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Report: Omicron Impact on Logistics “Moderate”

Despite detections of omicron and containment measures in several major Chinese port cities, the direct impact on logistics has so far been moderate, according to cargo marketplace Freightos. This is likely due to restrictions being quite targeted and the fact that no infections have occurred among port workers themselves, as was the case in Yantian…

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Sager Celebrates 135 Years

Sager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of Interconnect, Power, and Electromechanical products and custom solutions provider, celebrates 135 years in business. Sager Electronics started as a single storefront in Boston, MA in 1887, selling speaking tubes and electrical equipment, evolving and growing to become a leading distributor of electronic components in North America. “Reaching…

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Covid Disrupts Murata’s Fukui Takefu Plant

Recently, a cluster of employees at Murata’s Fukui Takefu Plant tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, TrendForce reported. Since production diversion management had been strengthened and anti-pandemic measures implemented in advance, only some categories of production capacity have been reduced or suspended and this incident has not halted production for the entire factory. The allocation…

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Freight Rates Down, Problems up in 2022

Though everyone hoped that the new year would bring steady improvement in both the pandemic and its impacts on logistics, so far, it’s more of the same. For the first week in January, cargo marketplace Freightos reported freight rates are down but problems have increased for air and ocean transit. Measures to contain recent outbreaks…

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Taiwan Earthquake Won’t Impact DRAM, & Foundry Fabs

An earthquake that was around magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale occurred off the east coast of Taiwan at 5:46PM local time on January 3, 2022. As most local DRAM and foundry fabs are located in the northern and central parts of the island, TrendForce’s latest investigations reveal no notable damages to the equipment from…

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Avnet Names Badhorn New Americas Leader for Electronics Components

Leading global technology solutions provider Avnet (NASDAQ: AVT) today announced that 23-year Avnet veteran Dayna Badhorn has been named regional president, Americas electronics components, effective immediately. In her new role, Badhorn will oversee all activities tied to Avnet’s electronics components business in the Americas and manage operations teams supporting business in the region. Badhorn most…

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Xi’an Lockdown Adds to Chip Woes

Currently, the consequences of Xi’an’s lockdown on Samsung is weighted most heavily towards the difficulty of scheduling shifts for personnel, according to TrendForce’s investigations. Due to restrictions on movement and other lockdown measures, Samsung must continue operations with limited manpower. Samsung is currently making active adjustments to reduce impact on output and the local government…

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Freight Rates Stable at Year-End

Ocean rates on the major tradelanes remained stable again this week though still extremely elevated with Asia-U.S. West Coast rates and Asia-Europe rates at about 10X the pre-pandemic norm. The expectation is that demand will increase somewhat ahead of Chinese New Year (CNY) which begins Feb. 1, so rates are likely to tick up again…

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Women in Electronics Honors Debbie Conyers

The “WE Recognizes” Award was created to acknowledge and celebrate women who have demonstrated outstanding achievement within the WE goals to Empower, Advocate, Develop, and Celebrate women in the Electronics Industry. Prior recipients were Heather Fulara from Newark/Avnet (2019) and Holly Good from Cornell Dubilier (2020). Debbie Conyers was selected as this year’s WE Recognizes…

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ROHM to Add Manufacturing Plant in Malaysia

ROHM CO., LTD. and ROHM Wako CO., LTD. today announced plans to build a new production facility at its manufacturing subsidiary in Malaysia, ROHM-Wako Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (RWEM) to increase production capacity of analog LSIs and transistors due to growing demands. The ROHM Group continues to work on expanding production capacities at its own…

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