Global Electronics Association

05/27/2026

Big news: the Global Electronics Association has acquired New Venture Research's EMS market intelligence program, and the data is already telling an interesting story. The global EMS market has returned to growth.

The Global EMS Industry Report 2025 breaks it all down: market size, company rankings, regional production trends, and where competitive pressure is building.

It's one of the most comprehensive looks at the EMS landscape available, and it's now part of the GEA family.

The 2025 report is available now. The 2026 edition is on its way in Q4, and a bundled option automatically includes both.

If you follow this market, it's worth a look. https://bit.ly/4u44czM

05/26/2026

Engineers are known for solving problems.

After years in semiconductor sourcing, Aftab Farooqi of ChipHub saw firsthand how manual and fragmented component-sourcing workflows can be for hardware OEMs. Instead of accepting the inefficiencies, he asked a simple question: Why are we still doing it this way?

That question led to the creation of ChipHub, an AI-native procurement platform designed to help companies streamline supplier discovery, component evaluation, and sourcing decisions.

Read our latest member spotlight to learn how ChipHub was founded, how AI can improve procurement workflows, and why community is critical in advancing the electronics industry.
https://hubs.li/Q04hSYyP0

05/26/2026

The electronics industry moves fast. Our Substack helps you keep up.

Each week, the Global Electronics Association publishes a newsletter that covers trends, data, and stories shaping electronics manufacturing worldwide. Trade policy, supply chain intelligence, workforce development, sustainability, standards progress, and more, all in one place, written for the people who actually work in this industry.

If you want a cleaner, sharper window into what's happening across the global electronics ecosystem, this one's for you. Subscribe at the link below.
https://hubs.li/Q04hSPbx0

05/20/2026

The monthly Global Sentiment Survey is now live. Be a part of the conversation shaping the future of electronics manufacturing. Take the survey and receive a complimentary copy of the results. https://hubs.li/Q04hh4d80

05/20/2026

Global electronics trade hit $4.5 trillion in 2023. The decisions being made right now in Washington, Brussels, Tokyo, and New Delhi will determine who competes and who gets left behind.

Today, the Global Electronics Association launches the Global Electronics Policy Council (GEPC), securing our industry a seat at the table alongside lawmakers.

The six (and counting) inaugural members include AT&S, Flex, Jabil, Plexus Corp., TSMC, and TTM Technologies, Inc.

“The GEPC reinforces an essential aspect of our industry: a strong, connected global electronics manufacturing community,” said Chris Mitchell, VP of Global Government Relations at the Association.

Together, the GEPC will help define, coordinate, and advance a policy agenda that strengthens supply-chain resilience, accelerates innovation, and secures trusted access to global markets for all 3,200+ of our member companies, not just for today, but for years to come.

Real representation starts before regulations are made.

Learn more at https://www.electronics.org/advocacy/global-electronics-policy-council.

05/19/2026

Announcing our new blog series, "Five Questions With…," featuring Sydney Xiao, President of the East Asia Region at the Global Electronics Association. In our first installment, Sydney discusses:

✅ The structural shift from consumer electronics to AI computing infrastructure
✅ The industry's biggest challenge: talent
✅ Three forces reshaping global supply chains
✅ Key areas for investment to maintain competitiveness

As Sydney states, "When you put members first, priorities become clearer, and actions become more focused."

Read the full Q&A for insights into the industry's future and how to stay competitive.
https://hubs.li/Q04h7P5R0.

05/18/2026

The Global Electronics Association just expanded its training catalog, and the reach is significant.

Seven essential courses are now available in Chinese, French, German, and Spanish, with four additional courses newly available in Malay. Teams operating across your global facilities can now access the same standardized, industry-specific training in the language they work in every day.

For any organization running a workforce development program across borders, this matters. Onboarding, safety practices, and technical knowledge: all of it lands better when people are learning in their own language.

This expansion also reflects who we serve: a truly global workforce that speaks many languages and employers with operations spanning continents. We are meeting those needs where they are.

Log in to the training catalog, explore what's new, and start putting these resources to work for your teams:

Introduce participants to the causes of ESD and the steps you can take to mitigate its effects when handling, storing or transporting ESD-sensitive components in a manufacturing facility. These preventive measures and their application are based on ANSI/ESD S20.20 and other relevant standards.

05/15/2026

The latest data on the European EMS industry is out, and it reflects a sector working through an uneven recovery.

The Global Electronics Association has released the 2026 edition of the Annual Survey of the European EMS Industry.

European EMS revenue declined 2.9% in 2025, driven largely by weakness in automotive-focused manufacturing markets. Several Northern and Eastern European regions proved more resilient.

The report continues the longstanding work of Dieter G. Weiss and in4ma while expanding the Association's global Industry Intelligence capabilities.

Read the full report here. https://bit.ly/42Dxt9d

05/15/2026

What does a world-class electronics manufacturer look like from the inside?

At EMSCO in Ashland, Va., it looks like a 35-foot hydroponic lighting assembly engineered for an indoor strawberry farm. It looks like a "one-harness, one-person" philosophy where every builder owns their work from start to finish. And it looks like near-zero employee turnover over the past decade.

But EMSCO's story isn't just about what they build. It's about how they've built the company.

President Parker Garrett credits much of EMSCO's strategic evolution to deep engagement with the Global Electronics Association and WHMA. Real relationships, real shop-floor visits, and real conversations with peers facing the same challenges.

The result: a company that stays intentionally right-sized, grows through referrals and long-term partnerships, and turns down work that doesn't align with its values.

When Congressman Rob Wittman visited the facility last month, it was a reminder that policymakers need to see shop-floor realities firsthand. Reshoring, supply chain resilience, critical minerals, and workforce development.

These aren't abstract policy debates.
They play out every day in facilities like EMSCO's.

Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4uOHlJh

05/14/2026

The FCC just extended its software update deadline for foreign-made routers to January 1, 2029, two years beyond the original cutoff.

Our Vice President of North American Government Relations, Kevin O'Hanlon, welcomed the move: "The Global Electronics Association appreciates that the commission is giving companies more time to onshore production before implementing the software changes."

But the extension doesn't resolve the underlying harder question.

What the industry needs next is specificity. Which components must be manufactured in the US? That's what companies need answered before they can make meaningful investments toward compliance.

We're looking forward to continuing that dialogue with the FCC on behalf of our members and the broader industry.

Full CNET piece here:

Foreign-made Wi-Fi routers will continue receiving security patches until at least Jan. 1, 2029, but this doesn't eliminate the long-term risk of buying an outdated device.

05/14/2026

Where is the most important thinking on industrial strategy happening right now? According to Chris Mitchell, Chief Advocacy Officer, it's on Substack.

He's flagged three essays that anyone working in electronics, policy, or technology should read.

✅ P***y McCormick and Sam D'Amico trace how the cost of the electric stack has fallen by 99% since 1990, with China now dominating the market.

✅ The 28nm node is just as contested as the 2nm node.

✅ Electronics isn't just part of the industrial strategy conversation. It is the conversation.

Full post here: https://bit.ly/4frAocy