Obducat is a Swedish deep-tech company and a pioneer in nanoimprint lithography (NIL). Through its subsidiary Obducat Portugal it is building a foundry that manufactures nano-structured components for the optics, photonics, biomedical and sensor markets — backed by a €7.4 million Portuguese state grant and a multi-year customer contract.
Obducat is a long-standing Swedish supplier of lithography solutions and a pioneer of nanoimprint lithography — a technique for stamping nanoscale patterns used in optics, photonics, biomedical devices and sensors. Its strategy has shifted toward running its own foundry, industrialising NIL and manufacturing components on behalf of customers, and Portugal has become the centre of that build-out.
In November 2025 Obducat Portugal was awarded a €7.4 million grant from IAPMEI — 40% support toward a total €18.5 million project to construct a new cleanroom and install advanced process equipment. The company is arranging the balance with complementary financing, including from Portugal’s state development bank, and is courting strategic co-investors locally to close the remaining funding.
In May 2026 Obducat signed a three-year Foundry Service Agreement worth at least SEK 115 million, underpinning demand for the expanded Portuguese capacity and validating the decision to scale its NIL foundry on Portuguese soil.
Photonics and advanced manufacturing are exactly where Europe is trying to rebuild sovereign capacity. A Swedish deep-tech firm anchoring a strategic nanofabrication foundry in Portugal — co-funded by the Portuguese state — is a high-value Nordics → Portugal investment with real industrial weight.
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