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Duo-column

June 29, 2026
Dennis Dahlgren and Ewelina Bednarz reflect on the spring Expo season and look ahead to their first trip to the International in4ma EMS & PCB Forum in Würzburg.

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June 25, 2026
Chinese automotive electronics manufacturer Joynext opened a new 13,300 square-metre production hall at its site in Oborniki Śląskie near Wrocław in Poland in April, bringing the site's total production area to approximately 26,000 square metres.

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DACPOL-Dominik-Kowalczyk-Krakow-2026

June 25, 2026
The effectiveness of modern defence systems is no longer defined solely by the number of tanks, aircraft, missile launchers, or soldiers. Increasingly, real military capability depends on the reliability of the electronics responsible for maintaining communications, surveillance, data processing, and weapons control.

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June 25, 2026
Siemensstadt was a deliberate choice for the move of Evertiq Expo Berlin. The district was once a city within a city – an entire industrial ecosystem built around a single company, now being reimagined for the next generation of technology. It felt like the right place for a day spent discussing what European electronics manufacturing is, and what it needs to become.

Munich-facility

June 24, 2026
The European Commission has approved EUR 76 million in German state aid for QuantumDiamonds GmbH to establish a semiconductor testing equipment facility in Munich, Germany. The facility will be the first in the EU to produce semiconductor metrology and inspection systems based on quantum sensing.

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June 23, 2026
TTM Technologies has opened a new Ultra-HDI printed circuit board manufacturing facility in Syracuse, New York, in the United States. The USD 130 million investment – including USD 30 million from the US Department of War – is set to create up to 400 new jobs and bring TTM's total workforce in the region to approximately 1,000.

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June 22, 2026
Evertiq Expo Berlin 2026 took place on June 18 at TEC Event Campus in Berlin's Siemensstadt district – a new venue for the event, which previously called Technology Park Berlin Adlershof home. The day brought together 328 people from 199 companies, with 163 visitors meeting 78 exhibiting companies.

Announcement-of-the-Top-List

June 18, 2026
With 31 companies in the global EMS/ODM Top 100, Europe has breadth – but not scale. A look at the region's top 20 reveals a manufacturing base spread across 14 countries, led by Germany and with the Nordics punching well above their weight.

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June 18, 2026
German EMS provider DELTEC has acquired Cicor Digital Tunisie, the Borj-Cedria facility in Tunisia that Cicor announced it was divesting earlier this month. The acquisition, completed by DELTEC owner Carsten Ellermeier, brings around 100 employees into the DELTEC network.

Announcement-of-the-Top-List

June 16, 2026
Europe has long been regarded as a manufacturing powerhouse. Yet in electronics manufacturing services (EMS), the continent faces an increasingly difficult challenge: keeping pace with competitors in Asia.

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June 16, 2026
Semiconductor revenue grew 27% QoQ in Q1 2026 to reach USD 319 billion – the highest quarterly growth Omdia has recorded since it began tracking the market in 2002. It marks the third consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, putting the market on track to surpass USD 700 billion in the first half of 2026.

motherboard-Germany

June 12, 2026
From AI-driven production planning and advanced PCB manufacturing to supply chain resilience and Europe's industrial competitiveness, Evertiq Expo Berlin 2026 will bring together experts from across the electronics industry to discuss some of the sector's most pressing challenges. Ahead of the event on 18 June, we take a closer look at this year's conference programme.

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June 12, 2026
At Evertiq Expo Zürich, Claus Aasholm of Semiconductor Business Intelligence delivered a data-driven examination of a semiconductor industry in structural transition – and the picture looked considerably different from what most quarterly reports suggest.

Singapore-facility

June 11, 2026
Applied Materials has expanded its manufacturing and R&D operations in Singapore with the opening of the Tampines Campus, a USD 500 million facility that more than doubles the company's cleanroom capacity in the country. The campus is already operating at volume production.

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June 11, 2026
ICEYE has completed its Series F financing round, raising more than EUR 1 billion in total. The company secured EUR 450 million in new capital, while the overall transaction value – including share sales by existing shareholders – exceeded EUR 1 billion. Following the round, ICEYE's valuation has risen to more than EUR 10 billion.

Pennsylvania

June 10, 2026
Finnish EMS provider Incap reports that its factory in Pennsylvania has resumed production following a brief closure caused by a storm-related power outage. The factory was shut down on Monday, June 8.

