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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CeMAT – view from another industry

I've just got back from CeMAT 2008, a logistics exhibition in Hannover. Although Napier's main focus is the electronics industry we have a number of…

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PCIM closes with 4% increase in visitors

It's good to see PCIM reporting another increase in visitors this year, with a 4% increase to around 6,500. We had several clients at the show, and…

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Final call for papers: Wireless Congress 2008

The organisers of Wireless Congress 2008, Elektronik magazine, has issued a call for papers. The congress will cover a huge range of wireless…

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BATTERIES 2008 announces programme

The organisers of BATTERIES 2008, which will be held from 8th to 10th October 2008 in Nice, France have annouced the final programme. The 3-0day…

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Selfish web users

The BBC website has a great report on the latest Jacob Neilson survey of web usage. Although the research is orientated more towards consumer than…

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Paul Marsh to leave Electronics

Paul Marsh is leaving Electronics (UK) to return to Scotland, and will be replaced by John Taylor, who recently has been running his own consultancy,…

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The Engineer technology & innovation awards

The Engineer magazine invites entries to its second annual awards, which are designed to recognise and reward excellence in collaboration between the…

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Farnell launches title with huge circulation

Will in-house publications from distributors ever challenge mainstream electronics publications? My personal view is that this is unlikely to happen…

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Google changes opinion on competitive advertising

There have been many reports of the decision by Google in the UK to allow a search on a trademarked keyword to trigger a Google Adwords advert for a…

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