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Electronics Industry Reports
December 31, 1969 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Electronics.ca Publications released "Worldwide PC Market: 1Q08 Review;" IDTechEx detailed the printed electronics market; and Frost & Sullivan examines the role medical device manufacturing plays in EMS product portfolios.
The PC market study from Electronics.ca reviews the performance of the worldwide PC market during the first quarter of 2008. It looks at the market performance of desktop and portable PCs and provides some commentary on x86 servers in major geographies, including the U.S., Western Europe, Japan, Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), and the rest of the world (ROW). Details on unit shipments, market value, and average selling price (ASP) are provided, along with a review of the competitive performance of the top PC vendors. The report's principal analyst was Doug Bell, IDC. Details are available at www.electronics.ca.
"New Strategy for Printed Electronics," from Peter Harrop, Ph.D., chairman of IDTechEx, looks at techniques such as pull-through marketing, chemistry diversification, vertical integration, and other methods for quickly commercializing segments of the printed electronics industry. Harrop pulls examples of advances in the industry from the news, such as Dow's purchase of materials supplier Rohm and Haas. The report finds that traditional business operations do not always apply in the printed electronics space, and outlines various possibilities. For the full report, e-mail p.harrop@idtechex.com.
"Growth Opportunities for SMT Equipment Providers in the North American Medical Device Industry," from Frost & Sullivan, finds that the market earned revenues of over $1.25 billion in 2007 and estimates this to reach $1.89 billion by 2014. EMS providers will be able to use experience gained from conventional markets to provide suitable solutions for medical OEMs, notes research analyst Julian Harris. The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) stringent regulatory standards deter many EMS companies from entering the market, though this trend may be waning. The decreasing size and increasing complexity of medical PCBAs remains another challenge for SMT equipment manufacturers. The effect of these technology trends on SMT assembly equipment is tracked. The report is part of the Surface Mount Technologies Growth Partnership Service program. For more information, visit www.frost.com.