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2010

  • May 2010 - Passive Component Industry Magazine

    Table of Contents:

    • An Update To The Capacitor Industry Forecast For The June 2010 Quarter
    • Capacitor Lead-Times Continue to Stretch in May 2010
    • Raw Material Price Index For Passive Components Declines In May 2010
    • Top Capacitor Vendors Show Mixed Results in March Quarter
    • Alcatel-Lucent Blames Component Shortage As Reason For 18.1% Revenue Decline In Q1 2010
    • Ferro Announces Restructuring of European Dielectrics Business
    • Murata Expects Non-Ceramic Capacitors To Generate More Than $200 Million in Sales By 2013;
    • Industry Representatives Discuss Tantalum at the U.S. Department of State
    • RF Micro Devices Expands Foundry Services Offering to Include Integrated Passive Component Technology
    • Murata Develops 0603 Ceramic Chip With 10 Microfarad Capacitance
    • AVX Develops First “C” Case Tantalum Chip With Conductive Polymer Cathode at 35 Vdc
    • AVX Develops First “C” Case Tantalum Chip With Conductive Polymer Cathode at 35 Vdc
  • April 2010 - Passive Component Industry Magazine

    Table of Contents:

    • Passive Component Lead-Times Continue To Increase
    • AVX Grows 10% In March Quarter; up 35% Year-on-Year
    • Yageo Reports 68% Increase in Year-On-Year First Quarter Sales
    • Littelfuse Raises 1Q Forecasts
    • ECA Reports Leap in March Component Orders
    • New Tantalum Study Reaffirms Looming Metal Shortage
    • Stillwater Mining Publishes “The Case For Palladium”
    • Noventa Resumes Tantalum Mining Operations in Mozambique
    • Resistor Manufacturers To Raise Prices
    • Tokyo University of A&T Develops Li-Ion Capacitor
    • Murata Develops ±0.5% Tolerance Chip NTC Thermistors
    • Murata Launches Polymer Aluminum Capacitors
    • Vishay Introduces New Ultra-Small Case Size Thin Film Resistors
    • Vishay’s New Wet Tantalum Capacitor, Offers Industry’s Highest Capacitance
    • KEMET Unveils Advanced Industry-Focused Product Search Capabilities
    • TDK-EPC Inductors: Thin-film CM filter with Integrated ESD Suppression
    • NEW Market Research Reports On The Passive Components Industry
  • March 2010 - Passive Component Industry Magazine

    Technology Update:

    • Intel Voices Concerns Over Quality of High Capacitance Ceramic Chip Capacitors
    • AVX Says Embedded Capacitance Ready For Mass Production
    • Kemet Describes Development of New PHS Tantalum Capacitors
    • NASA Studies Studies Polymer Aluminum Capacitor Construction

    Raw Materials Update:

    • H.C. Starck Reacts To Reversal of Price Trends in Raw Materials
    • Ram Resources To Buy Tantalum-Niobium Project in Greenland
    • Ethiopia Sells $47 MM Worth of Gold and Tantalum In First Half of 2009

    Business Update:

    • KEMET Announces Consolidation of Ceramic and FE Business Groups
    • Yageo Grows 44.6% Y-O-Y in February 2010
    • Walsin Technology Corporation Reports February Sales of NT$ 2.709 Billion

    New Products Developments:

    • Bourns Adds New Ultra-Low Capacitance Thyristor Surge Protectors
    • TDK-EPC Introduces Power Capacitor Chip For DC-Link Circuits In Electric Vehicles
    • DKN Research Develops Integral Passive Materials
    • New Surface Mount Inductors From Gowanda
    • AVX Expands TransGuard® Series to Include High Voltage 1210 Varistor

    Market Research Update:

    • New Market Research Reports On The Passive Component Industry

    Letter From The Publisher: Time To Worry About Extending Lead Times

  • February 2010 - Passive Component Industry Magazine

    Business Update:

