Passives Articles by
Paumanok Publications

11.03.2008dotclearPassive Components: Market Outlook for 2009
In this edition of MarketEye, Dennis Zogbi explains how the economy and negative journalism are affecting the passive component industry.
 
10.13.2008dotclearBreakthrough in Surface Mounting Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
In this edition of MarketEye, Dennis Zogbi explains a new method for mounting aluminum electrolytic capacitors to printed circuit boards and how it may impact the entire passive component industry.
 
09.08.2008dotclearThin Film Chips: The Next Big Thing in Resistance
Paumanok Publications, Inc. has been monitoring a global trend to design in more thin film chip resistor components instead of the traditional thick film solutions employed for the last 25 years. In this edition of MarketEye, Dennis Zogbi explains why this trend will grow into a multimillion dollar market over the next five years.
 
07.28.2008dotclearPassive Electronic Components: 2008 Mid-Year Review
CY 2008 has proven to be a difficult time for regional economies and specific end-use segments, but the fundamentals remain healthy. In this installment of MarketEye, Dennis Zogbi shows how specific forecasts made by his company, Paumanok Publications, at the beginning of the year are now playing themselves out as anticipated but with a few additional eye-opening surprises.
 
06.30.2008dotclearTantalum: A Hard Rock Road Ahead?
Passive component analyst, Dennis Zogbi discusses how new developments in the tantalum capacitor supply chain have created concern about potential price increases for the specialty dielectric. Raw materials suppliers to the tantalum capacitor industry have indicated they cannot mine ore profitably at current levels to satisfy demand from the high tech economy.
 
06.02.2008dotclearCapacitors: Costs to Produce - 2008
In this MarketEye article, passive component analyst Dennis Zogbi attempts to help the reader understand the finer points with respect to the variety of costs associated with production of capacitors by type and dielectric.
 
05.05.2008dotclearCircuit Protection: An Easy Sell
The supply chain for circuit protection devices is ultimately driven by the consumer’s direct experience with lightning and electro-static discharge. In this article, Dennis Zogbi looks at the current state of the global circuit protection components market in 2008.
 
04.07.2008dotclearCircuit Protection Component Demand by Technology Platform: 2008
In this article from Dennis Zogbi of the Paumanok Group, he looks at circuit component technology and compares the value of component shipments by technology platform and makes some assumptions based upon the available data.
 
03.10.2008dotclearNew Developments in Passive Electronic Component Techonology: 2007-2008
Passives guru, Dennis Zogbi, discusses the 2007 investments that were made by suppliers in ceramic, electrolytic, paper, and plastic capacitor products as well as discrete resistors and inductors. His findings suggest that most developments focused on the extension of voltage handling capabilities and greater product performance.
 
02.04.2008dotclearSafety Capacitors: Market Overview and Outlook - What are Safety Capacitors
Passives guru, Dennis Zogbi provides an extensive overview of the safety capacitor product market in this edition of TTI’s MarketEye.
 
01.07.2008dotclearThe 2008 Market Outlook for Passive Electronic Components
Passive component analyst Dennis Zogbi takes a look at the markets, technologies, and opportunities that will shape demand for passive electronic components in the coming year in this edition of TTI’s MarketEye.
 
12.03.2007dotclearNew Methods for Eliminating Counterfeit Passsive Components: 2007
In this edition of MarketEye, Dennis Zogbi discusses the challenges and implications of counterfeit passives in the electronic component industry. He also reviews some suggested ways to help reduce the amount of counterfeit parts in the industry.
 
11.05.2007dotclearBuy Your Customer and Build a Better Product
In this edition of MarketEye, Dennis Zogbi discusses the impact recent acquisitions will have on future product development in the passive component industry.
 
10.15.2007dotclearOutlook for Plastic Materials in the Capacitor Industry: 2007-2014
In this edition of MarketEye, Dennis Zogbi provides a detailed analysis on plastic materials and what they are primarily used for. He also provides an outlook that predicts how they will affect the capacitor industry over the next seven years.
 
09.17.2007dotclearOpportunities for Passive Components in Heavy Trucks and Tractors: 2007-2010
In this edition of MarketEye, Dennis Zogbi discusses how innovation and government regulations have rapidly expanded the transportation market. For more information on this market, view TTI’s free webcast at ttiinc.com/marketeye.
 
07.24.2007dotclearPassive Component Markets in the Americas: Status Report - 2007
In this MarketEye article, Dennis Zogbi provides a detailed overview of passive consumption in the Americas for fiscal year 2007.
 
05.07.2007dotclearResearch & Development Spending in Passive Components: A Competitive Analysis: 2007
Approximately $962 million was spent on research and development in the global passive components industry in fiscal year 2007, or on average, approximately 4.1% of the combined revenues of the global capacitor, resistor and inductor industries. There is a direct correlation between higher operating profits and greater dollar value spending on research and development. Research and development spending is primarily in three areas- high capacitance ceramic capacitors, conductive polymers for cathodes in aluminum and tantalum capacitors, and ultra-small case size component development and integration in all 17 component sub-types in the capacitor, resistor and inductor industries worldwide.
 
04.09.2007dotclearPassive Component Market Outlook: 2007-2011
This MarketEye installment takes a look at specific dynamics of the economic equation that will determine future growth for passive electronic components for the next five years. The primary concern expressed here is the loss of profitability due to higher raw material costs amidst substantial capacity expansion.
 
03.05.2007dotclearWill MLCC Prices be Going up in April 2007?
On Feb. 15, 2007, JFE Mineral, the largest supplier of nickel electrode powder to the global multilayered ceramic capacitor industry, with an estimated 60% global market share, announced they were planning to raise prices to their multilayered ceramic chip capacitor customers beginning April 1, 2007 (which is the beginning of the fiscal year for capacitor manufacturers in Japan and coincides with when materials contracts are renewed). JFE Mineral supplies the majority of nickel electrode powder materials to Murata Manufacturing, TDK Corporation, Taiyo Yuden and Panasonic Electronic Devices and many other MLCC manufacturers around the world. This has raised the question globally as to whether or not the global MLCC manufacturers will be able to pass this cost onto the consumer or let it impact their operating margins.
 
02.05.2007dotclearTantalum Supply Chain Update: 2007
In this edition of MarketEye, passive component guru, Dennis Zogbi provides market information on tantalum and discusses how it will affect the tantalum capacitor industry.
 

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