TDK announced yesterday that it will raise its consolidated revenue target from 1.34 trillion yen to 1.42 trillion yen this year, mainly due to the upgrade of smartphone and vehicle electronization improves the sales of high end MLCC. From the last quarter’s financial report released by TDK, the demand for automotive MLCC was extremely strong,…

Driven by automotive demand, Japan’s six major electronic component manufacturers Murata, TDK, Kyocera, Nidec, Alps Electric and Nitto Denko continue to grow, in the past three months Sales increased by 7% to approximately 1.69 trillion yen compared with the same period of last year. This is the eighth consecutive quarter of continuous growth. Sales exceeded…

In the past two years, when Japanese and Korean manufacturers adjusted their product mix, the market demand for passive components gradually increased, leading to shortages and price increases for passive components. The products mainly involved MLCC (multilayer ceramic capacitors) and R-Chip (chip resistors). The biggest price increase is the high-end MLCC products with small size…

According to OEM industry insiders, the supply of MLCC currently is not as tight as before, and the overall supply situation tends to ease. Although it is not certain whether the passive components will increase in the fourth quarter, at least the tension has been eased. For these OEM, it is a good thing that…

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