This report discusses the strategic imperative of selling, designing, and manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The European Union has become the world’s largest economy. Plus, numerous global events have pointed to manufacturing close to European customers as being a healthy alternative to earlier strategies to manufacture only in China:

• Rising wages in China tip the balance for some products to in-region manufacturing when considering costs and time for logistics, managerial travel, and communications, and other factors including environmental and social responsibility and risk management.
• Fluctuation of the Euro makes manufacturing in the region more economically advantageous.
• The recent Icelandic volcano eruption illustrated the vulnerability of supply chains dependent on long distances.
• Dissatisfaction is growing with manufacturing Europe-bound products in China

Our new report, Electronics Design and Manufacturing in Eastern Europe, includes these topics:

• Prime strategies for OEMs, EMS, ODM, component suppliers, distributors, recyclers, service depots, and 3PLs in the region.
• Strengths, weaknesses, and trends affecting electronics manufacturing in the region, country by country
• Scope of influence of Eastern Europe on Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas
• How current and upcoming regulations will drive strategies up and down the supply chain
• How the top of the supply chain will drive the entire chain in the region and in support of it
• How component companies and distributors sell to and service European companies
• Electronic-system designers’ locations, needs, business models, industry sectors, and product directions
• Presence and strategies of key Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) and Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs)
• Third-party Logistics (3PLs), infrastructure, and channel development
• Further predictions and recommendations

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One:  Executive Summary 
Strategic Reasons for Updating this Study
Size of Market Opportunity
Summarized Strengths/Weaknesses of the Electronics Industry in the Region
What to Expect in the Full Report

Chapter Two: Methodology 
Research Surveys and Interview
TFI and this Study’s Consulting / Analytical Team
Abbreviations Used in this Report

Chapter Three: Economic and Industry Overview 
Overview of the Countries’ Design, Manufacturing, Service, Sales, and Recycling
Why Companies Design/Manufacture in the CEE Region
Comparisons with China/Asian Manufacturing
Why Companies Do Not Manufacture in the Region

Chapter Four: Country-by-Country Analysis 
Level of Maturity of Electronics Industries
Bulgaria (“B” rating, EU Member)
Croatia (“B” rating, Official Candidate of EU)
Czech Republic (“A” rating, EU Member)
Estonia (“A” rating, EU member)
Hungary (“A” rating, EU member)
Latvia (“B” rating, EU member)
Lithuania (“B” rating, EU member)
Poland (“A” rating, EU member)
Serbia (“B” rating, not an EU member but officially recognized as a potential candidate)
Slovakia (“A” rating, EU member)
Slovenia (“B” rating, EU member)
Turkey (“A” rating, not yet an EU member, but an official candidate)
Ukraine (“A” rating, not an EU member but officially recognized as a potential candidate)
“C”-Rated Countries on Electronics-Industry-Maturity Scale

Chapter Five: Regulations and CSR Driving Supply Chain Strategies 
Environmental Regulations for Electronic Products
Recycling in CEE
Environmental Vulnerabilities from Industry in CEE
Beyond-Regulations Corporate Social Responsibility in CEE

Chapter Six: Component Companies and Distributors in CEE 
Electronic Component and Material Manufacturers and Distributors in CEE
Demand Creation in the CEE Region
Electronic Component Distributors Role
Technical Support for Components in CEE
Component Companies’ Satisfaction / Results in CEE

Chapter Seven: Who’s Who in the Region 
Overview of Electronics Companies in CEE:  OEMs, EMS/ODMs, and Suppliers
OEM Companies:  Examples of Operations in CEE
EMS/ODM Companies:  Examples of Operations in CEE
Component Manufacturers and Distributors:  Examples of Operations in CEE

Chapter Eight: Project Logistics
Global Ranking of Logistics in CEE
TFI’s Research Respondents Ratings o Logistics in CEE
Trade Compliance
Insights on Best Regions for Logistics
TFI Recommendations for Logistics Strategies

Chapter Nine: TFI Further Predictions & Recommendations for the Region and Beyond 
CEE Region to be Critical to Global Electronics Portfolios
Decision Map for Determining How to Leverage the Region
Research Respondents’ Summary Thoughts
Next Low-Cost Centers of Manufacturing for European Customers

LIST OF TABLES

Chapter One
1.4.1 This Report’s Data and Insights, At a Glance

Chapter Two
2.1.1 Research Respondents’ Types of organizations
2.1.2 Research Respondents’ Locations
2.2.1 TFI Analysts and Consultants on this Study’s Team
2.3.1 Technical and economic abbreviations used in this report

Chapter Four
4.1.1 Relative Electronics Industry Maturity and Membership in the EU

Chapter Seven
7.1.1 Examples of Electronics Companies in each CEE Country

Chapter Eight
8.1.1 World Bank LPI scores for Eastern Europe, by Country, 2010
8.1.2 2010 World Bank LPI scores for CEE, as Compared to Other Regions

LIST OF FIGURES

Chapter One
1.2.1. Design, Manufacturing, Service, Sales, and Recycling by Country
1.3.1. TFI’s Ratings for “Ease of Doing Electronics Business” by CEE Country
1.3.2. TFI Survey Response Ratings on Logistics Dimensions of Quality

Chapter Two
2.1.1. The Headquarters locations of the Research Respondents
2.1.2. Types of Companies for which Respondents Work
2.1.3. Sales Volume of Respondents’ Companies
2.2.1. Samples from TFI’s 23-year History Tracking Global Electronics Manufacturing Strategies

Chapter Three
3.1.1. Design. Manufacturing, Service, Sales, and Recycling by Country
3.1.2. Expansion Plans, by Country, of Respondents
3.1.3. Industry sectors covered by our survey respondents
3.3.1. Eastern Europe vs. China/Asia – How do they compare?
3.4.1. Biases against Eastern Europe

Chapter Four
4.1.1. GDP per Capita for the CEE Countries. 2009
4.1.2. Relative GDP in the CEE Countries. 2009
4.1.3. Relative GDP Growth Rates of the CEE Countries. 2008-2009
4.1.4 TFI’s Ratings for “Ease of Doing Electronics Business” by CEE Country
4.6.1 Number of engineering students in tertiary education in Hungary
4.8.1 Solar Battery Production in Lithuania
4.10.1 Romania’s Exports by Country

Chapter Six
6.1.1 Component Supplier Sales Offices in CEE
6.1.2 Engineering Programs at Hungarian Tertiary Education Institutes
6.1.3 Distributor stocking and sales facilities
6.2.1 Tracking Design Wins in CEE (by component companies)
6.2.2 Methods for Generating Component Demand in CEE
6.3.1 Components and Materials Offered by Distributors in CEE
6.3.2 Sales Promotion by Distributors in CEE
6.3.3 Component-Sales Promotions Effectiveness in CEE
6.4.1 Field Application Engineering (FAE) Support in CEE
6.5.1 Barriers to Success in the Electronic Component Business in CEE

Chapter Seven
7.2.1 Sagax R&D Center in Budapest
7.4.1 Biesterfeld Silicon plant in the Czech Republic
7.4.2 Microdis Electronics Offices in Europe – particularly CEE

Chapter Eight
8.2.1 TFI Survey Response Ratings on Logistics Dimensions of Quality
8.5.1 Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Priority Axes and projects