The United States has decided to establish a European maintenance centre in Poland for PAC-3 MSE missiles used by Patriot air defence systems. The investment is expected to shorten missile maintenance times and reduce costs. Poland, however, aims to go further and eventually launch missile production on its territory, as these interceptors are in short supply among both European allies and Ukraine.
ESCATEC has completed a new controlled production room at its ESCATEC Mechatronics Ltd (EUK) site in Lutterworth, UK. The investment is meant to strengthen the plant’s ability to take on manufacturing for medical devices, healthcare and other highly regulated programmes.
Infineon will invest around EUR 1.1 billion by 2034 to set up high-volume production of gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors on 300mm wafers at its site in Villach, Austria. According to the company, it will be the first high-volume GaN fab of its kind in the world, with production scheduled to start by the end of 2027.
The fresh funds will be used to build and launch a four-qubit quantum computer in the near term, with the Bengaluru-based company targeting a larger prototype featuring around 100 qubits by 2029
As key elements of the U.S. Army’s LIDS program, KuRFS provides advanced 360-degree threat detection, while Coyote low-cost kinetic and non-kinetic effectors defeat individual drones as well as swarms, with hundreds of intercepts in combat.
GlobalFoundries has opened an Advanced Facilities Control Centre (AFCC) at its site in Singapore, developed together with Siemens. In the first phase, the control centres for five fabs on the Singapore campus will be merged into a single, AI-supported command centre.
With the new funding, US-based startup Foundry Robotics will build out its Emeryville facility, accelerate deployment of AI models into real-world manufacturing, and grow its robotics research, engineering and factory operations teams.
Japanese component maker Murata plans to invest about JPY 1 trillion (about EUR 5.7 billion) over five years to expand its global production capacity for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). The company expects MLCC sales in fiscal 2030 to be at least double those of fiscal 2025.
Norwegian EMS provider Norautron has signed an agreement to acquire Poland’s Fideltronik from the Stardust Family Foundation. The deal is set to reshuffle the European EMS rankings, as the combined group will have revenues of about EUR 750 million and some 3,500 employees.
The funding will primarily go toward deploying OG-1, Origin’s flagship robot, and building out its fleet. It will also support large-scale pilots with customers in the U.S. and Europe and extend the platform to new interior trades.
While the importance of semiconductors in vehicles continues to grow structurally, demand for wafer manufacturing capacity for high-voltage technologies is rising sharply. With the extended supply agreement, Elmos aims to address these developments at an early stage.
Engineers are increasingly choosing memory components based on what they can actually get, rather than on performance or price. In a survey by Memphis Electronic, 95% of respondents said they had changed their sourcing strategy, their product designs, or both, over the past year.
The investment will accelerate QuantrolOx’s commercial growth and international expansion, including its growing presence in North America following the opening of its first US office in Berkeley, California. The round brings its total funding to approximately EUR 28 million.
This portfolio of projects includes Corowa Solar Farm, Junee Solar Farm, Wagga Solar Farm, Wagga Stage 2, Wyalong Solar Farm, and Kingaroy Solar Farm. All six solar farms have been energised using Ingeteam’s central inverter technology.
Foxconn Slovakia has started recruiting at its plant in Nitra, focusing on electrical engineering roles. The company says the hiring is a response to growing demand for AI infrastructure and new business opportunities in that area.
