What is hot? Top 10 EMS providers locations in Europe

The locations and the EMS providers are listed after size. Kinpo Electronics/Cal-Comp Electronics are not in the list, because they don’t have any locations in Europe, only in China and Thailand. Flextronics is dominating the locations in Europe due to the take over of Solectron last year. The company now has location in seventeen European countries. Jabil is located in eleven countries in Europe, while Elcoteq is present in nine. Foxconn has locations in eight countries, Sanmina-SCi in seven, Celestica in four, Benchmark in three, Venture in three and USI also in three. The UK and Ireland are leading the list, together with the Netherlands in Europe, followed by Hungary and Romania. The UK and Ireland have faced a lot of closures lately and most of the production in these countries has been transferred to Poland. The industry in Hungary continues to be export orientated, although the main focus lies on the production of electric machinery, electronics and motor vehicles. However Hungary was the only country that failed to show progress in the past four years. Romania is becoming a hot spot for EMS and OEM companies. Romania has the lowest labour costs of all European Union members, while Germany has the highest labour costs in the entire EU. Baltic states and Slovakia improved by 20-25 percent since 2000. This means that Hungary has lost touch with Slovenia and the Czech Republic. Furthermore Estonia and Slovakia have also developed stronger and have overtaken Hungary in the development race. New hot destinations in the EMS industry are Russia and the Ukraine. Foxconn and Flextronics are the companies that have established facilities in Russia, while Elcoteq has left the country. However rumours in the industry say that Jabil may also establish a plant in Russia. According to the latest reports, the final decision about a new plant in Russia will be made in August 2008. A country that has lost a lot of big EMS providers recently is France, but local players like Cofidur, Asteel and Lacroix are getting a stronger footprint in the country. Foxconn: Czech: Rudna, Pardubice, Kutna Hora Denmark: Copenhagen Finland: Helsinki France: Paris Ireland: Cork The Netherlands: Roermond Russia: St:Petersburg Hungary: Komarom UK: Glasgow Flextronics: Austria: Althofen, Vienna Czech: Brno, Plzen Denmark: Skive Finland: Kuopio, Oulu France: St.Etienne, Montilliers, Canejan Germany: Boeblingen, Herrenberg, Paderborn, Tubingen Hungary: Budapest, East Hun.Park, West Hun.Park, Flextronics Zalaegerszeg, Tab Ireland: Cork, Dublin, Limrick Israel: Migdal, Haemek Italy: Milan, Treviso The Netherlands: Venray Norway: Oslo Poland: Gdansk Romania: Timisoara Russia: St:Petersburg Sweden: Karlskrona, Linköping, Stockholm The Ukraine: Kiev, Beregovo, Vinnitsa UK: Linwood, Manchester, Swindon Jabil: Referring to the comment we have contacted Jabil's spokesperson in Europe. She confirmed that the company still has 2 sites in Hungary. However, the business has been restructured; one facility is only a manufacturing site and the other is reponsible for repair and service work. Austria: Vienna Belgium: Hasselt France: Brest, Meung-sur-Loire Germany: Jena Hungary: Szombathely, Tiszaujvaros Ireland: Dublin Italy: Bergamo, Marcianise The Netherlands: Amsterdam, Eindhoven Poland: Kwidzyn, Bydgoszcz UK: Coventry, Ayr, Livingston The Ukraine: Uzhgorod Sanmina-SCI: Finland: Salo, Haukipudas Germany: Gunzenhausen Hungary: Tatabanya, Szekesfehervar, Miskolc Ireland: Fermoy Israel: Maalot, Lod Sweden: Örnsköldsvik UK: Greenock, Scotland Celestica: Czech Republic: Kladno, Rajecko Ireland: Galway Romania: Oradea Spain: Valencia Elcoteq: Estonia: Talinn Finland: Salo, Espoo Hungary: Pécs, Budapest Luxembourg: Luxembourg Romania: Arad Russia: St. Petersburg Switzerland: Zug UK: Renfrew, Glasgow Benchmark Electronics: Ireland: Dublin The Netherlands: Almelo Romania: Brasov Venture: Hungary: Budapest The Netherlands: Amsterdam Spain: Barcelona USI (Universal Scientific Industrial): France: Paris The Netherlands: Amsterdam UK: Greenock The picture shows production at Assel in Poland.