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EMSNOW

Eric Miscoll

208 episodes

1 month ago

EMSNOW reports for the last time in 2025 from Bangalore where Eric has attended the electronica/productronica trade show. In this final podcast he describes the atmosphere at the show as very high energy, and compares it to the ones in Munich, and elsewhere. He reports on some of the EMSNOW advertisers he met as well as new EMS companies in India that were not on his tour itinerary. He also comments on some of his overall impressions of the industry in India, and shares what comes next. Liste...

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EMSNOW reports for the last time in 2025 from Bangalore where Eric has attended the electronica/productronica trade show. In this final podcast he describes the atmosphere at the show as very high energy, and compares it to the ones in Munich, and elsewhere. He reports on some of the EMSNOW advertisers he met as well as new EMS companies in India that were not on his tour itinerary. He also comments on some of his overall impressions of the industry in India, and shares what comes next. Liste...

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Episodes (20/208)

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EMSNOW On Tour - India Podcast 10: Productronica/Electronica India and Tour Wrap

EMSNOW reports for the last time in 2025 from Bangalore where Eric has attended the electronica/productronic trade show. In this final podcast he describes the atmosphere at the show as very high energy, and compares it to the ones in Munich, and elsewhere. He reports on some of the EMSNOW advertisers he met as well as new EMS companies in India that were not on his tour itinerary. He also comments on some of his overall impressions of the industry in India, and shares what comes next. Listen...

1 month ago

11 minutes

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EMSNOW On Tour: India Podcast 9 - InCap and Indic EMS Electronics

EMSNOW reports on our last two EMS visits on this OnTour India: InCap and Indic EMS Electronics. Eric tells us whom he met with at each company and some details about what makes each unique. As he explains, there is no one way to run an EMS business and this tour has certainly highlighted that fact. InCap is a global EMS that first became a public company on the Helsinki stock exchange in 1997. Its India facility has been in operation for 18 years as a pure EMS, with a streamlined, local mana...

1 month ago

18 minutes

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EMSNOW On Tour: India Podcast 8 - Cyient DLM and Kaynes Technology

EMSNOW travels to Mysore to visit two EMS: Cyient DLM and Kaynes Technology. Cyient DLM (which stands for Design-Led Manufacturing) has a unique, engineering-heavy story, Eric explains, with 4 facilities in India and a U.S. facility acquired last year. The company has a 40-year history in India and specializes in critical products in regulated industries, e.g. aerospace, medical, industrial and most recently semiconductor manufacturing. They pride themselves on their sticky customer relations...

1 month ago

21 minutes

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EMSNOW On Tour: India Podcast 7 -Centum Electronics

EMSNOW reports from Bangalore's aerospace/defense manufacturing region. Eric visits Centum Electronics and learns about its EMS history since its founding in 1994, and its expertise in highly complex manufacturing in regulated industries. The company has seen a surge in growth from companies moving manufacturing out of China and the U.S. The discussion includes more general industry insights as Eric now has completed over half the visits planned for this tour; he shares his thoughts com...

1 month ago

16 minutes

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EMSNOW On Tour - India Podcast 6: inYantra Technologies

EMSNOW reports on our last EMS visit in the Pune area. inYantra Technlogies is located outside Pune in the Satara District a beautiful area where the other industry is flower-growing. inYantra has been in business for 25 years and recently entered into a joint venture with cable and wire harness company Volex. This relationship gives inYantra the ability to offer full service support to its customers and enables the rapid growth the company is forecasting: they expect 50% YoY growth thr...

1 month ago

14 minutes

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EMSNOW On Tour - India Podcast 5: Varroc and Uno Minda Katolec Electronics Services

EMSNOW reaches the halfway mark on the On Tour India trip with visits to two EMS companies in Pune. In this podcast, Eric Miscoll describes his visit to two EMS 100% focused on the automotive market, which is typical of the Pune region. Both companies provide dedicated electronics manufacturing services for the automotive market which includes all types of both EV and ICE vehicles. Varroc builds component and PCB sub assemblies and then ships these products for box-build and final assembly by...

2 months ago

15 minutes

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EMSNOW On Tour - India Podcast 4: Aimtron and Vinrox Technologies

EMSNOW arrives in Pune late in the evening to report on two visits conducted earlier in Vadodara: Aimtron and Vinrox Technologies. These are two impressive EMS with very different histories and capabilities. Aimtron has been in operation for several decades and interestingly got its start in a facility outside Chicago in the US. It prides itself on its electronic design and manufacturing services integration and serves customers in the industrial, medical, automotive and defense sectors. Havi...

2 months ago

22 minutes

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EMSNOW On Tour: India Podcast 3 - Syrma SGS

EMSNOW reports from a hotel in Vadodara where Eric traveled to from New Delhi after a visit to Syrma SGS. This podcast includes details about that visit and continuing observations about the EMS industry in India. Eric discusses the current growth forecasts for the EMS industry that are being put forth: from a baseline of $US 100 billion currently to potentially $US 400 or even 500 billion by 2030. The enthusiasm and energy is palpable, he notes, and with the engineering talent, the solid and...

2 months ago

17 minutes

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EMSNOW On Tour India: Sahasra Electronics and Dixon Technologies

EMSNOW reports on the first day of visits on the India Tour to Sahasra Electronics and Dixon Technologies in the Noida region southeast of New Delhi. Eric shares the insights that are only possible from on the ground experience: what it's like to get around in the region, as well as details about the two companies. He comments that there is not one right way to run an EMS company: so many factors - from customers served to type of equipment chosen, history of the business and background of fo...

