The latest figures from IDEA reveal signs of unusual market conditions for electronic components distributors. Each month the International Distribution of Electronics Association (IDEA) collates the statistical data reported by its member associations throughout Europe, which it consolidates before publishing the figures as headline information.

The responses from commercial organisations and governments following the COVID-19 pandemic and the current levels of vaccination scepticism on the part of our European neighbours has been met with a curious mixture of relief and concern from many people for whom the ultimate outcome could be critical. Even after the UK rollout of the various inoculations many people will still fall ill and some will unfortunately die. This puts the loss of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a significant impact on the European Distributor Total Available Market (DTAM) in Q4’20. Consolidated returns from member companies in the International Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA) reveal that average European ‘bookings’ improved significantly in Q4’20 when compared to the previous quarter but ‘billings’ continued to slide in the period.

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a significant impact on the European Distributor Total Available Market (DTAM) for electronic components market trends. Consolidated returns from member companies in the International Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA) has revealed that average European ‘Bookings’ improved slightly in Q3 ’20 when compared to the previous quarter but European ‘Billings’ in the period...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the European electronic components Distributor Total Available Market (DTAM) in Q2 ‘20, Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the International Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA)has reported. Consolidated returns from the association’s member companies reveal that average ‘Bookings’ declined significantly compared to the previous quarter.

The past few weeks have seen the judiciary hand down a number of interesting legal rulings that will have an impact on the use of Intellectual Property (IP) in the global electronics industry. Much of underlying current in the ongoing trade war between the US and China is related to IP, as are the concerns surrounding the potential acquisition of ARM by Nvidia.

The COVID-19 Pandemic had a significant impact on the European electronic components DTAM (Distributor Total Available Market), according to Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the International Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA).

The first half of 2020 has been ‘eventful’ for the UK electronic components market to say the very least. As a result, the outcome turned out to differ greatly from the forecast released by members of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) in December last year with the aim of providing the electronic components markets, its customers and investors with a balanced and evidence based analysis.

In their forecasts at the end of last year Leadership Group members of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) and International Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA) predicted that our industry might have to contend with a number of fairly major political upheavals in 2020, as the US steps up export regulations again. Many these upheavals could seriously restrict growth in the global electronic components markets,

The European electronic components Distributor Total Available Market (DTAM) emerged from a technical recession and returned to growth in the first quarter of 2020, reported Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the International Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA).

The European electronic components Distributor Total Available Market (DTAM) continued to decline into the fourth quarter of 2019, Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the International Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA), has repoted. 

The European Distributor electronic components Total Available Market (DTAM) continued to decline in the third quarter of 2019, Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the International Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA), has reported. 

The European Distributor electronic components Total Available Market (DTAM) has unexpectedly declined in the second quarter of 2019, according to the report here from Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the International Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA). 

Disregarding a potential buffeting from Brexit and tariff wars, industry association ecsn/AFDEC is forecasting the UK and Ireland distribution market will grow 5.9% to £1.47bn in 2019, representing 44% of the Components Total Available Market (TAM) of £3.28bn.

Sales revenues across electronic component markets in the UK, Europe and most international countries are continuing to demonstrate solid growth. Economists are putting the current situation down to 'all boats rising with the tide' brought about by the exponential pervasiveness of tech-based goods in our daily lives. In this article Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the ecsn provides an insight into the sector’s latest economic data and advises or...

  The European electronic components distributor total available market (DTAM) continued to grow in Q2 2018, Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the International Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA), has reported.

Members of the professional community the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) collaborate each year to produce an accurate annual forecast for the UK electronic components market. They predicted that 2018 was 'likely to be another challenging year' and with extended manufacturer lead times, strong growth in new applications, more mergers and acquisitions, a potential trade war and the dreaded 'A' and 'B' words it seems...

  In this article, Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) and International Distribution of Electronics Association (IDEA) - provides an insight into the issue of electronic components and examines the possible implications for electronic components markets.

A positive sales performance in January has enabled distributors in the UK and Ireland to start 2018 in fine fettle. According to the figures released by the afdec leadership group within the Electronic Components Supply network (ecsn) the consolidated total Monthly Billings in January 2018 leapt 21% when compared to the previous month and increased by 14.5% when compared to January 2017.

Latest sales figures released by the manufacturer authorised distributor (afdec) group within the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) reveal that a slowdown in semiconductor sales prompted a ‘flat’ overall total monthly Billings result in December ’17 compared to the same month 2016, and a 7% decline when compared to November ’17.