Gradiant expands India operations with new leadership, contracts October 08, 2026 Gradiant named Hari Prasad as Managing Director, India, to lead its growth across semiconductors, data centers, and energy. The new contracts span chips, electronics, and clean energy, and include a repeat award from a global chipmaker expanding its fab.
Reverion raises $175M to scale production of carbon-negative power plants October 02, 2026 German energy-tech company Reverion’s solid oxide technology converts gas electrochemically into electricity, without combustion, and captures the CO₂ in the fuel stream in pure form that can be reused or permanently stored.
EMS under the hood: Capital efficiency and overall winners October 01, 2026 EMS companies have been 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.
NX Group, ISM to advance chip logistics infrastructure in India September 30, 2026 Under the MOU, Japan’s Nippon Express (NX) Holdings and India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) will work closely to address logistics-related challenges and help in developing infrastructure to strengthen India’s semiconductor ecosystem.
Havoc, CSBC to field autonomous surface vessels in Taiwan September 28, 2026 US-based Havoc and CSBC will work toward pairing CSBC’s shipbuilding and production capabilities with Havoc’s collaborative autonomy technology, integrating Havoc’s autonomy software onto CSBC-built platforms produced and sustained in Taiwan.
Semiconductor supply chain on the edge? September 24, 2026 The Q2-2026 semiconductor earnings rush is long gone, and even the laggards have now reported in their first Q3-2026 earnings calls. It is time to get a grip on what is going on in the semiconductor industry and its supply chain.
Fujifilm to invest $83M in semiconductor materials facility in India September 17, 2026 The investments are expected to be made in two phases starting from October 2026, with commercial production starting in the fiscal year 2028.
Gradiant announces $300M in new water contracts this year September 17, 2026 Rather than serving a single point in the water cycle, Gradiant will deliver its full semiconductor portfolio across these sites — from ultrapure water production to high-recovery wastewater treatment, scrubber reclaim, treatment of complex streams and zero liquid discharge.
Fortaegis raises $50M to accelerate deployment of secure compute September 15, 2026 The investment will enable the Dutch company to scale production and commercial deployment of its FPGA products across the United States, Europe, Singapore and Japan and to advance the ASIC roadmap, while growing its engineering and commercial capacity.
Sweden risks falling behind on circular electronics September 11, 2026 There is a gap between ambition and action on circularity in the Swedish electronics industry, according to Elisabet Österlund, Secretary General of Svensk Elektronik. For circularity to become more than a sustainability talking point, stronger incentives are needed from both industry and government.
No AI without security September 01, 2026 Why cybersecurity is the key to AI applications in medical technology?
Sweden must turn semiconductor expertise into industry September 01, 2026 Semiconductors form the backbone of our digitalised society and are business-critical for everything from AI and defence to next-generation energy systems. Yet despite Sweden being among the global leaders in academic fundamental research, we face a critical challenge: we must strengthen our own manufacturing capacity.
Kioxia and Sandisk bet $31 billion on NAND flash as AI demand surges August 31, 2026 Kioxia and Sandisk have announced anticipated investments in Japan totalling over USD 31 billion – approximately 5 trillion yen – contingent on government support. The investments, running through 2032, will support continued expansion of the companies' joint venture manufacturing operations at the Yokkaichi and Kitakami plants.
Fuji enables SMT placement of large, heavy components for AI servers August 06, 2026 The company can handle large, heavy components measuring 200 x 200 mm and weighing 2.0 kg with the standard configurations of both its NXTR and AIMEXR pick and place machines.
Confidee's answer to shortages: full transparency and the freedom to cancel orders July 30, 2026 As material shortages push lead times for advanced printed circuit boards towards 2028, four-year-old PCB supplier Confidee has built its strategy around the opposite of locking customers into rigid commitments: complete transparency and a clear policy allowing customers to cancel or rebalance production without damaging the relationship. That is according to board member Didrik Bech.
FR 4 base materials: shortages, price increasing and allocations July 29, 2026 Why PCB procurement strategies should be reviewed?
Rethinking finance amid semiconductor supply chain uncertainties July 28, 2026 Companies are reassessing where they build, how much flexibility they need, which suppliers they depend on and where financial decisions are made.
Stop lobbying, start listening: Better policy begins with a conversation July 22, 2026 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.
Keiron raises €20.7M to advance LiFT precision solder paste printing July 22, 2026 Solder paste printing is responsible for over 70% of PCBA defects. Keiron’s HF2 LiFT (Laser-Induced Forward Transfer) printer replaces the stencil printer, jet printer and SPI inspection system with one digital, non-contact platform.
Electronic components market: A crisis gathering momentum July 20, 2026 Artificial intelligence, geopolitical tensions, rising raw material prices, and increasingly longer delivery times create a combination of factors that could make life much more difficult for electronics manufacturers.
Europe's PCB comeback is colliding with a supply chain that isn't ready July 13, 2026 Europe's printed circuit board industry is having a moment. Defence spending is up, AI is driving demand, and policymakers are finally talking about electronics as strategic infrastructure. But as I discovered in a recent EMS@C-Level conversation with Vytautas Ilgunas, Chief Commercial Officer at TLT PCB, and Raymond Goh, Chief Operating Officer at Confidee, the comeback is running headfirst into a supply chain that we spent the last two decades hollowing out. The demand is real. The capacity to serve it, particularly in materials, is not.
Europe holds a 2.5% share of a market it helped build July 08, 2026 New data from in4ma and EMSNOW puts the global EMS and ODM industry at USD 820 billion for 2025 – and Europe's share of that figure is shrinking in relative terms even as the continent's largest players post revenue growth.
SAEL commissions its 11th agri waste-to-energy plant in India June 30, 2026 The 14.9 MW agri waste-to-energy plant in Bhadra, Rajasthan, will process agricultural residues, including paddy straw, mustard stubble and cotton stalks, for clean power generation.
Five cities, five expos, one season – and then something new 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.
Siemens secures service contract for 61 battery-powered trains June 26, 2026 The aim is to achieve particularly reliable, efficient and sustainable operations on Germany’s Network North Westphalia, where the state-of-the-art battery-powered Mireo Plus B trains will enter service from December 2029.
Honda to supply 3 high-output eGX models to OEMs June 26, 2026 Since their introduction in 2021, eGX Series electric power unit models with a maximum output of 1.8 kW, have been adopted by work equipment manufacturers, primarily for small-sized equipment such as rammers and plate compactors.
Brewer to acquire Heraeus Epurio’s semiconductor chemical business June 19, 2026 The acquisition expands Brewer Science’s advanced materials portfolio and strengthens its ability to support semiconductor customers with highly specialized, ultrapure chemical solutions critical to advanced lithography and microdevice fabrication.
The semiconductor industry as it is, not as it is told 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.
European battery industry set to receive €1.5 billion boost June 12, 2026 The Battery Booster Facility established by the European Commission is expected catalyse private investment, accelerate industrial deployment and strengthen Europe’s industrial competitiveness and strategic autonomy in clean technologies.
Clear Robotics raises $1.75M to build zero-emission autonomous vessels June 08, 2026 The company operates a fleet of all-electric, AI-optimized unmanned surface vessels to solve maritime infrastructure challenges. By utilizing AI for autonomous navigation and data analytics, it ensures operational efficiency without manual intervention.
STM’s new GaN semiconductors improve energy efficiency June 02, 2026 STMicroelectronics’ new PowerGaN devices deliver high efficiency and power density to high-voltage power supplies. Engineered for a 700V operating rating, they support reliable high-power operation and higher-frequency topologies.
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