Traditionally, the Industrial sector has represented only a small portion of total semiconductor sales. According to SIA/WSTS End Use data, semiconductor sales to the Industrial market comprise only 12% of total semiconductor revenues. In addition, the Industrial sector traditionally grows at a comparably slow, steady rate. From 2010 to 2015, the Industrial sector experienced a…
IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the December 2016 findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales growth in December was solid while the PCB book-to-bill ratio slipped to 0.98. Total North American PCB shipments in December 2016 were up 5.9 percent compared to the same month last year.…
While the mantra of the high-tech industry is constant change, the types of changes our industry has been facing just this month are far outside the norm. The burning business and industry questions are not about volatile market cycles but what happens when ideology meets manufacturing reality along the global supply chain. There are, to…
“Trust, but verify” is derived from a Russian proverb. Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously applied this term with regards to nuclear disarmament. As with any negotiation, achieving a sustainable supply chain is possible with the right balance of “trust and verify”. However, market forces and leverage alone, do not bring about trust. Shared values…
The combined revenue of the top 25 semiconductor vendors increased by 7.9 percent in 2016 compared with 2015, while the total global market increased by only 1.5 percent, reaching $339.7 billion in 2016, according to Gartner Inc. The top 25 semiconductors, led by Intel, which maintained its number one position for the 25th consecutive year,…
Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), the global distributor for engineers, has announced the appointment of Steve Newland as President, Allied Electronics. He will join Electrocomponents on 7 February as a member of the Executive Management Team, reporting directly to CEO Lindsley Ruth. As President, Steve will be responsible for driving transformational and profitable growth in the…
Thanks to several emerging technologies and lower average selling prices (ASPs), the fingerprint sensor market is poised to make some big gains in the consumer segment. The fingerprint market is forecast grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19 percent from 2016 to 2022 in the consumer segment, reaching $4.7 billion, according to…
Avnet Inc. reported sales of $4.3 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2017, ended December 31, 2016. Sales increased 3.4 percent from the year ago quarter in constant currency. Organic sales fell 2.9 percent in constant currency. The acquisition of Premier Farnell, which was completed in October 2016, was validated in the second quarter…
Amazon shook the electronics distribution industry when it entered the b2b components space. Now Amazon’s move into the ocean-shipping business has logistics companies rattled. The ocean freight business has been in turmoil since late last year when South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping Co., which accounted for about 3 percent of shipping containers globally, filed for bankruptcy.…
Mouser Electronics, Inc., constantly improving how customers can browse and search for products, announces a new way to visually find and select the right products on its industry-leading website,Mouser.com. With a few simple clicks, Mouser customers can now find product information via Images, as well as by Datasheets or by Newest Products — in addition to searching for products through the site’s parametric Product Search. The Images…