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Passive and Interconnecting Electronic Components market to display lucrative growth

Interconnecting components market displays lucrative growth

The passive and interconnecting electronic components market is predicted to display lucrative growth across all regions over 2020-2025, with North America the dominant market due to the prominence of players in the country.

These predictions come from The Passive and Interconnecting Electronic Components market report from Market Study Report, which you can request a sample of. The report delivers a rigorous analysis of the market, examining the main growth drivers and restraints, as well as opportunities for revenue cycles.

The passive and IEC markets are forecasted to experience a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 3.1% from 2020-2025, with the US market expected to reach $32.3 billion by 2025, up from $28.6 billion in 2020.

Key players in the industry include:

  • ABB
  • API Technologies
  • AVX Corporation
  • ST Microelectronics
  • 3M Electronics
  • Fujitsu Component
  • American Electronic Components
  • Hamlin
  • Eaton Corp.
  • Datronix Holding Ltd

As the world gets smarter and demand for passive and interconnecting electronic components increases, small players will also take a bigger role. Trade barriers caused by geography will need to be overcome to meet demand, fuelling an explosion in growth across all developed markets, from Europe to Asia Pacific.

What is fuelling growth?

While the report provides in-depth analysis of factors that will fuel growth, we don’t want to tread on its toes, so we’ll provide a simpler analysis.

The reason the passive and interconnecting electronic component markets are going to experience significant growth over the next several years is because of industry tailwinds and technological advancement. Given today’s technological innovation, it’s no wonder that demand for all types of electronic component is soaring.

Disruptive new technologies, rapid advancement in existing technologies and the adoption of smarter, more connected devices, is fuelling unprecedented demand for everything from passive components to chips.

For example, in 2021, manufacturing of passive components could see an 11% increase, but demand is likely to exceed 15%.

Making supply meet demand

There has been a lot of talk about how the next great technological cycle will fuel growth for the semiconductor industry, but it’s important to recognize that chips are nothing but silicon and metal without other components like passives and IECs.

While supply for some components like display drivers is ticking along, there is a global shortage for other components like active, passive and electro-mechanical components, putting manufacturers in a compromised position.

The shortage for some IECs and passive components is expected to last several years, so making supply meet demand will be a challenge in the near future.

To make supply meet demand, suppliers and manufacturers will need to partner with well-connected distributors. Electronic component distributors are the best-connected players in the supply chain, linking sellers with buyers and vice versa.

Sourcing and allocating shortage electronic components is something that we specialize in at Lantek. We help source components that are impossible to find, helping to keep supply chains moving and manufacturing plants going.

With the passive and interconnecting electronic components market set to soar, planning is essential to make supply meet demand and capitalize on growth.

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Is There a Passive Component Shortage?

Is There a Passive Component Shortage?

Is There a Passive Component Shortage?

Passive components include resistors, inductors, capacitors and transformers. They are among the most abundant electronic components in the world, but demand could start to outstrip supply this year in some industries.

To help you grasp the exponential growth of the passive component market, the market was valued at USD 30.98 billion in 2020 and is estimated to reach 39.59 billion by 2026 (Mordor Intelligence). That research cites the automotive industry as the key industry driver and Asia-Pacific as the biggest growth market.

Fact is that the world is getting more technologically advanced. Demand for passive components is only going to increase. You could draw a line now and skip five years from now. The line would shoot up. We’d bet money on it.

A short history of passive components

In 2017, a major surge in demand for standard passive components coupled with raw material shortages led to strained capacity. Resistors and transistors were badly needed, and suppliers were quoting 20-30 weeks.

In 2019, demand balanced out, and for the first few months of 2020 demand and supply were perfectly balanced. Then the COVID pandemic hit.

COVID-19 caused supply chain problems as component manufacturers scaled down operations. Meanwhile, as industries absorbed the effects of COVID-19, demand increased, and this put the industry in a sticky situation.   

Today, demand for passive components has never been higher. The predicted softening of the market some people made in 2020 has not happened. 2021 is set up to be a boom year for passive components. This could cause shortages.

Why is demand so high today?

The reason for this high demand is investment in new technology. Whether it’s electric cars and charging infrastructure, 5G infrastructure, wireless backhaul, IoT or UAVs, demand for certain components is increasing and factories are struggling to keep up.

The good news is that with increased demand comes new investment in factories and manufacturing output. The risk is that the demand for passive components outstrips supply by such an amount that innovation stagnates.  

We don’t think this will happen. However, this may force manufacturers to turn to outdated, legacy components. They can get away with this during prototyping. However, consumer-facing products will need the newest components. This will require a good supply of passive components in 2021 and beyond.

To meet this challenge, inventory management is key. However, sourcing components among fierce competition is a difficult task. You can be outbid and outmanoeuvred when sourcing components. This makes who you know key.

How to deal with the passive component shortage

If 2021 does bring about a passive component shortage, it’s a good idea to have an electronics component supplier like us.

With large stock holdings, global distributor reach, and a sophisticated electronic component search database, Lantek Corporation can find and deliver day-to-day, shortage, hard-to-find components, and obsolete electronic components.

You can buy passive electronic components with confidence from us. Get in touch if you would like a chat about how we can help you. Our team specialises in sourcing electronic components and we work with all manner of customers.