Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss report in from Belgium where they discuss their earlier meeting outside of Billund, Denmark with Bo Lybæk, CEO of GPV Group. GPV is #40 on the EMS & ODM Global 100 list; the conversation begins with an overview of its aggressive acquisition journey of the past few years, and the current geographical factory footprint. They learn about the current balance of market segments, which is evenly distributed among ‘industrial’, clean tech, transportation, and measurement and control; this is one EMS in Europe that is not pursuing the defense electronics business.
The company is focused on complex, high end assembly. One statistic that stood out for the two analysts was 30% of their programs are less than two years old. They agreed that shorter product life-cycles are unusual for European EMS companies and can be the result of either new customers or increased product development by legacy customers.
The team heads to Amsterdam next and then on to Ieper, Belgium and Eindhoven, the Netherlands for the final two EMS visits before traveling to Berlin to wrap this year’s tour.
We gratefully acknowledge the following companies who are sponsors of the 2026 in4ma & EMSNOW Tour and research.
Supply Chain Intelligence for Electronics Manufacturing
Measure Everything, AI Everywhere
Bringing tomorrow´s electronics to life
Genuine electronic components only from authorized sources
