The global industrial semiconductor industry reached $43.5 billion in 2016, up 3.8 percent year-over-year, thanks to broad-based demand across the industrial electronics equipment sector, according to IHS Markit. This growth has continued into 2017. While this is good news for industrial component suppliers, buyers will need to start closely monitoring lead times for a variety…
Electrocomponents PLC has the potential to become a $10 billion enterprise within the next 10 years but to achieve this lofty goal, the U.K.-based distributor must venture outside the electronic components market and put down big stakes in the larger maintenance, repairs and operations (MRO) market. CEO Lindsley Ruth set the stage for Electrocomponents’ transformation…
Buyers of server DRAM modules will likely face price hikes of three to eight percent in the third quarter of 2017, according to the latest data from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. The good news is the contract price increase won’t be nearly as high as in the first and second quarters of 2017, when tags…
The semiconductor forecast for the internet of things (IoT) has been scaled back due to lower revenue projections for connected cities, according to the latest update from IC Insights. However, the total market growth for semiconductors in IoT applications is still projected to grow in the double digits over the forecast period of 2015 to…
The high-tech sector can claim some of the best supply chain leaders across industries with a highly integrated approach to the supply chain. These include Apple, Cisco, and Intel. In fact, Apple ranks among the “Masters” category of supply chain leaders, introduced by Gartner Inc. in 2015. Supply chain leaders have implemented strategies that deliver…
The domestic manufacturing industry continued to expand in May as the nation’s leading production index increased 0.1 percent from the prior month. The Institute for Supply Management’s PMI reached 54.9 percent in May, marking the 96th consecutive month of industry growth. New orders, employment and inventories of raw materials also increased in May, indicating manufacturers…
Avnet Inc. had grand plans for this week but instead of hosting its scheduled annual Investors’ Day conference the top-tier distributor has returned instead to its restructuring drawing board. It must plug a projected $1 billion sales shortfall in fiscal 2018 and implement a new, global ERP project, sparking afresh concerns that the leadership may…
Strong demand, coupled with a supply shortage at the end of 2016, drove PC DRAM prices at least 30 percent higher in the first quarter of 2017, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. Buyers should expect prices to rise by more than 10 percent for both PC and server DRAMs in the second quarter before…
High-tech companies are developing leading-edge solutions to improve a variety of functions in logistics—a complex web of freight movers, third-party logistics companies and parcel delivery services. Here are a handful of companies that have recently launched logistics-related products and services: Freightos has developed an online marketplace that gives importers and exporters on-demand access to global freight services. Freight forwarders,…
An increasing demand for RF filters is reshaping the MEMS industry, according to a new report from Yole Développement. RF MEMS filters will account for the largest MEMS growth, with a projected 35 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the forecast period of 2017 to 2022. The latest ranking of top MEMS suppliers indicates…