefan Degroote

Soitec Belgium NV provides nitride epitaxial material solutions. It offers large-diameter Ga-on-Si and GaN-on-SiC epitaxy wafers for power electronics, RF power and sensor device manufacturers worldwide. The firm gives power and RF device manufacturers access to an technology to be used in key market segments such as power supplies for consumables and servers, AC drives, UPS systems, hybrid electric vehicles, solar inverters, smart grid, RF power for base stations, CATV infrastructure, and radars. The company was founded by Marianne Germain, Joff Derluyn and Stefan Degroote in 2010 and is headquartered in Hasselt, Belgium.