James East, Wurth Electronics

In this episode of That Engineering Chat EDS takeover, Nicole chats to James East, the managing director for the UK and Ireland of Wurth Electronics UK. James has been with the German company for twelve and a half years and studied electronics at university. The company itself is 30 years old and has had 25 of those years in the UK. Wurth Electronics UK is an electronic component manufacturer which is set apart from the rest as it manufactures themselves and supplies directly. Nicole and James talk about the increase in lead times for certain products and the need to look at the supply chain carefully and work closely with customers to understand demands. Wurth Electronics UK are a headline sponsor of EDS this year and are happy to see that the footfall is on par with previous years, despite the concerns over Covid. Nicole and James chat all things from the potential for our podcast equipment to go wireless to hotels in Coventry! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.