The buyer’s market for high-brightness LEDs will continue in 2021
While demand for high-brightness LEDs will grow this year, availability will remain high and prices will decline because of overcapacity. Oversupply, overall weaker demand from key customer segments and declining prices resulted in a 10 per cent decline in the high-brightness LED (HB-LED) market in 2020 as total LED revenue…
Decade of fighting counterfeits
Lansdale Semiconductor’s president, R Dale Lillard and Electronic Components’ president, Rich Nadeau, highlight how 10-years of effort has reduced counterfeiting problems. Counterfeits began to increase in the 1990s and 2000s, primarily through purchases from brokers and distributors sourcing components on the internet. The largest market was long-life applications where the…
2021: sidestep supply chain uncertainty
TTI’s director of supply chain solutions, Ben Lasoi, and supply chain solutions manager, Mike Pearre, discuss how to alleviate pain points buyers may face in the coming year. After a turbulent and uncertain 2020, no doubt many people are hoping the new year will be much smoother. Yet, while we’re…
The Automotive Semiconductor Shortage – An Accident Waiting to Happen?
By David Loftus, ECIA President & CEO (Electronic Components Industry Association) Recently the news channels and financial press have been filled with stories and articles about automotive manufacturers around the world shutting down production lines due to shortages of semiconductors, the electronic marvels that power everything from your smartphone to…
PCB predictions for 2021
Cambridge Circuit Company’s joint owners, Mark and Guy Sanford explore the impact of the pandemic, post-Brexit trade and mineral prices on UK PCB supply. Words such as lockdown, border controls and tariffs have crept into our vocabularies and look like they’ll be here for some time. At Cambridge Circuit Company…
Galco Industrial Electronics Introduces Allison Sabia as New Chief Executive Officer
Galco Industrial Electronics (Galco), an industrial electronic components distributor, announced that Allison Sabia has been appointed as its new Chief Executive Officer as of February 1, 2021, replacing long-time CEO Mike Conwell, who is retiring. Ms. Sabia joined Galco as President and Chief Operating Officer in November 2020, bringing with…
