Not surprisingly, Asia-Pacific is the largest market for LEDs in the world. The market in this region features aggressive expansion of production facilities by manufacturers as well as investment in infrastructure, according to a report by ApacMarket.com. The Asia-Pacific LED market is expected to reach $35.79 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 15.7% during…
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There is no doubt that distributors continue to face the same challenges year after year – rising costs, eroding margins, currency fluctuation, and the global economy. However, in 2014 market conditions slowly started to improve. There was a gradual improvement in the global economy and some increased capital spending. Overall, the supply side was well…
DetailsThe North American (NA) distribution industry has posted a five percent increase in revenues after experiencing two years of flat growth. Although distributors faced several challenges, including price pressure, currency fluctuation, and margin erosion, a stronger global economy and higher demand from several market segments, including industrial and medical, buoyed the entire industry in 2014.…
DetailsNorth American (NA) revenue for the top 50 distributors in 2014 has turned upward after two years of flat growth. NA revenue increased $1.4 billion or five percent, reaching $31.7 billion in 2014, up from $30.3 billion in 2013, according to the Electronics Purchasing Strategies (EPS) survey of the electronic components distribution industry. In 2012,…
DetailsAfter a buying spree in 2014, technology deals in the first quarter of 2015 signal a return to the middle market amid the decline of megadeals and deal values, according to PwC’s US Technology Deals Insights Q1 report. Looking ahead in 2015, the big deals with the highest growth potential are expected to be in enterprise software,…
DetailsThe semiconductor industry appears to be firing on all cylinders, experiencing good demand across multiple industries including automotive, communications, industrial, medical, and the emerging Internet of Things (IoT). The top 20 semiconductor manufacturers increased sales by nine percent in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of last year, according to the…
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In the context of the supply chain, the term “fraud” could mean many things: intentional financial errors; misrepresented inventory levels or outright fake products. More than one quarter (28.9 percent) of supply chain professionals polled by Deloitte Financial Advisory Services said their organizations experienced supply chain fraud, waste or abuse during the past 12 months.…
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It’s a classic dilemma for suppliers: prices decline more rapidly than manufacturing costs. Currently, display manufacturers are facing a squeeze as shipments of five-inch full-high-definition (FHD) mobile phone panels declined by 34 percent last year while manufacturing costs fell only 14 percent, according to IHS. Smartphone prices continue to fall, according to the researcher, so…
DetailsSan Francisco, Calif. – The AllSeen Alliance, a cross-industry collaboration to advance the Internet of Everything through an open source software project, today announced that Canon Inc. has joined as a premier member. By joining the AllSeen Alliance, Canon will help advance the AllJoyn open source project as the common framework used by devices, services and apps within…
DetailsTDK Corporation presents the EPCOS FilmCap Service Life Calculation Tool – an attractive new tool for supporting online design. The integral database contains about 250 EPCOS film capacitors from the B3267* and B3277* series for the DC link circuits of converters. This powerful tool enables as many as 10 load profiles to be entered at…
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