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in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026 - Tour Wrap Up 22.06.2026 31Min.

In this very insightful final conversation of in4ma & EMSNOW's On Tour 2026, Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss break down the findings from their in-depth interviews of the nine Nordic EMS companies, representing very different management styles and strategies. The discussion begins with an acknowledgement to the sponsors, and some tour metrics which highlight the challenges of this journey, in terms of logistics and expenses. The sponsors enable this research, which is being offered at no ch...

in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026 - Neways 21.06.2026 16Min.

In this their final Nordic EMS industry company analysis, Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss travelled to Eindhoven, Netherlands, which has become 'the center of the universe' for electronics. Home to ASML - the essential technology provider for semiconductor manufacturing, and Philips, another key Dutch company, Eindhoven is a hub for advanced complex electronics manufacturing. The team met with executives from Neways, which is #62 on the EMS & ODM Global 100 list. They met with M...

in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026: Connect Group 18.06.2026 18Min.

Speaking from Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss discuss their earlier visit to Connect Group in Ieper, Belgium. Connect Group is #77 on the EMS & ODM Global 100 list; they met with Jeroen Tuik, CEO; Diëgo Verhaeghe, General Manager, Europe; and Wouter Peene, Operations Manager. As their name would imply, this privately held company started as a cable harness manufacturer, and has since expanded into EMS. Dieter summarizes their acquisition and expansion strategy, ...

Up Close John Magee, President & Christopher DePaolo, VP of Sales, Freedom USA 17.06.2026 28Min.

in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026 - GPV 17.06.2026 25Min.

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 measur...

in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026 - Mycronic 16.06.2026 17Min.

In a slight departure from the norm for the OnTour visits, Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss discuss their visit to tour sponsor Mycronic, which is headquartered in Sweden. They met with CEO Anders Lindqvist and the management team, Göran Frank, head of product management, Thomas Bredin, area sales manager, and Rickard Clark, application engineer. The discussion covers the importance of equipment selection and configuration in executing any manufacturing strategy. For example, using Mycronic's in...

in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026 - Inission 15.06.2026 19Min.

The Tour team discusses a visit to Inission Group's EMS business, which is #99 on the EMS & ODM Global 100 list; they met with Fredric Grahn, Director of Sales and Marketing for the EMS business. This company has executed on a unique growth strategy of aggressive acquisitions over the past decade as it expands the group's business as a power supply OEM by adding EMS capabilities through 11 facilities located in the Nordic region, Eastern Europe, and Tunisia. Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss ...

in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026 - Scanfil 14.06.2026 19Min.

Reporting again from Stockholm, Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss discuss their visit to Scanfil, ranked #46 on the EMS & ODM Global 100 list. Dieter first provides the background on this 50-year old Finnish-headquartered EMS and its CEO Christophe Sut and then the two dig into its unique business. They described what they learned about the lean, empowered local teams running the specialized factories focused on markets: defense, med-tech, clean tech, energy and the catch-all 'industrial' sec...

in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026: Kitron 11.06.2026 18Min.

The in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour team is in Stockholm, reporting on their meeting with Peter Nilsson, Kitron's CEO and the management team at the Kitron Eltech AB (Kungsängen) facility. This facility came under the Kitron umbrella as a result of their acquisition of DeltaNordic earlier this year; Kitron is #49 on the EMS & ODM Global 100 list. Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss begin with an overview of this leading Nordic EMS, and then discuss some of the themes from the interview. Kitron...

in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026 - NOTE 10.06.2026 26Min.

Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss continue their tour of European EMS with a discussion of two companies emblematic of the current trends in the region. They describe yesterday's tour of the newest PCB manufacturing facility in Europe at TLT in Vilnius, Lithuania and the implications for Europe whose share of the PCB industry has dwindled substantially. After sharing their thoughts about a ride on a 12-seater airplane to Torsby, Sweden (see photo), the conversation turns to Sweden-based EMS...

EMSNOW and in4ma On Tour 2026 - TLT Manufacturing 09.06.2026 21Min.

This third podcast from in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026 begins with impressions from the morning session of the EIPC Summer conference in Vilnius, Lithuania where Dieter Weiss presented on the PCB industry. He reminded attendees of the value of participating in valid industry research programs, sharing data which is aggregated anonymously and helps guide executives. The conversation turns to the company on the docket for the second visit: TLT Manufacturing. They describe the impressive ...

in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026 - InCap 08.06.2026 14Min.

