Sourcing enclosures for medical electronics
Medical devices must face punishing working conditions without showing signs of wear. OKW explains how to get the enclosure sourcing right. Patients don’t want to be treated with medical equipment that looks past its prime. They expect it to look spotless all day, every day, no matter how old it is. The enclosures housing these devices must be exemplary: smart, modern, robust and tamperproof. They should also be resilient so they continue to look new for as long as possible. Unlike ‘nine-to-five’ office equipment, medical electronics must: withstand the hard knocks of frontline clinical care; be used 24/7/365 by a…
Buyers guide to batteries
In this article, Newark looks at battery purchasing considerations, plus factors impacting the shipping of end devices. Batteries vary by…
Lithium-ion batteries to engulf market
Transparency Market Research suggests bills-of-materials will increasingly be including cloud-based battery management systems as lithium-ion captures the renewables market. Cloud-based…
Making manufacturers more efficient
Hitaltech explains how a chance meeting helped a customer reduce hassle, labour, storage and costs. In 2016, Energy Technology and…
The Impact Chinese New Year 2021 Will Have on The Electronics Industry
Chinese New Year usually falls somewhere between the end of January and the middle of February. Next year in 2021,…
Think, make or serve
It’s been an interesting 55-years. Like many children of the ‘60s, I was born into a manufacturing economy. As the…
Industry 4.0: manufacturing’s supernova
John Denslinger argues Industry 4.0 is a manufacturing supernova on Earth, both for industry and the people enabling its transformation….
Distributors expect a rebound in business in Europe in 2021
While European distribution sales will end 2020 declining, most distributors believe business will bounce back next year as demand increases…
Rochester Electronics Partners with CalcuQuote
Integrating product data through industry-leading software that significantly improves EMS quoting and supply chain processes. Rochester Electronics, the world’s largest…
Box clever
Mouser’s vice president, EMEA marketing, Graham Maggs explains how state-of-the-art automation is driving efficiency improvements in its warehouses and distribution…
Microchip Announces Microcontrollers that Solve Tough Analog System Design Challenges
Sensor-based Internet of Things (IoT) applications rely on a combination of analog functionality and digital control capability to meet a…
The Impact Chinese New Year 2021 Will Have on The Electronics Industry
Chinese New Year usually falls somewhere between the end of January and the middle of February. Next year in 2021, it is set to commence…
Think, make or serve
It’s been an interesting 55-years. Like many children of the ‘60s, I was born into a manufacturing economy. As the years ticked by this was…
Industry 4.0: manufacturing’s supernova
John Denslinger argues Industry 4.0 is a manufacturing supernova on Earth, both for industry and the people enabling its transformation. The fourth industrial revolution was…
Distributors expect a rebound in business in Europe in 2021
While European distribution sales will end 2020 declining, most distributors believe business will bounce back next year as demand increases from automotive and industrial segments….
Industry 4.0: manufacturing’s supernova
John Denslinger argues Industry 4.0 is a manufacturing supernova on Earth, both for industry and the people enabling its transformation. The fourth industrial revolution was underway long before the pandemic…
Domino effect on manufacturing
John Denslinger explores a decade of falling dominoes, each impacting the supply chain and driving manufacturers to explore significant changes to their global strategies. A domino effect is produced when…
Seeds of change
Made in the USA was once the preferred branding for manufactured products. It signaled high quality, American ingenuity and skilled jobs for citizens. Following the post war re-build of Japanese…
Acceleration of digital life
John Denslinger sees Covid-19 as a catalyst for significant and rapid change regarding the digitisation of our lives. For more than a decade we have imagined a digital world where…
Everyone is essential to recovery
In this article John Denslinger argues the best solution to a sustained recovery is a marketplace where all economic activity is seen as essential. Essential versus non-essential must be one…
Distributors expect a rebound in business in Europe in 2021
While European distribution sales will end 2020 declining, most distributors believe business will bounce back next year as demand increases from automotive and industrial segments. The European electronics distribution business…
Some independent distributors see sales increases because of pandemic
Component demand from “essential” industries such as medical OEMs have boosted sales for independent distributors. Independent distributors say they have seen healthy demand and robust sales increases despite the slowdown…
Power supply production in China starts to get back to normal
Supply of AC-DC converters and DC-DC modules should not be a problem for buyers as production of power supplies has resumed. Buyers can expect normal lead times, ample availability and…
Distributors grow inventory to win new business
Some distributors have increased inventory levels of new and old components as well as components that are in short supply. Some electronics distributors have been aggressive about increasing inventory levels…
Weaker demand and falling prices
However, the analog chip market will bounce back in 2021 as both demand and prices increase. Buyers can expect declining prices for analog ICs for the rest of the year…
Microprocessor market will bounce back
MPU demand will rebound in 2020 resulting in higher tags for processors used in computers and a return to sales growth Weaker demand and oversupply will result in the global…
Buyers can expect 30-week lead times and higher tags to continue for MOSFETs – by James Carbone
Chipmakers are increasing production, but it won’t be enough to reduce lead times until the fourth quarter at the earliest Semiconductor manufacturers are adding more capacity of metal oxide semiconductor…
Expect Less Price Erosion For MCUs By James Carbone
More stable prices and continued strong demand from automotive, Internet of Things and industrial segments will drive MCU sales growth for the next five years Semiconductor purchasers can expect continued…
