From the Show Floor: APEX 2026 – Gaurab Majumdar, VP – India, SE Asia, MEA, GEA
EMSNOW reconnects with Gaurab Majumdar, VP of Global Electronics Association (GEA)’s India, SE Asia, Middle East and Africa region. Eric notes how helpful Gaurab and his team were during his visit to India last fall. Gaurab describes the work in India, but explains they have also opened a new office in Malaysia and are quite […]
From the Show Floor: APEX 2026 – Heriberto Cuevas, Sales Team Leader, Koh Young America
Heriberto Cuevas is the country manager for Koh Young America’s Mexico business. EMSNOW picks his brain about current conditions in this evolving and growing region for electronics manufacturing. The last 8 years, he says, has been all about automotive, but that’s now changing dramatically as AI drives hardware deployment in computers and servers for data […]
AI dreams crash into stark $7 trln reality
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) – Artificial intelligence is squeezing the planet’s resources. Serious questions have yet to be answered about whether there’s enough labor, copper, water and other basics to build and operate all the data centers now under consideration. Even if AI titans manage to solve these problems, there’s an even bigger and stickier […]
Mexico’s soaring tech exports have taken the lead over the automotive sector
Helped along by the U.S. decision to decrease tech imports from China, Mexico is exporting record quantities of computer equipment and other electronics to such an extent that tech has overtaken automotive as Mexico’s leading export sector. According to an analysis by Banco Base, national exports grew 7.64% in 2025, but shipments under heading #8471, which […]
Industry-Wide Memory Constraints Grow as AI-Driven Supply Shift Reshapes Market
New Global Electronics Association report finds AI demand is redirecting memory supply, increasing costs and lead times for manufacturers across the electronics industry BANNOCKBURN, Ill. — Artificial Intelligence is consuming a growing share of the world’s memory supply, leaving electronics manufacturers across industries facing longer lead times, rising prices, and increasing uncertainty, according to a […]