Recorded in a location close to the Munich airport, this analysis of a meeting at InCap's Karlsfeld, Germany facility includes impressions from Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss about the unique characteristics of this well run global EMS that came in at #93 on the EMS-ODM Global 100 list. The On Tour team has visited several InCap facilities over the years, including the one in India last fall; all exhibit similarly decentralized management organizations, by design. InCap's CEO Otto Pukk is dete...

in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour 2026 - Focus on Nordic EMS 07.06.2026 19Min.

Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss discuss the European EMS industry on this kick-off podcast for the 2026 in4ma & EMSNOW On Tour. They outline the details and logistics about this tour focused primarily on Nordic EMS. The conversation is based on in4ma's ever evolving database of 986 EMS companies in Europe, which is now reflecting 2025 revenues; Dieter's data driven insights reveal a disruptive and volatile year as the industry responds to the chip crisis arising from the AI hyperscaler buil...

Up Close with Heriberto Cuevas Velázquez, Sales Manager Team Leader Mexico and South America 03.06.2026 19Min.

EMSNOW learns about Koh Young’s response to new challenges in Mexico and South America from that geography’s team leader Heriberto Cuevas Velázquez. With AI changing everything, he explains, training has taken center stage both internally, and for Koh Young customers. They are investing in classrooms and demonstration centers, and forging new partnerships to attract and retain the highly skilled engineers needed to help Koh Young’s EMS customers become more productive. Demand for training is ...

Up Close with Sam Mason, Business & Operations Lead – North America, Luminovo 02.06.2026 21Min.

Luminovo's Sam Mason provides EMSNOW with a business update on its activities in North America. This includes new North America-based team members and just announced quoting software features, including Luminovo's rew risk module. With the acceleration of geopolitical disruption and volatility impacting electronic components directly, the ability to monitor the health of each BOM in production is mandatory. Luminovo partners with Silicon Expert to enable part-level early detection of ri...

EMS Spotlight: Mike Buseman, CEO SMTC 30.05.2026 34Min.

EMSNOW continues our ground-breaking EMS Spotlight Series with a conversation with Mike Buseman, CEO of SMTC, a mid-tier EMS with an Americas-based manufacturing footprint. Mike describes their strategy for serving low-to-medium volume, highly complex systems for regulated end markets in the face of the current geopolitical turmoil. Especially interesting are his insights about the ‘defense disruptors’ – non-traditional military/defense customers that are quickly responding to the shift to d...

EMS Spotlight: David Cummings, SVP & CCO, Benchmark Electronics 30.05.2026 23Min.

David Cummings, SVP & Chief Commercial Officer, Benchmark Electronics explains his company’s ‘customer obsession’ culture’ and how that resonates with customers building increasingly complex electronic products in a volatile global environment. Benchmark Electronics is listed at #30 on EMSNOW/in4ma’s EMS & ODM Global 100 and recently celebrated 50 years as an outsourcing service provider. David discusses how the industry is rising to the engineering challenges of these complex electro...

Up Close with Mark Rinehart, Founder and GM, White Horse Laboratories 24.03.2026 22Min.

White Horse Laboratories is on the front lines of the counterfeit component battle, and Mark Rinehart, Founder and Managing Director reports on the increasing sophistication of these bad actors unleashing both old parts being sold as new, and new companies flooding the market with clones. This eye-opening conversation explains how counterfeiters are responding to the shortages in memory in increasingly brazen ways, including posting videos of how to refurbish an old memory device and sell it ...

Up Close with Eric Ronning, President & CEO, Re Mixers, Inc. 24.03.2026 19Min.

Up Close with Sam Mason, Business & Operations Lead – North America, Luminovo 10.02.2026 24Min.

Luminovo’s Sam Mason shares news with EMSNOW about the company’s manufacturing modules and the industry’s response to solutions for automating the quoting process. Sam explains how Luminovo’s precise modeling of an EMS’ manufacturing services can dramatically reduce the time it takes to respond to a request for a quote from customers. They take data from EMS’ actual operations to allow them to very accurately model their specific total manufacturing costs by PCB facility. e.g. whether in Cali...