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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Roos, Gina

Titel

Recovery builds for resistors, capacitors

Ist Teil von

• Purchasing, 2004-08, Vol.133 (13), p.57

Ort / Verlag

Boston: Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

Nexis Uni

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Growing global demand from several end market segments including computers, consumer electronics, medical and wireless communications is driving price stabilization for passive components. Most leading passive component suppliers say the rate of price declines has slowed, and for some products where leadtimes are extending, buyers should expect pockets of price hikes. Rising demand coupled with price increases translates into a growth market for passive components in 2004, say industry analysts and suppliers. Researcher Frost & Sullivan forecasts that the global capacitor market will grow to $13.13 billion in 2004, up from $12.4 billion in 2003, and the resistor market will reach $2.27 billion, up from $2.17 billion in 2003. Although suppliers say there is increased demand across the board from several vertical markets, they expect much of the growth to come from the cellphone market. There are also strong indications that the telecommunications infrastructure market is starting to pick up.