# EMSNOW-In4ma 2024 OnTour: Insights, Analysis And Data From Eastern European EMS Visits

- Show: [EMS@C-LEVEL](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level)
- Published: 2024-11-16
- Length: 17m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-11-16-emsnow-in4ma-2024-ontour-insights-analysis-and-data-from-eastern-european-ems-vi

## Summary

Eric Miscoll of EMSNOW and Dieter Weiss of in4ma discuss their 2024 Eastern European EMS tour, highlighting Teltonika's vertical integration strategy in Lithuania, where they are building a 30,000 square meter PCB facility to protect IP and serve local customers. In Romania, they visited six major EMS providers including Flex, Kimball, and Celestica, noting the region's competitive labor costs and high-tech capabilities like optical fiber splicing. The guests analyze how labor shortages and demographic shifts are driving strategic decisions, such as facility location near borders and the balance between automation and manual labor in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-11-16-emsnow-in4ma-2024-ontour-insights-analysis-and-data-from-eastern-european-ems-vi#t=0) Introduction: Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss on Eastern European EMS Tour
- [1:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-11-16-emsnow-in4ma-2024-ontour-insights-analysis-and-data-from-eastern-european-ems-vi#t=86) Teltonika's Vertical Integration and PCB Manufacturing Strategy
- [5:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-11-16-emsnow-in4ma-2024-ontour-insights-analysis-and-data-from-eastern-european-ems-vi#t=303) Lithuania EMS Landscape: Teltonika and Ketron Subsidiary
- [5:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-11-16-emsnow-in4ma-2024-ontour-insights-analysis-and-data-from-eastern-european-ems-vi#t=359) Romanian EMS Facilities: Flex, Kimball, Celestica, and Others
- [7:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-11-16-emsnow-in4ma-2024-ontour-insights-analysis-and-data-from-eastern-european-ems-vi#t=456) Romanian Labor Market, Demographics, and Wage Trends
- [9:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-11-16-emsnow-in4ma-2024-ontour-insights-analysis-and-data-from-eastern-european-ems-vi#t=559) High-Tech Manufacturing: Optical Communication and Fiber Splicing
- [11:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-11-16-emsnow-in4ma-2024-ontour-insights-analysis-and-data-from-eastern-european-ems-vi#t=705) Global EMS Players in Romania: Supply Chain and Workforce Strategy
- [14:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-11-16-emsnow-in4ma-2024-ontour-insights-analysis-and-data-from-eastern-european-ems-vi#t=894) Automation Challenges in High-Mix, Low-Volume Environments

## Topics

- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Teltonika (company)
- Flex (company)
- Kimball (company)
- Celestica (company)
- C-Corps (company)
- Connect Group (company)
- Zolno (company)
- Sustronics (company)
- Plexus (company)
- Benchmark (company)
- Sanmina (company)
- Secor (company)
- Eurocircuits (company)
- Elamaster (company)
- Koh Young (company)
- Global Electronics Association (company)
- EMSNOW (other)
- in4ma (other)

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