EMS@C-LEVEL
As Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fast Company and SCOOP writer, Philip Stoten, continues to talk to EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Services) executives he learns more about their individual and collective experiences and their expectations for their own businesses and for the entire electronic manufacturing industry.
EMS@C-LEVEL
Electronic 24: Compliance, Manufacturing Challenges, and Future of the PCB Industry with Vidar Olsen
Discover the intricate world of PCB brokering with our guest, Vidar Olsen, CEO of Confidee, who shares his wealth of knowledge about the industry's evolving challenges. With Confidee's remarkable growth from one employee to a growing and skilled team of 23, Vidar highlights the urgent need for compliance and certifications like ISO 9001 and AS9120 in today’s protectionist trade environment.
Confidee is a company specializing in compliance-focused solutions within the printed circuit board (PCB) industry. Established in 2022, the firm aims to be a leader in ensuring regulatory adherence and transparency throughout the PCB supply chain. Confidee has developed a proprietary IT platform to manage, document, and verify compliance data, emphasizing supply chain integrity and the avoidance of counterfeit or non-compliant products.
As geopolitical factors reshape the landscape, we explore the hurdles Europe faces with inadequate PCB manufacturing capacity and the disparity in production costs compared to Asia. Vidar provides a candid look at the pressing need for modernization, automation, and government support to revive European PCB manufacturing and discusses the potential implications of initiatives like the US Chips Act.
Stay tuned to hear more about the policies shaping local industry investments and the innovations that promise to define PCB manufacturing in the future.
More about Confidee at https://confidee.com/
EMS@C-Level at electronica 2024 was hosted by IPC (https://www.ipc.org/)
Like every episode of EMS@C-Level, this one was sponsored by global inspection leader Koh Young (https://www.kohyoung.com).
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