Neways doubles down on defense business

Anticipating strong growth in defense technology in the upcoming years, Neways Electronics is renaming its Smart Mobility business unit to Defense & Mobility. Furthermore, the Son-based EMS specialist has established a task force to be able to quickly respond to customer requests and rapidly scale up solutions. The task force is led by chief commercial officer Michiel van der Maat, former vice chair of the Netherlands Defense and Security Industry body (NIDV), who has previously worked in various defense-related roles at Fokker Technologies.

“The urgency is high and Neways wants to help where it can. There’s a great need for an effective and sizeable Dutch and European defense industry given geopolitical developments, while capacity is often still low. To quickly scale up the industrial defense ecosystem, we connect with key market players and ministries of defense. To our partners, Neways brings extensive experience with the industrial participation obligations involved in major European defense projects,” comments CEO Hans Büthker of Neways.