A successful international collaboration accelerating market‑ready photonic innovations 

Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding last July, C2MI is pleased to have contributed to an international collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada’s CPFC and the UK’s CSA Catapult to address a critical industry challenge: accelerating the transition from photonic design to scalable, industry–ready prototypes. By bringing its advanced packaging and integration expertise to the project, C2MI played a key role in enabling a rapid, end–to–end pathway from innovation to demonstrator. 

In just six months, the partners successfully delivered their first joint project—a co‑packaged optical engine designed, fabricated, packaged and integrated into a fully tested prototype. The collaboration’s integrated supply chain capability was officially unveiled at OFC 2026 in Los Angeles, marking a key milestone in rapid photonics innovation. 

By tightly integrating design, PIC fabrication and advanced packaging, this approach significantly shortens prototyping timelines and streamlines scale‑up, helping industrial customers accelerate time to market for photonic solutions across data centre, communications, AI and quantum technologies. 

Building on this momentum, a rapid prototyping service powered by this integrated supply chain will launch shortly. 

CPFC, C2MI and CSA Catapult representatives at OFC 2026, marking the successful delivery of their first joint prototype through an international collaboration. 

Michael Davison, CPFC 2. Philippe Lanctôt, C2MI, 3.Mark Goossens, CSA Catapult, 4. Reza Dowlatshahi, CPFC and 5. Daniel Hutama, CPFC