DRAM buyers continued to face tight supply and rising prices in the second quarter of 2017 with no relief in sight in the second half of the year. Pricing for DRAMs is expected to remain on an upward trend, while production capacity expansion will be limited in the second half of 2017. Suppliers are expected…
Lead times for power discrete semiconductors, including MOSFETs, diodes, rectifiers and thyristors, have stretched significantly in 2017 due to increased demand particularly from automotive and industrial applications, according to market experts. For some devices, lead times have stretched to 24 to 30 weeks. Diodes, rectifiers, and low- and high-voltage MOSFETs are currently posing the biggest…
Players in the electronic components industry agree that sales have increased steadily in the first half of 2017. Strong demand across all sectors, particularly industrial automation and automotive, has led to increased lead times across several component segments. ECIA’s latest North American distribution report for the first half of 2017 indicates that lead times for…
The Avnet Inc. that just closed fiscal 2017 is significantly different from the Avnet of a year ago. Following a rollercoaster ride of M&A, executive turnover and internal-systems challenges, Avnet ended Q4 with sales up 16.1 percent year-over-year. Driven by organic growth of 8.4 percent, Avnet’s Q4 revenue reached of $4.6 billion from $3.9 billion…
It’s been awhile since global distributors have touted their component fulfillment services in lieu of design. However, with some component lead times extending into Q1 2018, OEMs would be “a little more comfortable” with more inventory, said one channel executive. “Customers are largely getting what they want,” Mike Long, CEO of global distributor Arrow Electronics…
Electronics component distributors and online aggregators could get a bigger piece of the sourcing pie for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts if they meet the government’s criteria for online marketplaces. COTS components have been available for decades as a way to reduce costs in military and aerospace applications and shrink the sourcing cycle time. Now the government…
The pace of growth in the U.S. manufacturing industry moderated a bit in July as new orders and production scaled back from June levels. Nevertheless, the U.S. manufacturing sector continues to expand: the nation’s leading factory index, the Institute for Supply Management’s PMI, registered 56.3 percent in July, a decrease of 1.5 percentage points from…
I have always strongly recommended folks should get out and support your community by being on a nonprofit board. It’s great for you physically and mentally, wonderful for your company brand as a representative, and in most cases you will make a difference. When you join, most nonprofits will share a list of things you…
TTI, Inc., an interconnect, passive & electromechanical (IP&E) component specialist, is on a new mission to give the market an alternative to buying semiconductors from broadline distributors. As part of this undertaking, TTI recently acquired privately-held Symmetry Electronics, a U.S.-based semiconductor distributor, building on its core principal of specialty distribution. TTI’s family of distributors has…
Continuing its acquisition strategy to expand in several key markets, Littelfuse Inc. recently acquired U.S. Sensor Corp., headquartered in Orange, California. The company is a manufacturer of thermistors and probe assemblies used in temperature sensing applications. The acquisition is part of the Littelfuse’s new five-year corporate strategy to double its sensor platform by 2021. “This…