EMEA High-Tech Industry Update: July to September 2009

This IDC Manufacturing Insights quarterly update analyzes the business environment and trends for the high-tech manufacturing sector in Europe (EU27 + EFTA countries are considered in the analysis) in 3Q09.

In this report we have chosen to underline the main trends, industry news, and IT contracts inked in two subsectors:

• High-tech OEM
• Semiconductor and components

This update covers the following:

• Analysis of trends in the high-tech manufacturing sector, based on our global performance index (GPI), which tracks growth metrics of more than 800 publicly traded global firms in the manufacturing industry
• Industry news with significant impact on the European high-tech manufacturing industry
• Analysis of ICT investment directions in Europe's high-tech manufacturing sector, including an outline of the major ICT contracts that were signed