Mira-Grunhaupt

June 10, 2026
Despite increasing production complexity, many electronics manufacturers still rely on spreadsheets and manual coordination to plan their operations. Speaking to Evertiq ahead of her presentation at Evertiq Expo Berlin 2026, Mira Grünhaupt, Head of Solution Advisory at PAILOT GmbH, explains why advanced scheduling remains a challenge — and how AI-driven planning is helping factories become more flexible, responsive and competitive.

June 09, 2026
US semiconductor manufacturer Onsemi is reportedly planning to cut between 200 and 300 jobs at its plant in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm in the Czech Republic, according to Czech media outlet e15. The cuts follow an earlier round of approximately 170 layoffs at the same facility in 2025.

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June 08, 2026
The DRAM industry posted revenue of USD 97 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up 81% quarter-on-quarter, driven by a rapid surge in contract prices for conventional DRAM. Contract prices rose approximately 93 to 98 percent compared to the previous quarter, according to TrendForce.

Kaston-investment

June 04, 2026
Less than eight months after acquiring Kasdon Group, NOTE has completed an investment programme at the Wolverhampton facility. The production area has been extended by 650 square metres, and the site now operates under the name NOTE Wolverhampton.

Chips-Act

June 04, 2026
The European Commission has presented the European Technological Sovereignty Package, a set of legislative and strategic measures aimed at reducing Europe's dependence on foreign suppliers in semiconductors, AI, cloud computing and open source technology.

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June 03, 2026
The war in the Middle East has disrupted supplies of raw materials used in PCBs and pushed prices sharply higher, compounding cost pressures that were already building across the electronics industry, according to industry sources and executives cited by Reuters.

Yokaichi-and-Tome

June 03, 2026
Japanese component manufacturer Murata has broken ground on two new production buildings in Japan within the space of two weeks, adding to a capacity expansion programme that saw a third building completed in April. The new facilities will produce thermistors, chip inductors and noise suppression filters.

Moritz-Floder

June 03, 2026
Electronics manufacturers have more access to production data than ever before. Yet despite growing investments in digitalisation, many companies still struggle to achieve complete visibility across their production environments.

Krzysztof-Hyzopski

June 02, 2026
In the automotive industry, the digital twin is no longer just a simulation tool. It is increasingly becoming part of the decision-making process—it influences which components make it to the production line, which tests are performed physically, and which can be bypassed. At the same time, it helps answer questions about when it is safe to implement changes in production.

in4ma-interview-zurich

June 01, 2026
Following his keynote at Evertiq Expo Zürich, in4ma founder and analyst Dieter Weiss had an interview with Evertiq to discuss the numbers behind global EMS growth in 2025 – and what they reveal about where the European industry stands.

Riku-Hynninen

May 29, 2026
EMS companies have been recently publishing mainly positive headlines related to growth and improving profitability. Even the most struggling companies, Lacroix and TT Electronics, are indicating a comeback after serious restructuring in the Americas region. This is very welcome news for the industry after all the recent crises impacting demand and supply chain.

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May 28, 2026
Less than a week after parent company Wingtech filed a CNY 8 billion lawsuit against its interim leadership in a Chinese court, Nexperia has announced a manufacturing partnership with US-based foundry Polar Semiconductor for the production of next-generation power MOSFETs.

Zirconn-2026

May 28, 2026
Zirconn is expanding its manufacturing capabilities in China. The company has launched a new SMT assembly division aimed at increasing its capacity to deliver advanced electronic projects for customers in Europe and international markets.

Expo-ber25-9

May 26, 2026
The German electronics industry is entering a period defined less by stability and more by adaptation. For years, the sector benefited from a model built on industrial strength, global supply chains and close ties between manufacturing and export-driven growth. Today, many of those assumptions are being re-evaluated.

May 26, 2026
US memory manufacturer Micron has begun 1-alpha DRAM manufacturing at its Manassas, Virginia facility — the most advanced memory technology ever produced in the United States, according to the company. The more than USD 2 billion investment will quadruple Micron's DDR4 wafer supply at the site.

Expo-Zurch-2026-Nikolaos-Florous-memphis-electronic-interview

May 25, 2026
Following his presentation at Evertiq Expo Zürich, Memphis Electronics' Nikolaos Florous had a conversation with Evertiq to go deeper on the market outlook. The short version: conditions will stay difficult, and procurement teams that haven't adapted yet are running out of time.

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