The same story is playing out three times right now. Capital and policy are racing to lock down the physical building blocks of electronics: the materials, the memory, and the manufacturing. Read together, they tell you where our industry's next constraints, and next advantages, are being decided.
In the latest installment of Five Questions With…, Alison James, Senior Director for European Government Relations, discusses how geopolitics, defence demand, data centre growth, and EU policy initiatives are reshaping Europe’s electronics industry and creating new opportunities to strengthen regional manufacturing across the value chain.
European industry leaders converged in Brussels to align on Chips Act 2.0, calling for an integrated electronics strategy spanning PCBs, EMS, AI, defence, and automotive.
AI is being leveraged in manufacturing environments globally in many unique ways to address important concerns and challenges facing all enterprises.
AI is not peripheral for the global electronics industry; this industry is not a bystander to AI. AI is going to be central to how to set and meet sustainability targets like net zero goals, manage supply chain complexity, and manage regulatory pressures.
Industry experts explore the limitations of ROSE and ion chromatography testing, and how manufacturers can connect cleanliness assessment to real-world reliability, quality, and process control.
John Mitchell’s blog highlights three major electronics trends: Europe’s chip investments are outpacing the PCB capacity needed to turn chips into systems, China’s humanoid robot production is growing faster than current demand, and breakthroughs in photonics could reshape the hardware behind next-generation AI.
2026 Electronics Day Design France Brings Together Europe's Electronics Design Community in Toulouse
More than 120 participants gathered onsite in Toulouse, with an additional 20 joining online, for the 2026 Electronics Day Design France, organised by Global Electronics Association in collaboration with IPC Designers Council France. Over two days, the event brought together PCB designers, manufacturers, aerospace engineers, technical experts, and industry professionals to exchange knowledge, discuss practical engineering challenges, and strengthen collaboration across the European electronics ecosystem.
Europe's circular economy ambitions are accelerating, but significant challenges remain on the path from policy to implementation.
The Association’s half-year survey of the European EMS industry carries an encouraging message: the sector has passed the bottom of the cycle.