Market & Supply Chain

CAP-XX announced it will acquire CAP-XX licensee Murata’s supercapacitor production lines, relocate them from Japan to a new factory in...

Taiwan-based inductor maker Cyntec will see its capacity increase by 40% in early 2020 when its new production lines become...

OSAKA, Japan-Panasonic Corporation announced that it will transfer the semiconductor business mainly operated by Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd., which...

A production building that had been under construction since October of last year has been completed at Murata Manufacturing Co.,...

Kyocera Corporation (“Kyocera”) announced today that it has made a proposal to a special committee of the board of directors...

German component distribution shrinks by 12.6% in third quarter 2019 (according to FBDi e.V.). Orders are declining. Berlin, 25 November...

Some electronics purchasers think the movement to 5G networks and handsets and a lack of extra capacity could result in...

Nikkei Asian Review published an interview with Murata's president Tsuneo Murata with comments to the actual market development. Murata market...

DigiTimes magazine published an interview with Yageo chairman Pierre Chen about synergy between Kemet and Yageo under announced acquisition. Taiwan-based...

Yageo’s acquisition of Kemet will result in $3-billion powerhouse in the IP&E market. The move will expand both companies’ global...