A Belgian company that designs radiation-hardened microchips for space, defense and nuclear applications is planting its U.S. flag in Kissimmee. Magics Technologies has registered a U.S. corporate entity and plans to open a sales, business development and application engineering office at NeoCity, marking the company's first physical presence in the United States.
Magics Technologies US, Inc. officially registered with the Florida Division of Corporations on July 20, listing its principal office at 194 NeoCity Way, Suite 350, according to Sunbiz.org filings. As reported by WFTV, the company plans to create up to 12 jobs at the new office, and Osceola County, SkyWater Technology, SelectFlorida, the University of Central Florida, the Orlando Economic Partnership and other regional organizations all supported the project.
Magics is a fabless semiconductor company, meaning it designs chips but relies on outside foundries to physically manufacture them. Founded in Belgium in 2015 as a spin-off of KU Leuven and the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, the firm builds radiation-hardened microelectronics engineered to withstand up to 1,000 times more radiation than standard commercial devices, according to the company's own account detailed by Silicon Canals. Its chips are built for space, defense and nuclear energy applications, per WFTV's reporting.
Why a Belgian Chipmaker Picked Kissimmee
Magics cited Central Florida's workforce, its academic partnerships, its proximity to customers and its existing semiconductor infrastructure as reasons for choosing the region, WFTV reports. The company's expansion grew directly out of relationships built during an economic development trade mission to Belgium and the Netherlands led by Central Florida regional partners, according to Orlando News. The company had secured €9.7 million in total venture funding through late 2025 from European investors including PMV, KU Leuven Research & Development and SCK CEN, funding it earmarked in part for scaling chip production and expanding into North American markets.
NeoCity's existing technical ecosystem likely played a role in that decision. The district already hosts the Center for Neovation, a 200mm microelectronics fabrication facility owned by Osceola County and operated by SkyWater Technology, as well as an established research presence from imec, Belgium's premier nanoelectronics research center. That Belgian research tie predates Magics' arrival and gives the company a familiar technical neighbor in Kissimmee.
A Decade-Long Bet on Tech Over Tourism
Osceola County established NeoCity in 2014 as a 500-acre master-planned technology district aimed at diversifying the local economy away from heavy dependence on tourism and agriculture and toward advanced semiconductor packaging and microelectronics. That bet has drawn substantial federal backing, including a $50.8 million federal Build Back Better grant in 2022, a Department of Defense contract capped at up to $289 million in 2023, and up to $160 million through the National Science Foundation Engines program in 2024.
The county broke ground in March on a $22 million, 30,000-square-foot NeoCity Multi-Use Lab featuring wet, dry and cryogenic lab spaces, supported by a $17.5 million Florida Job Growth Infrastructure Grant, according to Positively Osceola. Magics' arrival follows Hoodline's reporting on a $470 million deal Osceola County advanced with South Korean firm ELSPES in May, which will bring that company's global headquarters and U.S. manufacturing campus to NeoCity as well.
Modest Jobs, Outsized Signal
Twelve jobs is a small number next to ELSPES' campus-scale investment, but Magics' presence adds international credibility to a district that has now secured over half a billion dollars in federal and state grants. High-tech semiconductor and advanced manufacturing jobs at NeoCity carry projected average annual salaries ranging from $80,000 to $85,000, compared with Kissimmee's median household income of roughly $54,000, underscoring the wage gap Osceola County is trying to close as it courts firms like Magics away from the region's traditional tourism and agriculture base.
