European Electronics Media News
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Tim Fryer moves to New Electronics
January 16, 2013
You can't keep a good editor down! After a very brief spell working on titles for other industries, Tim Fryer has returned to electronics with his…
An optimistic outlook for PCIM 2013
December 14, 2012
Nice to see that PCIM is optimistic about 2013 – the organisers have just announced that the number of exhibitors registered for 2013 is above this…
Huson takes over French titles as Francois Krebel retires
December 7, 2012
Francois Krebel built a reputation as being one of the "good guys" of the electronics media in Europe, and has just announced he is…
Napier features as one of PR Week’s specialist agencies
November 21, 2012
We were recently featured in PR Week's The Specialists supplement. We've also posted a PDF reprint, so you can read what Mike had to say about the…
Print is dead. Who cares if it is effective.
November 16, 2012
Print is dead. At least EE Times in the USA will cease its print edition at the end of this year. I guess it was inevitable… But hang on! What about…
UBM Mind of the Engineer study
November 14, 2012
I attended UBM's presentation of the most recent Mind of the Engineer study and was tweeting throughout the event. Here are the main points (in the…
Who is crazy enough to launch an electronics show in the UK?
October 31, 2012
An electronics show in the UK? Surely everyone knows that British engineers don't go to shows! But there is going to be a new show in the UK next…
Guest blog post – Per Henricsson – Why listen to old news?
October 31, 2012
After the great response I got from his first guest blog post, I'm delighted that Per Henricsson has written another one.This time he highlights the…