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2024

Drum prüfe, wer sich fachlich bindet

Drum prüfe, wer sich fachlich bindet

Jährlich versenken OEMs bei der Suche nach einem geeigneten EMS-Zulieferer Unsummen an Zeit und Geld. Man setzt beim Auswahlverfahren aufs falsche Pferd, durch unzureichende Recherche oder fachlich unzulängliche Bewertungskriterien. Dass es hierfür versierte, leicht...

electronica 2024 in Munich

electronica 2024 in Munich

We are celebrating a premiere for the 60th anniversary of electronica. For the first time, we will be presenting the EMS Area powered by EMS SCOUT in Hall A1 Stand 525. 18 companies from all over Germany will be exhibiting at the joint stand. We are delighted about...

Nortec 2024

Nortec 2024

The trade fair for production in Northern Germany. With numerous national and international exhibitors. Modern brand management means: network and rule! Networking at NORTEC in Hamburg. Synergies are created here. Visit us at our stand A1.636. We're looking forward to...

NORTEC 2024 in Hamburg Germany

NORTEC 2024 in Hamburg Germany

The NORTEC trade fair in Hamburg offers a complete overview of all the new products on the market. With numerous national and international exhibitors who move the industry. World premieres and products, solutions and innovations along the entire value chain are on...

2023

Focus on PCB, dove sono gli EMS?

Focus on PCB, dove sono gli EMS?

Or should it be called “Focus on PCBA”? This important event entitled “Focus on PCB” will take place on May 17th and 18th in Vicenza, Italy. It is a meeting of the Italian electronics industry, which needs to unite more and collaborate to improve its performance. Many...

NEW: Annual statistics EMS companies in Europe

NEW: Annual statistics EMS companies in Europe

The annual statistics of EMS companies in Europe have been completed. At the beginning of each new year, IPC and in4ma send out reporting forms to over 1,500 EMS companies in order to get an initial overview of the development of the European EMS industry in the...

Situation in Europe: Why OEM’s should rely on EMS

Situation in Europe: Why OEM’s should rely on EMS

Research into the status quo and the futureThe potential of the European EMS industry is enormous, because most of the products that are now manufactured by OEM companies themselves could be produced more cheaply by service providers. Reason enough to take a look at...

Marketplace for surplus components as a countermeasure

Marketplace for surplus components as a countermeasure

EMS industry inventories are exploding With component prices falling, high inventories in the EMS industry are becoming a massive problem. In view of a possible price drop, the situation could even worsen. But there is a solution. The stocks of electronic components...

2022

“Scars that heal bring experience to light”

“Scars that heal bring experience to light”

Matthias Holsten, co-founder of "EMS SCOUT", the largest search portal for EMS services in Europe, summarizes after "electronica 2022" in Munich how product developers and EMS service providers can learn from crises and improve their cooperation in the future. It's...

Crisis!? This is the situation of the European EMS industry

Crisis!? This is the situation of the European EMS industry

The ongoing discussion about the semiconductor supply crisis has caused a lot of excitement in the EMS industry. But what do the numbers say? in4ma asked and came to astonishing results. The specter of the semiconductor crisis is being painted on many walls -...

20. EMS Day, September 7./8., 2022 in Würzburg/Germany

20. EMS Day, September 7./8., 2022 in Würzburg/Germany

For the past five years, the EMS industry has been stumbling from one crisis to the next, sometimes leading to life-threatening situations for some companies. Very few companies know the facts about the problems and accordingly do not have all the information to...

1 year EMS Scout

1 year EMS Scout

THE digital buyer's guide for OEM companies in electronics EMS Scout has been in existence for more than a year now and is enjoying increasing attention. In the beginning the daily number of visitors was 10 during the week, but meanwhile the number has increased to...

Partnership is not a one-way street

Partnership is not a one-way street

A partnership is not when only the partner creates, but requires real cooperation and cooperation. After all, the EMS producers in Europe are ultimately only the extended workbench or the production department of the customer. This connection is strong and no customer...

