BelGaN: Chinese espionage at a Belgian chip plant

Belgian prosecutors are investigating the leak of gallium nitride technology from the Oudenaarde plant to the mirror company Gankool in Fujian. We track the indictment, the second suspect and whether a link to the bankruptcy is established.

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Šéfa výskumu belgickej fabriky na čipy zadržali už v máji. Podľa prokuratúry viedol súbežne firmu v Číne, ktorá vyrábala to isté

BelGaN robila v Belgicku čipy z nitridu gália. Kým jej výskum viedol muž s dvojím občianstvom, vznikla podľa vyšetrovania vo Fu-ťiene firma s tým…

7.9.2026

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Belgian federal prosecutors filed an indictment in the BelGaN case.
The second suspect, the plant's former CEO, was apprehended.
A link between the technology leak and the plant's collapse was established.
Flanders set up a knowledge-security desk modelled on the Dutch one.
The onsemi investment in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm was agreed with the state or changed scope.

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