An already-tight electronics supply chain will get squeezed even more thanks to the negative effects of Hurricane Harvey. Even as a second hurricane was bearing down on the U.S., domestic manufacturers were preparing for prices and deliveries to be significantly impacted over the next three months. Hurricane Harvey struck a significant blow to the Houston,…
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…
Portions of the electronics industry are applauding a policy shift toward the so-called “conflict minerals” rule that requires publicly traded U.S. companies to disclose the use of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3TG) sourced from war-torn regions of Africa. Acting Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Michael Piwowar has directed agency staff to reconsider how companies…
TDK Corporation today announced they have added new extended range capacitors to their CeraLink™ PLZT ceramic (lead lanthanum zirconate titanate) capacitor line of products. The announcement was made at the Electronica 2016 trade show in Munich, Germany. The low profile (LP) types of CeraLink capacitors for SMD soldering are now available with a voltage of…
Buyers can expect lower average selling prices (ASPs) and short lead times for passive components, including capacitors, inductors, and resistors, heading into the second half of 2016. One of the key contributors to pricing and lead time trends is weak demand across several market segments. The ECIA released the global passives sales results for the…
RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc(LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, has vastly extended the range of capacitor technologies available from stock to customers worldwide, leveraging its new global agreement with TDK Corporation. TDK Corporation is a leading electronics company. Its portfolio includes electronic components, modules and systems, power supplies, and magnetic application products as well…
Fountain Inn, S.C. – AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has released a new, interactive Medical Selector Guide that features industry-specific summary information about its portfolio of electronic components for Class I, II, and III medical devices, including: tantalum and ceramic capacitors, thin film products, connectors, EMI filters and feedthroughs, SAW filters,…
Greenville, S.C. – KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading global supplier of electronic components, has boosted its solutions capabilities by adding high-quality ferrite inductors to its expanding line of passive electronic components. Ferrite inductors are a natural complement to KEMET’s capacitor core competency. Capacitors and inductors work together in various parts of electronic circuits. They can be used in electronic…
Greenville, S.C. – KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) Net sales for the quarter up 3.8% to $183.9 million compared to the prior quarter ended December 31, 2015. Gross margin for fiscal year 2016 of 22.2% compared to 19.4% for the prior fiscal year 2015. Cash Balance as of March 31, 2016 of $65.0 million up $21.8 million from December 31, 2015…
Menlo Park, Calif. – Capacitor Sciences has developed patent-pending materials to create nano-structured crystalline thin films. When used as the dielectric material in a capacitor, these materials create high performance capacitive energy storage cells that are capable of producing 10X the energy density and 100X the power density of lithium ion batteries, at a significantly…