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Continental Acquires Automotive Division from Kathrein

Continental is acquiring Kathrein Automotive, a manufacturer of vehicle antennas. Kathrein and its entire workforce are expected to become part of Continental in the first quarter of 2019. The company has over 1,000 employees in a total of eight…

Motherboard Manufacturing Affected

Fujitsu Gives Up Augsburg

Fujitsu is restructuring worldwide. This also affects 2100 employees in Germany and the…

Material shortage - bad for EMS dynamics

Prices and lead times from Absurdistan?

Delivery times of one year and more, price increases, non-comprehending customers: The…

Interview with Bernhard Erdl, PULS

Connectivity? Of course, but it has to be simple!

We spoke with Bernhard Erdl, Managing Director, Chief Developer and Founder of the power…

How Trump's protectionism affects EMS

»The USA needs Mexico and Asia«

The USA is currently an incalculable factor for the world’s economy. The role played by…

Worldwide EMS Market

Rocket takeoff in 2017

New Venture Research (NVR) has recently published its annual electronics manufacturing…

Strategy, basics, partner choice

Making the journey to the cloud a success

The manufacturing industry is one of the top users of cloud computing. This is the…

Design-for-Excellence from EMS to ODM

EMS and the transition of the “Sharing Economies”

Whereas a few years ago criteria relating to assembly production were taken into account…

Fast-charging Technology for HEVs

Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in FreeWire

Volvo Cars has acquired a stake in electric car charging company FreeWire Technologies via…

Identity Verification with IDnow

Digital Identity Card Control

The IDnow platform performs automated online identification using AI procedures. The…