Welcome to Gixel website
GIXEL is the French association for electronic components
systems, smart card industries. Download our report 2010
50 members offering innovative solution to OEMs "from chips to system".
GIXEL areas : connectors, PCBs, packaging and interconnection, MCMs, smart cards, keyboards, switches, capacitors, resistors, magnetic components, piezo electric devices, SSI, smart sensors...
GIXEL represents a various panel of companies from SMEs, branch companies to global companies.
Electronic components address all sectors of industry. Traditionnal; telecommunications, automotive, space and defence, industrial, data processing. And new markets : security, e-health, sustainable developments...
In 2009, this market amounts : €2,6 billion in France, € 21 billion in Europe, €1,050 billion worldwide.
President : Jean-Pierre QUEMARD, R&T Director EADS Defense & security
Executive Officer : Yves LE GOFF
GIXEL offers a wide range of activities to improve the business environment of electronic components manufacturers :
- The GIXEL electronic technical day "JTE"
3 events in one day : b2b meetings, exhibition, presentations
Promoting innovative components & systems for new products: Electric vehicule - smart building - broadband for all.
180 persons expected : R&D engineers, designers...
in the historical city of Versailles.
- Environmental & Technical information
Follow up of European directives, transposition into french legislation with support of FIEEC: the WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipments) RoSH (restriction on hazardous substances), expression of common interest
- follow up of R&D programmes : VIIth FWP - EURIPIDES- CATRENE- GALILEO- CEPA2...
- access to R&D programmes
Yearly passive components survey by DECISION Consulting,
Sensor survey (2008)
Monthly statistics
Companies of a same sector can discuss about the market, technologies, regulations :
Smart Card Committee
contacts with the French administration (ANTS) about the future national electronic identity card...
Creation of a common platform for smart card applications.
PCBs
- Support for the creation of a technical platform dedicated to PCBs and interconnection technologies, to share R & D investments between customers, manufacturers and research institutes in West of France..
- Elaboration of best practices charter between customers and suppliers.
SSI, sensors
Follow up of R&D programs : EURIPIDES, EUREKA, 7TH FWP..
organisation of technical days : security, sensors...
Connectors
.Publication of the yearly market forecasts by segment
.Action with other GIXEL members to reduce term of payments : elaboration of a "charter"
elaboration of a logistic contract.
e-business : TICIO
Capacitors club
Elaboration of market trends and forecasts. Results only available for members.
- Support for SMEs abroad to enlarge their market
GIXEL organizes collective booth : Paris air show 2009 (le Bourget) - EUROSATORY 2010 - Electronica 2010 (Munich)
GIXEL is a member of FIEEC- FEDERATION DES INDUSTRIES ELECTRIQUES ET ELECTRONIQUES ET DE COMMUNICATION : 21 professionnal associations, 1 900 companies, (86% are SMEs),
380 000 employees, 78 billion € turn over. www.fieec.fr
GIXEL is a member of EECA - EUROPEAN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS MANUFACTURERS ORGANISATION -
organized in 4 branches :
EPIA (packaging and interconnection
EPCIA (passive components)
www.eeca.org
