Optimising global growth potential
The Enics Group is a leading global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider. The company helps industrial OEMs to optimise their value chains and improve their competitiveness through increased productivity and greater reliability. Philip Yorke takes a closer look at a hugely diverse and successful company whose world-class offering is creating a greener, more efficient and more cost-effective world.
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nics is the partner of choice for professional electronics companies in the fields of energy, industrial automation, transportation, building automation and instrumentation. It is one of the top EMS providers in the world and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Today the company employs more than 3000 people spread across eight manufacturing plants in Europe and Asia. The company was founded in 2004 as a result of a management buyout of Elcoteq’s Industrial Electronics division, however Ahlstrom Capital of Sweden is the main owner of the company. The year it was founded Enics started a new production plant in Elva, southern Estonia, where the company is now the largest employer. 120 Industry Europe
Innovation and acquisition driving sales The meteoric growth of Enics is largely a result of its commitment to innovation and the strategic acquisition of synergistic companies. For example, in 2005 Enics acquired Altronix of Sweden and in 2006 the company’s Beijing facility was officially inaugurated. Other strategic acquisitions included the takeover of electronics activities from ABB of Switzerland, as well as purchasing the assets of Nova Dubnica of Slovakia. The company also established a major out-sourcing office in Hong Kong in 2008. In 2009 it acquired the Industrial Electronics Services division of Sweco, Finland and in 2012 began operations in Suzhou, China.
