Digital First To Industrial Renewal: Can Europe Enable, Not Subsidize? With Eurocircuits’ Dirk Stans
What does it take to deliver a prototype that’s truly production-ready—and can Europe rebuild the industrial muscle to do it at scale? From the Productronica show floor, EMSNOW Publisher Eric Miscoll sits down with Eurocircuits’ Managing Partner Dirk Stans to explore how a digital-first approach to PCB and assembly turns messy “embryo” design files into […]
Historic First for Sustainability Reporting in Europe and Beyond
New sustainability reporting and due diligence rules establish benchmark for the electronics value chain Brussels, Belgium – The Global Electronics Association welcomes the swift conclusion and approval of the Omnibus package on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) by the European Parliament earlier today. In a positive development for the electronics […]
European EMS Industry Q3 2025: Playing Defense while the consolidation race for the largest public European EMS is heating up
By Riku Hynninen, Agame The Q3 2025 proved to be an eventful quarter. Many companies raised their stakes in M&A and are finding ways to ride the growing wave of defense investments especially in Europe. Both top and bottom lines are gradually improving after the slump following the grazy year 2023, and most EMS companies […]
SMTA’s 2025 Stromberg Student Leader Scholarship Recipient Announced
Minneapolis, MN – SMTA is pleased to announce Tyler Kleinsasser, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 JoAnn Stromberg Student Leader Scholarship. The SMTA Awards Committee selected Tyler for his committed leadership in the SMTA. Tyler is currently enrolled in the dual master’s program in industrial engineering management […]
EU scraps 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars to boost auto industry
The EU on Tuesday walked back a 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars seen as a milestone in the fight against climate change, as the bloc pivots to bolstering its crisis-hit auto sector. SOURCE: France 24 Carmakers and their backers lobbied hard for Brussels to relax the ban over the past year – in the face of […]