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Unilateral dependence on Asia for PCBs is a strategic risk. For six years, global geopolitics has been showing us more and more clearly that supply chains are fragile. The pandemic caused massive disruptions, semiconductor shortages led to allocations, the war in Ukraine exacerbated raw material uncertainties, and protectionist measures by the US and the deliberate isolation of Asian markets have made free global trade an illusion.

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Qualcomm Incorporated has appointed Kevin O’Buckley as executive vice president of Global Operations and Supply Chain, effective 2 March 2026.

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Hitachi Energy and Pakal Technologies have announced a collaboration to develop next-generation high-voltage silicon power semiconductor modules rated at ≥3.3 kV.

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Battery company Lyten has completed its acquisition of Northvolt’s Swedish assets, valued at nearly USD 5 billion. The deal includes the Northvolt Ett and Ett Expansion sites in Skellefteå and Northvolt Labs in Västerås.

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At Evertiq Expo Warsaw on 23 October 2025, Mareike Haass of market research firm in4ma and Christoph Solka of the Global Electronics Association presented new data showing a European EMS industry still struggling to recover from a sharp post-pandemic correction.

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Intervala has invested more than USD 6 million in new manufacturing technology, automation and facility expansion to strengthen its high-reliability electronics manufacturing capabilities.

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ST Engineering iDirect says its European Manufacturing Competence Centre (MCC) in Erpe-Mere, Belgium, has been selected by Raytheon, a RTX-business, to support the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block II program.

SK hynix and Sandisk have announced the start of a global standardisation initiative for next-generation memory solution, High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) aimed at the AI inference era.

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Finnish EMS provider Scanfil reported a full-year 2025 turnover of EUR 797.1 million, up 2.2% from 2024. The company also completed two acquisitions – ADCO Circuits and MB Elettronica – expanding its presence in the Americas and Southern Europe.

In today’s world of extreme tariff uncertainty, Supplyframe, a company providing a "Design-to-Source Intelligence" platform, is looking to ease sourcing and procurement with an easy way to estimate the cost impacts of tariffs – launching a new Tariff Estimator feature on its Findchips platform.

A sharp upswing in DRAM contract prices drove global industry revenue to USD 53.58 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, up 29.4% sequentially, according to the latest analysis from TrendForce.

Microboard has made a USD 1.3 million capital investment in MYTower 7+ and MYTower 6X inventory towers from Mycronic, upgrading its component storage capacity at its facility in Seymour, Connecticut.

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Hanza has inaugurated a new production facility in Årjäng, Sweden, expanding its local manufacturing capacity and adding new resources aimed at the defence and security industry.

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SK hynix has announced an additional investment of KRW 21.6 trillion (USD 15 billion) to expand facilities for its first semiconductor fab and construct five cleanrooms for Phases 2 to 6 of the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster.

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European PCB manufacturing increased by 2.4% in 2025, while the global PCB market expanded by more than 11%, according to Data4PCB. At the same time, 11 manufacturers exited the market, reducing the European PCB base to 168 companies operating 182 facilities.

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Five years after the introduction of the SCIP database, many electronics manufacturers still struggle to translate legal obligations into day-to-day practice. While the rules themselves are no longer new, uncertainty persists — not so much about what the law says, but about how to comply without turning regulatory work into a permanent administrative burden.

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AMD and Meta have entered a definitive multi-year agreement under which Meta will deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs to power its next generation AI infrastructure.

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Apple will start producing its Mac mini in the US for the first time, with manufacturing slated to start later this year at a new facility in Houston.

The world’s largest semiconductor foundry, TSMC, has approved a capital injection of USD 44.96 billion to expand production capacity. The decision was made during a board meeting on 10 February 2026 in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

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ElevenEs has completed the first closing of its Series B financing round, with proceeds earmarked for the construction of a 1GWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell factory in Subotica, Serbia. Construction is scheduled to begin in February 2026, with first cell deliveries expected in 2027.

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ASML has developed an upgraded extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source for its lithography machines, which the company says could increase chip production by up to 50% by the end of the decade, Reuters reports.

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SEALSQ Corp and its parent WISeKey International Holding, are planning to move their Geneva headquarters to the Pont-Rouge district in August 2026. The relocation coincides with the launch of the Geneva Quantum Centre of Excellence, intended to consolidate the group’s research and industrial deployment of quantum computing, post-quantum cybersecurity, and secure semiconductor technologies.

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Volvo Cars will recall more than 40,000 EX30 electric SUVs due to a risk of battery pack overheating, the company told Reuters. The EX30 is one of the automaker’s best-selling electric models.

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RECOM Power and Bürklin Elektronik are expanding their long-standing distribution partnership, with a focus on product availability, technical expertise and streamlined delivery processes.

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US-based Cadence Design Systems has completed its acquisition of the Design and Engineering (D&E) business from Swedish technology group Hexagon AB, in a deal valued at approximately EUR 2.7 billion.

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Motherson has inaugurated a manufacturing facility in Sanand, Gujarat, India, established as a strategic joint venture with Marelli. The plant is dedicated exclusively to producing exterior automotive lighting systems and expands the group’s capabilities in automotive component manufacturing.

ams OSRAM and Shenzhen Meizhi Optoelectronics Technology have settled LED-related patent disputes in the US and Germany. The agreement resolves proceedings before the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Phison, a major manufacturer of controller chips for SSDs and other flash memory devices, has warned that the ongoing global RAM shortage could impact the entire industry in 2026.

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DATA MODUL is expanding its industrial product assembly services, offering end-to-end manufacturing solutions designed to increase flexibility, quality, and planning reliability, the company states in a press release.

SoftBank's subsidiary SAIMEMORY has signed a collaboration agreement with Intel Corporation to advance the development and commercialisation of Z‑Angle Memory (ZAM), a next-generation memory technology designed for high capacity, high bandwidth and low power consumption.

Japanese electronics manufacturer Sony and TCL Electronics Holdings Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the establishment of a joint venture in the home entertainment segment.

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German sensor manufacturer SICK has inaugurated a capacity expansion at its site in Kunsziget, Hungary, following a EUR 30 million investment that has created more than 300 new jobs.

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