Stop lobbying, start listening: Better policy begins with a conversation
In late June I spent a full day in Brussels, moderating a room full of speakers, panelists, policymakers and manufacturers, all there to talk about the future of European electronics. By the end of it, one thing was obvious. Everyone in that room agreed the industry matters. Almost nobody disagreed about the stakes. And yet agreement is not the same as alignment, and the gap between "we support you" and "here is what we will actually do" is exactly where good intentions tend to disappear.
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US Air Force awards GA-ASI production contract for FQ-42A CCA
The FQ-42A is a purpose-built, uncrewed fighter developed as part of ongoing investment in next-generation semi-autonomous combat aircraft.
Apple overtakes Nvidia again to become the world's most valuable company
Apple has once again become the world's most valuable publicly traded company - according to Reuters. The iPhone maker has overtaken Nvidia, which had held the top spot for nearly a year thanks to the artificial intelligence boom. Apple is now valued at about USD 4.88 trillion.
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Elemaster Shanghai: global standards, local agility
“We are where you are”. That’s Elemaster’s founding mantra and it explains why the group built a plant in Shanghai thirteen years ago: to follow its global clients into China, without lowering the bar. “The way we set up the Chinese site was to try to be, as much as possible, a replica, in terms of process and quality, of what we do in Italy and in the rest of the world,” says General Manager Sergio Bonacina. The same consumables, the same key machinery, the same ERP, PLM and MES systems as in Italy: nothing about the plant is a local adaptation.
Paras to set up $644 million chip packaging facility in India
Paras Semiconductors, a subsidiary of Indian company Paras Defence and Space Technologies, has signed an MOU with the Madhya Pradesh government’s department of science and technology to jointly set up an OSAT facility in the state’s Indore-Ujjain region.
Farnell partners with Hailo to accelerate edge AI innovation
Farnell will offer Hailo’s AI products via their global distribution network, e-commerce platforms, and engineering community, enabling engineers, developers and enterprises to integrate advanced edge AI capabilities into their edge designs more efficiently and at scale.
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Aerospace OEM adopts machine-agnostic in-situ QA
The machine-agnostic approach of AmiRIS, the in-process quality assurance (QA) solution from Australian company Additive Assurance, enables a consistent method of collecting and interpreting in-process data across different powder bed fusion platforms and supply chain partners.
Weald Electronics appoints Rayfast as new UK distributor
Rayfast is a stocking distributor of interconnect solutions and harness components and electro-mechanical products. Their key markets include aerospace, defence, energy, industrial, rail and motorsport.
Automation without perfection: How intelligent robots can handle HMLV manufacturing
Traditional automation performs best in a highly organised environment. Products must always arrive in the same position, production lines need to maintain a fixed rhythm, and individual tasks should remain predictable and repetitive. However, the European electronics industry is increasingly operating under completely different conditions. Short production runs, frequent product changes, component shortages and unpredictable order schedules can make a factory resemble a living organism rather than a precisely calibrated machine. Speaking at Evertiq Expo Kraków 2026, Piotr Owczarek, CEO of AiRob, argued that machine vision, 3D modelling and artificial intelligence could make robots better suited to this complex environment.
Jabil expands manufacturing capacity in India
Located in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) industrial zone, this facility is the latest addition to Jabil’s India footprint, which has grown from 500,000 square feet to 1.2 million square feet over the past year.
ChipAgents, AWS to advance AI-powered semiconductor engineering
Joining the AWS Partner Network will help ChipAgents continue scaling its platform as it supports semiconductor companies looking to improve engineering productivity and accelerate development cycles.
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