European Electronics Media News

Napier News is our blog about the changes in the European electronics market, carrying the views and opinions of Mike Maynard, managing director of Napier Partnership Limited since the beginning of 2004.

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Tim Fryer moves to New Electronics

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…

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An optimistic outlook for PCIM 2013

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…

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Huson takes over French titles as Francois Krebel retires

Francois Krebel built a reputation as being one of the "good guys" of the electronics media in Europe, and has just announced he is…

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Napier features as one of PR Week’s specialist agencies

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…

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Print is dead. Who cares if it is effective.

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…

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UBM Mind of the Engineer study

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…

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Who is crazy enough to launch an electronics show in the UK?

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…

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Guest blog post – Per Henricsson – Why listen to old news?

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…

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