Pasqal and Aeponyx Found Canadian Center of Competency at C2MI to Commercialize Photonic Integrated Circuit Packaging

Industrial neutral-atom quantum hardware manufacturer Pasqal, acting through its newly integrated Canadian subsidiary Aeponyx, has announced the creation of a specialized Center of Competency in Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Packaging for quantum and advanced sensing applications. Headquartered at the MiQro Innovation Collaborative Center (C2MI) in Bromont, Quebec, the cross-border ecosystem consolidates advanced packaging operations alongside Canadian technology partners HOP Technologies and Phantom Photonics. Supported by a combined $4 million federal and provincial financing package—including a $3 million allocation from Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)—the $7.9 million initiative is engineered to establish an on-shore low-volume assembly line, standardizing critical hardware packaging parameters to alleviate severe physical bottle-necks currently restricting the production of laser-based multi-qubit control components.

[ C2MI PIC Industrialization Pipeline ] Phase 1 Prototyping ──► Installs Aixemtec active-alignment tools to assemble thousands of hardware units. Phase 2 Volume Ramp ──► Scales localized cleanroom packaging to yield 500,000+ modules annually. Sovereign Sourcing ──► Direct hardware supply chain insulation for Pasqal's sub-systems.

The localized assembly operation builds upon a decade-long collaboration with C2MI focused on refining silicon nitride (SiN) integrated photonics. To transition raw laboratory design sheets into repeatable, industrial-grade components, Aeponyx has introduced state-of-the-art precision assembly equipment via a long-standing tool partnership with German active-alignment specialist Aixemtec GmbH. The resulting microfabrication ecosystem leverages the specialized domain expertise of the project partners, combining HOP Technologies' health-focused physiological monitoring architectures with Phantom Photonics' defense-grade LiDAR sensors. By demonstrating cross-industry flexibility, the packaging lines provide a diversified blueprint to scale up next-generation optical processing devices across Canada's advanced manufacturing landscape.

For Pasqal, the domestic center represents a critical vertical integration task to secure its component supply chain as it advances its global commercial expansion. Pasqal's neutral-atom architecture requires specialized laser controls to manipulate large arrays of trapped atoms, making high-precision PIC packaging a primary requirement to sustain coherence times across larger qubit registers. By anchoring these packaging layers within Aeponyx and C2MI under CEO Marie-Josée Turgeon, the enterprise ensures it maintains hardware control over its physical sub-systems while executing its broader $2.0 billion public listing strategy on the Nasdaq market in partnership with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II.

The official joint transaction declarations, packaging milestones, and institutional roadmap objectives can be reviewed here, and the corresponding regulatory data detailing the underlying public market merger registration can be accessed here.

July 2, 2026