What to Expect in the 2025 Semiconductor Supply Chain?

In April, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced that quarterly revenue increased 17% in the first quarter of 2024, exceeding analysts’ expectations. The reported boom continues a trend in better-than-expected sales, signalling that the end of the global slump in the chip market may be in reach. Though many anticipate chip inventory rebalancing and normalisation come…

The European electronics industry risks falling behind

The European electronics industry risks falling behind Key segments of the EU’s electronics manufacturing industry are set to decline – undermining Europe’s security, industrial resiliency, and global competitiveness. A recent analysis by IPC reveals Europe’s increasing reliance on foreign regions for electronics manufacturing in critical and strategic sectors such as aerospace and defence. Even with…

RECORD 2023 GROWTH FOR EUROPEAN EMS MARKET

Originally published by electronics-sourcing.com on 17.April. 2024 RECORD 2023 GROWTH FOR EUROPEAN EMS MARKET In this article, IPC Electronics Europe presents purchasing professionals with the key takeaways from in4ma’s Annual Survey of the European EMS Industry 2024. As revealed by an annual survey conducted by in4ma and sponsored by IPC Electronics Europe, the European electronics…

WHERE HAVE ALL THE PRODUCTS GONE?

The production of electronic components is a capital-intensive venture. Likewise, the industry is also fast-moving, with new product introductions and obsolescence notices a daily, if not hourly, occurrence. Thus, until supply chain AI reaches critical mass, the industry will always be plagued by ‘cycles’ of supply and demand mismatch. In fact, if the cycles are sinusoidal,…