    • AVX Revenues Up 7.9% In December Quarter
    • Kemet: December Sales Surge of +15.3% Quarter-To-Quarter
    • Vishay Sales Up 15.5% Quarter-To-Quarter
    • Taiwan Passive Component Index Up 156% Year-On-Year
    • Capacitor & Resistor Technology Symposium: New Orleans March 15-18th
    • Cabot Corporation Grows 11.3% Quarter-To-Quarter; Tantalum Sales Up 32.4%
    • Murata Manufacturing Revenues Increase 1.3% Quarter-To-Quarter; Capacitor Sales Up 6.4%
    • Nichicon Revenues Increase 7.4% Quarter-To-Quarter
    • TOKO, Inc. Inductor Sales Flat Quarter-To-Quarter
    • KOA Corp., Grows 13.3% Sequentially in The December Quarter
    • Capacity Limitation Results in Stagnant Quarter at SEMCO
    • Littelfuse Revenues Grow 10% Quarter-To-Quarter

    Market Research Update:

    • Ceramic Capacitors: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2009-2014
    • Discrete Inductors: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2009-2014
    • Linear Resistors: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2009-2014
    • Capacitors: World Market Outlook: 2009-2014
    • Circuit Protection Components: World Market Outlook: 2009-2014

    New Products And Materials:

    • AIST Japan Develops Capacitor Dielectric Material
    • Stamford Researchers Develop Carbon Capacitor Materials for Clothing
    • Composite “Supercapacitor”From The Imperial College London
    • ABB Wins Capacitor Contract In the United Arab Emirates
    • Murata Introduces Soft Termination Capacitors
    • SBE Partners with Fulton Innovation
    • New High-Precision Bulk Metal Foil Resistors From Vishay
    • Ipdia Launches R&D Program For Integrated Passive Devices
    • AVX Expands MIL-Spec SMPS Capacitor Line
    • TDK-EP Introduces SMD PTC Thermistors With AEC Q-200 Qualification
    • Bourns Develops New Series of Thin Film Chip Fuses

    Letter From The Publisher: An Unusual and Lopsided Recovery

  • January 2010 - Passive Component Industry Magazine

    Business Update:

    • Littelfuse: December Sales Surge of +10% Quarter-To-Quarter- Revises Guidance Upward
    • Vishay: December Sales Surge of +12% Quarter-To-Quarter- Revises Guidance Upward
    • Ruthenium Price Up 89% Since November
    • ETI Buys Arizona Capacitor
    • TTI Adds Honeywell Sensing and Control
    • Hereaus Acquires Lord Metech Thick Film Product Line

    Academic Update:

    • Capacitor & Resistor Technology Symposium: New Orleans March 15-18th
    • University of Kentucky To Build Capacitor and Battery Research Facility
    • Fiftieth General Assembly of The Tantalum Niobium Conference Ratifies Artisanal Mining Policy

    Product Update:

    • Murata Develops The Thinnest Capacitor in the World! 50 µm Thick Ultra-Low Profile Capacitor
    • Toko, Inc., Succeeds in Developing Next-Generation Highly Efficient Coiled Power Inductor
    • KEMET Extends Its GR900 High Reliability Ceramic Capacitor Series
    • AVX’s Tantalum Capacitors Offer Industry’s Lowest ESR Ratings
    • Novacap Offers High Temperature Detonator and Pulse Energy Capacitors
    • Vishay Adds Streaming Video About Inductors To Its Website

    Market Research Update:

    • Alcoa Bellweather: 2010 Growth Depends On China
    • New Market Research Reports in Passive Components
    • Intel Results Point Toward Recovery in Global PC Market

    Application Updates:

    • New Patent Reveals Apple’s Vision of Capacitance Touch-Screen Technology
    • Citizen Unveils New Range of Capacitor Powered Watches
    • Question of The Month: Can Bread Disable a Capacitor?

    Letter From The Publisher: 2010 Market Outlook

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