Europe's Electronics Market Overview | Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/europe-region/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:59:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/wp-content/themes/ew/images/logo.gif Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/europe-region/ 125 75 SWISSto12 opens assembly facility for GEO satellites in Switzerland https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/swissto12-opens-assembly-facility-for-geo-satellites-in-switzerland-2026-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/swissto12-opens-assembly-facility-for-geo-satellites-in-switzerland-2026-03/#respond Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:36:17 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=891552 SWISSto12, the Swiss manufacturer of satellite and payload systems, has officially opened its purpose-built assembly facility at company headquarters in Renens, Switzerland. The facility will support the industrial-scale production of ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/swissto12-opens-assembly-facility-for-geo-satellites-in-switzerland-2026-03/feed/ 0 The Canary Islands nurturing technology startups https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/the-canary-islands-nurturing-technology-startups-2026-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/the-canary-islands-nurturing-technology-startups-2026-03/#respond Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:00:34 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=890928 As well as welcoming holidaymakers, the Canary Islands is home to a thriving electronics and industrial community. Ash Madni profiles three entrepreneurs behind some of the islands’ technology leaders. There ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/the-canary-islands-nurturing-technology-startups-2026-03/feed/ 0 U-Space raises €24m series A for smallsat manufacturing capability https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/finance/u-space-raises-e24m-series-a-for-smallsat-manufacturing-capability-2025-11/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/finance/u-space-raises-e24m-series-a-for-smallsat-manufacturing-capability-2025-11/#respond Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:06:35 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=884607 The small satellite manufacturer U-Space has completed a €24 million Series A funding round. It will fund expansion of the French company’s manufacturing capacity. The round was led by the ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/finance/u-space-raises-e24m-series-a-for-smallsat-manufacturing-capability-2025-11/feed/ 0 French Space Agency funds UNIVITY for space-based 5G https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/finance/french-space-agency-funds-univity-for-space-based-5g-2025-09/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/finance/french-space-agency-funds-univity-for-space-based-5g-2025-09/#respond Tue, 02 Sep 2025 05:06:01 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=879696 CNES, the French Space Agency, has awarded a €31 million contract to UNIVITY, a French satellite communications company, to develop space-based 5G for terrestrial application. The plan is for a ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/finance/french-space-agency-funds-univity-for-space-based-5g-2025-09/feed/ 0 ASD-Eurospace sizes European space industry https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/asd-eurospace-sizes-european-space-industry-2025-07/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/asd-eurospace-sizes-european-space-industry-2025-07/#respond Tue, 15 Jul 2025 05:06:19 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=876944 ASD-Eurospace has released the 29th edition of its annual ‘facts and figures’ European space industry report. It aims at measuring the value of the market for space systems design, development ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/asd-eurospace-sizes-european-space-industry-2025-07/feed/ 0 ESA selects Novocomms for space SOOP positioning initiative https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/esa-selects-novocomms-for-space-soop-positioning-initiative-2025-06/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/esa-selects-novocomms-for-space-soop-positioning-initiative-2025-06/#respond Tue, 24 Jun 2025 05:06:23 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=874235 The European Space agency has selected Novocomms to be the antenna specialist in a proof-of-concept positioning initiative. It involves sampling broadband satcom signals in Ku/Ka bands for other users to ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/esa-selects-novocomms-for-space-soop-positioning-initiative-2025-06/feed/ 0 Genesis of European semi manufacturing clean-up https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/genesis-of-european-semi-manufacturing-clean-up-2025-06/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/genesis-of-european-semi-manufacturing-clean-up-2025-06/#respond Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:22:53 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=868452 With a budget of close to €55m, European chip makers have set out to reduce waste, pollution and energy consumption throughout their supply chain. 58 partners, including large companies, SMEs, ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/genesis-of-european-semi-manufacturing-clean-up-2025-06/feed/ 0 European Space Agency looks ahead with ESA Strategy 2040 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/european-space-agency-looks-ahead-with-esa-strategy-2040-2025-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/european-space-agency-looks-ahead-with-esa-strategy-2040-2025-03/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:06:49 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=860119 The European Space Agency has released ESA Strategy 2040, outlining how it plans to approach the “challenges and opportunities” of space up to 2040. Its stated aim is to “Lead ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/european-space-agency-looks-ahead-with-esa-strategy-2040-2025-03/feed/ 0 ESA selects Tyvak for Ramses Mission CubeSat involving asteroid flyby https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/esa-selects-tyvak-for-ramses-mission-cubesat-involving-asteroid-flyby-2025-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/esa-selects-tyvak-for-ramses-mission-cubesat-involving-asteroid-flyby-2025-03/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:35:12 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=860098 The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Tyvak to build the first CubeSat for the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) mission. This mission aims to rendezvous with the ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/esa-selects-tyvak-for-ramses-mission-cubesat-involving-asteroid-flyby-2025-03/feed/ 0 EC throws down gauntlet to US https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/ec-throws-down-gauntlet-to-us-2025-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/ec-throws-down-gauntlet-to-us-2025-03/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 06:30:43 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=859683 Yesterday the EC charged Google with favouring its own services over rivals in its searches and has ordered Apple to further open iOS to rivals’ connected devices. The EC says ...

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