For Western Europe, the prospects of slower consumer spending and reduced investment comes at a time when the electronics industry is already facing significant pressure as it realigns its manufacturing base to the full impacts of a global market. In 1995, Western Europe accounted for 21% of global electronics production. By 2000, this had fallen to 18% and in 2010 was estimated to be around 12% as manufacturers looked to reduce costs by moving volume production from high-cost to low-cost locations.

Cost pressures have also resulted in a change in the electronics manufacturing landscape in Europe . Volume production previously undertaken in Western Europe and which has not been transferred to China, has re-located to Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) where the benefits of an extended European Union, lower wages and the close proximity to the market provide significant advantages. Hungary , Poland and the Czech Republic have in the past been the beneficiaries but are already facing increasing competition from emerging countries such as Slovakia , Romania , Bulgaria and the Baltic States , a preferred location for Scandinavian companies.

Looking at the broader European level the share of electronics production accounted for by Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) will increase throughout the period to 2014. In 2005, CEE accounted for just under 15% of overall electronics output. By 2014, RER forecasts that the total will be approaching 27%. By segment industrial will increase its share of the total although this will remain below 10% by 2014. In contrast, CEE will account for nearly 50% of computing production and over 80% for consumer (over 90% for consumer video).

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