Johan M. R. Danneels

IMEC VZW (Private Equity) (IMEC) is a operating division of Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum VZW founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

STMicroelectronics, Inc. manufactures and markets semiconductor devices. It produces application-specific analog chips and power conversion devices. The firm's products include memories, microcontrollers, transistors and analog mixed signal integrated circuits. Its products are used in discrete devices, camera modules mobile phones and automotive integrated circuits. The company was founded on August 4, 1983 and is headquartered in Coppell, TX.

Part of STMicroelectronics NV, Alcatel Microelectronics NV designs and manufactures semiconductor components. The company is based in Zaventem, Belgium. Alcatel Microelectronics was acquired by STMicroelectronics NV from Alcatel SA on June 24, 2002 for $345.58 million.

Essensium NV develops hardware and software products for wireless sensor networks. It offers evaluation kit, people and vehicle tag, indoor reference and gateway node, and tracker server engine. Its services include embedded software, application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design, and system on chip (SoC) and system in package (SiP) design. The company was founded by Johan M. R. Danneels, Frederic Stubbe, Edmond Janssens and Patrick Vankwikelberge in March 2005 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.