Evertiq has repeatedly reported on the growing geopolitical tensions and the ongoing war in Ukraine — developments that have significantly changed, and continue to reshape, the landscape of Europe’s defence industry. 

Using SIPRI’s latest Top 100 data, this presentation highlights the 20 largest defence companies in Europe — ranking them by revenues and comparing their performance with the US, Asian, and Middle Eastern giants. We will explore why Europe’s arms revenues grew slower than expected in 2023, how the war in Ukraine and rising defence budgets are shaping the sector, and what the future might hold for the region’s leading players.

Semicon Sweden returns to Evertiq Expo with an update on the development of Sweden’s national semiconductor strategy. This session will outline the current status of the initiative, with a particular focus on the ongoing analysis of Sweden’s semiconductor landscape  — an effort to identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities across industry, research, and academia.

The presentation will also feature invited Swedish stakeholders who will share how their technologies and capabilities align with international semiconductor demands, offering concrete examples of Sweden’s growing presence on the global stage.

Speakers on the stage:

• Malin Berglund – Svensk Elektronik, Semicon Sweden
• Yasemin Heper Mårtensson – Semicon Sweden
• Elisabeth Sagström-Bäck – SCCC, Chalmers Industriteknik
• Parvaneh Parhizkari – Volvo Cars
• Patrik Millsjö – InfiniNode
• Marcus Gavell – Gotmic AB

Data shows that approximately half a million EOL (End of Life) notices are issued each year. This means that all electronic designs are exposed to the risk of component obsolescence.

Unfortunately, there is a lack of robust standards and design guidelines that adequately address this challenge. While various design methodologies exist—such as Design for Excellence, Compliance, Sourcing, Manufacturing, or Test—they often treat obsolescence either superficially or not at all.

This presentation will introduce a number of strategies that can be applied already at the design stage to better prepare for future EOL events. In short, it will offer a brief introduction to what “Design for Obsolescence” can look like in practice.

In electronics the circular economy embodies strategies to extend product lifecycles & promote reuse. Factronix is a company that has extensive experience in this field, so during the speech it will talk about what related services are important and why.

The lecture will therefore focus on issues such as Component Recovery, Laser Reballing, Retinning, Test Services, that is, services which involve giving a second life to electronic components that would otherwise be discarded, turning potential waste into valuable resources.

Semi-additive plating (SAP) technology, widely employed in printed circuit board (PCB) and IC substrate manufacturing, is gaining more traction to its potential for miniaturization and precision. While the high costs associated with SAP are typically justified by high-volume semiconductor production, its unique capabilities are now being explored for a broader range of applications. However, these applications often involve much lower production volumes compared to IC substrates, posing a significant challenge for cost-effectiveness.

This work examines the SAP process and its exemplary adaptation for medical device manufacturing, focusing on its ability to produce smaller, more intricate structures essential to advanced technologies. We discuss specific applications where SAP offers significant advantages, such as in the production of flexible electrodes, passive structures, substates for fine-pitch ultrasound transducers, and miniaturized components. Additionally, we analyze the challenges faced in implementing SAP for such applications, including available fabrication process options, cost considerations, and strategies to overcome the challenges of low-volume production.

Speaker will highlight the opportunities SAP presents for innovative device design and functionality, paving the way for more sophisticated devices.

The Global Electronics Association and in4ma have completed their half-year survey of the European EMS industry. More than 210 EMS companies, operating over 250 facilities, participated in the survey. These firms represent roughly 21% of Europe’s EMS manufacturing revenues, making the results a highly reliable industry indicator.

Among the reporting companies, 24% are manufacturers with annual revenues exceeding 50 million euros, accounting for approximately 78% of total revenues. Meanwhile, 76% of respondents generate less than 50 million euros per year and contribute 22% of the total.

Whereas we finished the annual survey 2024 in February 2025 with a participation rate of more than 42% and 427 EMS companies, showing a slightly positive momentum for 2025, the current half-year survey brings a sobering reality check. In the annual report we predicted that 2025 would see a slight pick-up of business but now reality caught up with us. 

The second half of 2024 experienced a further decline compared to the first half and even though the first half of 2025 saw a pickup in business compared to the second half of 2024, it is still substantially below the same period last year.The outlook for the second half of 2025 suggests further improvement, but when we combine the actual figures for the first half and the forecasts for the second half of 2025, we are now projecting zero growth for the European EMS industry overall in 2025.

This presentation delves into the critical importance of cybersecurity in the Internet of Things (IoT) landscape, emphasising the complexity of securing interconnected devices. You'll gain insights into the latest cybersecurity regulations, such as the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) and the Cyber Resilience Act, and understand their implications for IoT device manufacturers.

The talk will provide practical guidance on implementing these regulations, including secure design practices, risk assessments, and threat modelling. Real-world examples and interactive sessions will equip you with the knowledge to protect your IoT solutions from cyber threats, ensuring compliance and enhancing security.

OSM – Smaller, Faster, Cost-Effective, and Power-Efficient. Combining the advantages of Computer-on-Modules and Single-Board Computers, OSM introduces a new open compute form-factor. The soldered-down module ensures a lightweight, highly integrated, and shock- and vibration-resistant solution—fully machine-processable and ideal for embedded and industrial applications. Discover how OSM simplifies development and elevates your application.

Embedded software is in virtually all the products we come in contact with every day. For example, there are 100+ million lines of code in automotive, 24% of Medical device recalls are due to software issues, and there's 15.4% growth in the software-driven "Smart Appliance" market.

As a result, the use of embedded software is quickly infringing on hardware’s dominance in the product development process.

However, in many environments, software development is a siloed activity that leads to disconnects between product requirements and implementation, which leads to product recalls or product failures.

In legacy software development environments, many different point solutions are used to manage the application lifecycle.

As a result, development artifacts are scattered, slowing down collaboration, hindering transparency, undermining integrity and making it difficult to drive innovation.

This presentation of Polarion Application Lifecycle Management will cover the challenges in today’s embedded software development and how Polarion can help organisations with a unified solution that divers project transparency through real-time aggregated management information.

Polarion enables everyone to be aligned around what is being built and why, to drive advancement while protecting integrity and compliance.

Polarion helps teams respond faster and with better quality to new business opportunities and customer demands.

The presentation will also show how it’s possible to work with different stakeholders, like clients and managers and with those who are in the project, so that everybody has a real-time view of the status of the project.