Finally life again, the SMTconnect

Finally life again, the SMTconnect

We will meet in Nuremberg from May 10th to 12th, 2022. We have dealt with many topics over the last three years; we have only been able to exchange ideas with our colleagues from the electronics industry, both OEM and EMS, to a limited extent. Now the time has finally...

2021

Who are the biggest EMS/ODM companies in Europe?

Who are the biggest EMS/ODM companies in Europe?

Here is the ranking of the TOP 50 EMS/ODM companies in Europe based on sales in 2020: Some of the companies on the list may surprise you, such as Mektec, the flexible circuit board manufacturer. You have to know that today 95% of all Mektec circuit boards are...

Who are the EMS companies with the highest sales in Germany?

Who are the EMS companies with the highest sales in Germany?

Here is the ranking of the TOP 50 EMS companies in Germany based on sales in 2020: Some of the companies on the list may surprise you, such as Mektec, the manufacturer of flexible printed circuit boards. You have to know that today 95% of all Mektec printed circuit...

M & A

M & A

On behalf of a medium-sized EMS company from Saxony-Anhalt, the strong Partners consulting GmbH is looking for a strategic investor to take over the company's assets. In 2018/19 the company generated a turnover of 4,895 or 4,517 million euros: As with almost all...

Hope dies last

The European electronics industry is in a panic. The supply situation for various components is catastrophic. As in the last allocation crisis in 2018, many buyers have learned nothing and are diligently ordering twice and three times in the hope of at least getting...

Europa EMS Telegramm 2. Ausgabe

Europa EMS Telegramm 2. Ausgabe

Neways Electronics International N.V. Eindhoven/NL hat von der VDL Groep BV („VDL“), einem Großaktionär von Neways, einen unverbindlichen bedingten indikativen Vorschlag zum Erwerb aller ausstehenden Aktien des Kapitals von Neways erhalten. Der indikative...

Europa EMS Telegramm 1. Ausgabe

Europa EMS Telegramm 1. Ausgabe

Becom Electronics GmbH, Hochstraß/Burgenland, A, hat im Februar 2021 einen Standort im südchinesischen Heyuan eröffnet. In das 3000m² große Werk wurden 4 Mio. Euro investiert. Leiter der Becom Electronics (Heyuan) Co. Ltd. ist Christian Werfring.Die Zollner Elektronik...

Die Krise ist noch nicht vorbei

Kann man es eine Krise nennen, wenn in D-A-CH der Umsatz bei den EMS Unternehmen 2020 um 4,3% im Mittel sinkt? Man kann, denn das trügerische an Mittelwerten ist immer, dass sie in der Verteilung der Einzelwerte nicht die Höhen und Tiefen aufzeigen, sondern eben nur...

Winterstürme in Texas verschärfen das Allokationsproblem bei Halbleitern

Winterstürme in Texas verschärfen das Allokationsproblem bei Halbleitern

Die Winterstürme in Texas mit Stromausfällen in vielen Bereichen verschärfen nun die globalen Allokationsprobleme für Halbleiter für die Automobilindustrie. Infineon, NXP und Samsung mussten die Produktion in ihren 8-inch Wafer Fabriken einstellen. Dabei bedeutet dies...

2020, a difficult year

2020, a difficult year

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there was a significant market slump at the start of 2020, including for the EMS industry. Although some companies recovered slightly from the third quarter onwards, initial evaluations show that the EMS production volume in Germany...

2020

The EMS Market is on the move

The EMS Market is on the move

The paradigm shift, already announced in 2019 and accelerated by the pandemic, leaves hardly a stone unturned. Turck duotec GmbH, Halver, has now announced the takeover of ml&s GmbH in Greifswald. This means that duotec has made the leap from 11th to 5th place....

What is happening here right now?

What is happening here right now?

The EMS industry is nervous. Many EMS companies have had to accept heavy losses in turnover, in some cases over 20%. Only a few EMS companies were able to record slight sales growth. Overall, 2020 will be negative in single digits. The latest press releases that...

The M&A market in the EMS industriy

If you look at the market figures for the EMS industry for 2020, you can see that the European EMS industry grew by a total of over 31% in the previous seven years, or an average of 5.2% per year. In comparison, the electrical industry in Germany only grew by 17.3%...

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