2 months ago

25 minutes

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EMSNOW On Tour: The India Tour Begins

EMSNOW will be reporting from India for the next several weeks. Eric Miscoll has scheduled on-site meetings with 14 mainly domestic companies, but also some global EMS with facilities in this important rising geography. The tour schedule includes companies in the New Delhi area, Gujarat, Pune, and of course the Bangalore area. In this initial podcast, he shares insights about current business conditions in India for electronics, based on a conversation with Global Electronics Association's Vi...

2 months ago

15 minutes

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Up Close with Sneh Shah, Director, Aimtron Electronics

EMSNOW learns about Aimtron's unique operational strategy from Sneh Shah, Director. Aimtron is unique among EMS companies having started with a U.S. facility and subsequently opening the two facilities in India. The discussion covers Aimtron's full spectrum of services, adding robust design support to traditional EMS. They work with customers from the concept and feasibility stage to full production. Sneh explains how their investment in DfM and other optimization software, along with their a...

2 months ago

24 minutes

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Up Close with Carl Hung, President & CEO, Season Group

EMSNOW and Season Group's President and CEO Carl Hung discuss the 50-year history of Carl's family business and the industry as a whole. Carl marvels at the incredible resilience of EMS companies that have survived the challenges of the past 20 years, and shares insights into how Season Group has managed. The conversation covers the current disruptions of tariffs and geopolitical shifts and how companies that survived the supply chain constraints of Covid are adapting to these new challenges ...

2 months ago

26 minutes

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Francisco Almada Lobo – CEO, Critical Manufacturing

In this insight packed interview EMSNOW speaks with Francisco Almada Lobo, CEO of Critical Manufacturing MES. Critical has just hosted their most recent Summit where 600 attendees met in Portugal to explore the opportunities and challenges of MES. From the first session, the topic of AI 'set the stage on fire' with all the possibilities these new technologies bring to the table. Francisco explains the evolution of MES data strategies: originally the software worked with discrete transac...

3 months ago

28 minutes

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Up Close with Jeroen Tuik, CEO, Connect Group

EMSNOW catches up with Jeroen Tuik, CEO, Connect Group to discuss their recent announcement about expanded operations in the U.S. Connect Group is a top tier EMS in Europe with global facilities; its facility in Romania was featured on EMSNOW/in4ma’s 2024 On Tour. Connect Group has a complete suite of services and is one of the Top 20 European-based EMS. Their customers are primarily in the industrial/automotive and defense sectors. Jeroen explains that the timing and strategy behind the esta...

3 months ago

19 minutes

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in4ma European EMS Forum Recap

EMSNOW and in4ma's Dieter Weiss discuss the Third in4ma European EMS and PCB Forum held this year in Bonn Germany. They go deep on the attendees, networking opportunities, quality of data and comparisons with previous events. This is the premiere event for executive management teams, well-vetted suppliers, and investors who return each year for the superb data analysis and frank industry discussion about the ever-changing European electronics manufacturing business. EMSNOW wishes to acknowled...

4 months ago

21 minutes

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EMSNOW and in4ma On Tour 2025 - Tour Wrap Up

In an information-packed wrap-up, the EMSNOW and in4ma On Tour 2025 team takes a step back from the Central and Eastern European EMS facilities visited to comment on the overall trends in the industry at this critical point in time. Dieter provides a data-backed characterization of the overall EMS market in Europe, including many fascinating datapoints teasing in4ma's extensive market research. The two discuss the key market sectors driving growth in Europe; the impact (or lack thereof) of th...

4 months ago

27 minutes

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EMSNOW and in4ma On Tour 2025 - Kitron

The EMSNOW and in4ma Tour 2025 makes its last stop at the Kitron facility in the Czech Republic. Kitron is a global public EMS listed on the Oslo exchange; it is #6 on in4ma's list of Top European EMS with facilities across the globe. Our two experts discuss in depth Kitron's history, global footprint, background and market strategy, including recent activities to maintain that #6 European EMS position in these turbulent times. The conversation then turns to the facility in Lanškroun, Czech R...

4 months ago

19 minutes

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EMSNOW and in4ma On Tour 2025 - Flex

Recorded after a long drive to the Czech Republic from their last visit to several FLEX facilities in Hungary, EMSNOW and in4ma's Dieter Weiss discuss FLEX's amazing advanced manufacturing capabilities. The first facility was a highly automated manufacturing operation dedicated to serving primarily the automotive sector; the second was a plant serving both automotive manufacturing including a clean room certified area, as well as the industrial and computing sectors; they then toured a new fa...

4 months ago

32 minutes

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EMSNOW and in4ma On Tour 2025: Eurocircuits

EMSNOW and in4ma On Tour visits Eurocircuits in Hungary to cover a very unique service offering in the electronics manufacturing ecosystem: PCB fabrication and PCBA assembly for prototypes. Eurocircuits' business model is laser-focused on this part of the industry that is less well known compared to EMS. The discussion covers our behind-the-scenes glimpse of Eurocircuits' unique data driven operations. Eurocircuits is the largest prototype operation in Europe, and also the largest PCB manufac...

4 months ago

26 minutes

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EMSNOW and in4ma On Tour 2025: Zollner Elektronik

The EMSNOW and in4ma team spends the day in Hungary visiting two Zollner Elektronik facilities there. The podcast discussion begins with an overview of how this well established German EMS began in 1988, before the reunification. Manfred Zollner's family history and deep concern for employees is legendary, and in clear evidence on this visit. Dieter and Eric cover the details of the two facilities, one in Vac and the other in Szügy Hungary, by describing the scope and capabilities of the oper...

4 months ago

29 minutes