The Top 25 European EMS Providers

Reed Electronics Research’s annual ranking of the leading EMS manufacturers in Europe was again dominated by the leading Group 1 Global EMS providers with the Top 3 – Foxconn, Flex and Jabil – accounting for 44% of the Euro 28.1 billion European EMS market in 2016.

The German Zollner Group remained the leading indigenous European EMS provider with revenues estimated at Euro 1.04 billion of which 53% were generated from the company’s domestic operations. The Hungarian company Videoton was ranked 5^th and along with Fideltronik was one of the two CEE-headquartered companies in the ranking.

The Top 25 EMS Providers in Europe in 2016

Rank	Company	Country
1	Foxconn	Taiwan
2	Flex	Singapore
3	Jabil Circuit	USA
4	Zollner	Germany
5	Videoton	Hungary
6	Scanfil	Finland
7	Asteelflash	France
8	Neways	Netherlands
9	Sanmina	USA
10	Enics	Switzerland
11	Celestica	Canada
12	ALL CIRCUITS	France
13	éolane	France
14	LACROIX Electronics	France
15	Integrated Micro-Electronics	Philippines
16	Kitron	Norway
17	BMK Group	Germany
18	Leesys	Germany
19	Fideltronik	Poland
20	Kimball Electronics	USA
21	TQ-Group	Germany
22	Melecs	Austria
23	Elemaster	Italy
24	Katek	Germany
25	Plexus	USA

 

The acquisition by Scanfil, of the Swedish company PartnerTech in 2015, has strengthened the position of the Finnish- headquartered company although revenues in 2016 were impacted by the realignment of the combined group’s manufacturing operations in Europe which included plant closures and the sale of non-core activities.

The Dutch company Neways Electronics International moved to 8^th in the ranking, from 10^th in the previous year. Their acquisition of the German company BuS Elektronik in 2014 has now been fully integrated and has significantly strengthened its overall EMS market position and in particular its exposure to the important German market and the automotive sector.

The Swiss company Enics dropped one place in the ranking with European sales stable during the year.

Apart from éolane, which reported marginally lower European EMS revenues in 2016, the other French companies in the ranking – Asteelflash, ALL CIRCUITS and LACROIX Electronics – all reported increased revenues. Although achieving stable revenues in France, Asteelflash benefited from a further increase in revenues at the company’s German operations. Although falling one place in the overall ranking LACROIX Electronics sales increased by 6.7% during the year, this after the prior year’s double-digit growth, while ALL CIRCUITS’ revenues grew by just under 20%.

The North American companies Sanmina, Celestica, Kimball Electronics and Plexus all reported growth during the year as did the remaining non-European company in the ranking Integrated Micro-Electronics, the Philippines headquartered group reporting a 16% increase in revenues in 2016.

Overall the Top 10 companies accounted for 57% of European EMS revenues and the Top 25 companies collectively represent 68% of the total European EMS market. 

 

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RER has tracked the European EMS industry since 1993 and offers a combination of published reports as well as customised research and consultancy. The flagship European EMS Industry report, focusing on the key trends impacting the EMS market, provides revenue forecasts through to 2021, 105 company profiles including the top 25 European EMS providers and the major players by country/region. The report also includes rankings of the Top 50 European EMS Providers in Europe and the Top 50 European companies globally and a directory of around 1,400 European manufacturing facilities. For further information and full contents please contact andrew.fletcher@rer.co.uk