Analysis

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 ...

Recovery in automotive industry and sustained momentum from food sector will be key to industrial robots recovery in 2021, a new edition of the report on Industrial Robots by an ESOMAR-certified marker research and consulting firm has found. According to the study, demand for industrial robots witnessed a deceleration in 2020, however, as economic recovery has commenced, manufacturers can look forward to opportunities to emerge.

“Water, water everywhere nor a drop to drink.” Distributors must know how the Ancient Mariner felt. They are buoyant on an ocean of orders; it’s sourcing the product to slake the thirst of their customers that’s the problem.

Molex has released results of a global survey of decision makers from telecom carriers exploring the 'state of 5G' and the significant transformational opportunities it presents, along with its impact on deployment progress, current delivery challenges and emerging business prospects. Overall, carriers are optimistic: more than half of those surveyed expect to deliver substantial end-user benefits within two to five years while 47% reported that ...

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.

Additively manufactured electronics is an emerging approach that takes printed electronics into the third dimension. Printing both structural material and conductive traces offers benefits that include extensive design freedom, rapid development iterations, and more compact devices.

Digital transformation is one of the hottest topics in every industry, and as consumers are eagerly adopting increasing amounts of digital tech, electronics, and IT players have a unique opportunity to impact more industries than ever before. To help guide innovation in this booming space, Lux Research released its annual report, 'Foresight 2021: Top Emerging Technologies to Watch.'

The European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) has announced that European semiconductor sales reached to $3.453bn in January 2021, an increase of 6.4% versus the same month one year ago. This represents a two percent increase compared to the December 2020 total of $3.370bn.

Just as members of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) predicted in October last year lead-times currently being quoted by manufacturers of electronic components have stepped out, in some cases exacerbated by escalating prices and delayed shipments: According to the association’s Chairman Adam Fletcher, the pendulum of demand and supply in our industry is currently arcing wildly in the direction of tight supply, and with little ...

Creative industries are under huge pressure caused by the pandemic. For the SMB sector, there’s never been a greater need to cut costs and futureproof themselves against further economic uncertainty in the coming months. We want to share an example of one British creative technology business which has just released a case study exploring how it pivoted towards a more cost effective IT infrastructure.