ECIA is pleased to announce that Carol Parnell, Littelfuse and Dan Carey, Farnell have been named the environmental compliance advisors to the Global Industry Practices Committee (GIPC). ECIA’s GIPC recently established these advisory positions to enable ECIA members to gain better awareness about regulations that substantially affect the electronic components industry with the acceleration of…
DetailsThe Electronics Representatives Association (ERA) has announced that its board of directors elected new national officers for the 2021-2023 term during its March 4, 2021, meeting. They are: chairman of the board – Chuck Tanzola, CPMR, of the Fusion Sourcing Group; president – John O’Brien, CPMR, of Coakley, Boyd and Abbett; senior vice president /…
DetailsPropelled by a 50 percent share of IDM sales and a 64 percent share of fabless sales, U.S. companies captured 55 percent of the total worldwide IC market in 2020, IC Insights reports. Regional market shares of IDMs (companies operating wafer fabs), fabless companies, and total IC sales were led by U.S. headquartered companies in…
DetailsA new IPC study, Digital Directions, Greener Connections, finds the electronics manufacturing industry has largely withstood the negative effects of the COVID pandemic and is poised to help drive Europe’s economic recovery and resilience, especially if anticipated government decisions take a supportive approach. The study highlights the importance of electronic systems, especially those embedded into…
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Even in the most challenging of economies, electronics companies design new products. Component makers and distributors that assist OEMs with their designs stand to benefit from high margins or volume orders once an item reaches mass production. Catalog distributors that specialize in low-volume, high-mix design and engineering orders, such as Mouser Electronics, weather market volatility…
DetailsWorldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $466.2 billion in 2020, an increase of 10.4% from 2019, according to final results by Gartner, Inc. “Memory, GPUs and 5G chipsets led semiconductor growth, driven by hyperscale, PC, ultramobile and 5G handset end-market demand, while automotive and industrial electronics suffered due to lower spending or a pause in spending owing to COVID-19,” said Andrew Norwood, research…
DetailsSager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of Interconnect, Power, Electromechanical, and Thermal solutions and provider of value-add solutions, today announced the addition of PUI Audio to its line card. PUI Audio is a global leader in innovative audio solutions. “Sager Electronics is an excellent fit for PUI Audio’s extensive portfolio of innovative audio products…
DetailsDigi-Key Electronics, which offers the world’s largest selection of electronic components in stock for immediate shipment, announced that it has secured a global distribution partnership with ArkX Laboratories to offer their Advanced Far-field Voice Capture AFE module and development kit for voice-enabled IoT products. The Advanced Far-field Voice Capture AFE module and development kit outperforms…
DetailsManufacturing Market Insider, a newsletter specializing in the EMS (electronics manufacturing services) industry, has released its annual MMI Top 50™ list of the world’s largest EMS providers. In 2020, Top 50 sales accounted for $384 billion in revenue – an increase of $17 billion from 2019. MMI mainly tabulates its ranking information through an annual…
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Beginning in the second quarter of 2021, LCD panel prices have kept increasing. Vendors expect that high prices will continue for at least 6 months. There are a lot of manufacturers of LCD modules but there are only a few LCD panel or LCD glass manufacturers in the world. The reasons are: In order to…
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