With the rapid development of electronic information technology, the update speed of digital electronic products is getting faster and faster. The production and sales of consumer electronic products mainly include flat-screen TVs (LCDs and PDPs), laptops, digital cameras, etc., continue to grow, driving the growth of the capacitor industry.
In recent years, with the development of downstream markets, capacitor demand has shown an overall upward trend. In 2016, the global capacitor market size reached US$20.3 billion, and is expected to reach US$20.9 billion in 2017.
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Capacitors have many manufacturers and brands all over the world. For Japan, in fact, there are relatively more famous countries in the famous manufacturing industry and electronics industry. Not only that, it is actually an important trade exporter for semiconductors and electronic components around the world.
In 2017, many passive components were in stock. In addition to the overall market demand exceeding supplier expectations, it is also because many whole machine manufacturers are not sure about the development trend of passive component products and technologies, and lack forward-looking in early design and component selection, resulting in passiveness in procurement.
Taking chip multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) as an example, there are several main reasons for the shortage:
1. The overall market has increased, and the demand for basic components such as MLCC has increased accordingly;
2. Due to the maturity and popularity of SMT technology and the cost advantage over the wafer ceramic capacitors, MLCC has increased its replacement of traditional capacitors, and the demand for MLCC has increased;
3. The demand for MLCC in mobile digital products has increased significantly compared with traditional desktop products, resulting in tight supply of MLCCs in large and large capacity.
△Email from suppliers
But why is there a shortage of supply this year in the off-season? For details, please click on the link on the right ☞MLCC supply and demand are tight, and passive components have begun to laugh at the out of stock of . The Japanese system has made "purchase limit" for Japanese capacitors. It is said that if you have orders, please cherish it!
△Industry personnel notified
However, the agent received a notice from Murata's factory that due to the shrinking market demand, Murata needs to reduce the production capacity of the following series of products and transfer it to the current mainstream small-sized products.
△Internal email notification of agents
Due to the impact of raw materials being reduced by European and American control, the price of capacitors has been rising all the time. There has not been any news of the original factory expansion plan yet. Therefore, this hot topic is expected to continue this year, and the price is likely to continue to rise, and the delivery time is also extended. In fact, in addition to the hot spot of tantalum capacitors, there are also ceramic capacitors, inductors, and magnetic bead products, and demand is expected to continue to grow significantly in the next year.
capacitors can be said to be the world of the Japanese people. If you do well, they are all Japanese brands. top ten Japanese capacitor brands
1, Black King Kong , accounting for 22% of the world
Japanese electrolytic capacitor well-known brand, and is also the world's largest aluminum electrolytic capacitor manufacturer. It is commonly known as Black King Kong in China, and it is also called Japan Chemical, Guimigong, Jiameigong, etc. NIPPON CHEMI-CON is abbreviated as NCC, commonly known as Black King Kong Japanese capacitor, a first-tier brand, and has the leading technology.
is currently ranked first among the top five electrolytic capacitor manufacturers in the world. Its production scale or technical strength are leading the trend of the electrolytic capacitor industry, making electrolytic capacitor continue to move towards the goal of longer life, higher trust, higher efficiency and lower cost, and continue to lead the development of electrolytic capacitor products such as long life, high ripple resistance, low impedance Low ESR and Polymer solid-state capacitors.
2, Nichion, accounting for 17% of the world
Nichicon (Nichicon), commonly known as sapphire capacitor, was established in 1950. It is one of Japan's three largest capacitor manufacturers and has always been the world's leading position in the field of global capacitor technology. Especially in the global field of "electrolytic capacitors" technology, it has always been the world's leading position.With more than 50 years of development, it has so far owned 18 domestic and foreign manufacturing companies, 14 sales companies, and large corporate communities that have been listed across the country with multinational stocks (1428.6 billion yen, equivalent to RMB: 202.7274404 billion).
Before, Nichicon as the main capacitor may have been seen in some power supply products such as Delta. Nowadays, Nichicon is mostly used in hardware devices such as motherboards, graphics cards and sound cards. For example, major manufacturers such as Gigabyte , ASRock , etc. like to use Nichicon capacitors as an important part of their motherboard materials.
3, Rubycon, accounting for 13-14% of the world
Rubycon is a electrolytic capacitor manufacturer, established in April 1952. This is one of the three largest capacitor manufacturers in Japan. Its products are mainly aluminum electrolytic capacitors and plastic film capacitors. It has always been a leading position in the field of global electrolytic capacitor technology. The famous DIY motherboard brand upgrade has used ruby capacitors widely in its products.
4, Panasonic , accounting for 10% of the world
PANASONICh (PANASONIC) should have heard of the name. PANASONIC has strong electrolytic capacitors and ceramic capacitors. However, Panasonic's high-end products are mainly tantalum solid polymer capacitors, so they are rarely used in general hardware. In addition, Panasonic's electrolyte capacitor GOLD (gold capacitor) series is also very famous.
5, ELNA
World-class electronic components manufacturer, has a long history in the capacitor production industry. It mainly produces electrolytic capacitors and supercapacitors , especially in the audio field. ELNA began to study supercapacitors as early as the nineteenage years in the 1990s. After nearly 20 years of experimentation and promotion, it has now become one of the few mature manufacturers in the world that can produce supercapacitors in large quantities. Its technology and quality are in the world's leading position, and it is widely used in smart gas meters, electricity meters, water meters, UPS power supplies, wind power generation, and solar photovoltaics.
6, Murata Capacitor
Murata Manufacturing is a world-leading manufacturer of electronic components. Murata Production’s customers are distributed in PC, mobile phone, automotive electronics and other fields. With the continuous intensification of competition in the consumer electronics field, the speed of product renewal is accelerating. As an upstream electronic components supplier, being able to understand customer needs at any time and even develop updated products before customers has become the key to the continuous growth of Murata Production's business. Continuously launching new products is the source of competitiveness of Murata Productions, while continuous launching of products with market demand is the guarantee for its performance to maintain growth.
Murata chip capacitor uses mobile phones, Bluetooth headphones, car-mounted speakers, IC modules, LCD displays, USB flash drives, remote controls, digital modules, electric games, etc., electronic appliances, and widely used electronics.
7, Sanyo ( Sanyo )
Sanyo (Sanyo)'s position in the electrolytic capacitor industry is similar to Samsung's position in the digital home appliance industry. The types of capacitors and output R&D technology level are among the best in the industry. From the perspective of performance alone, Sanyo may not be the highest-end brand, but from the comprehensive evaluation of production scale, supply capacity, quality control capability and R&D level, Sanyo is definitely the leader in the capacitor industry today.
8, Chmicon
Chemicon is Japan Chemical Industry. The outer skin of the Chemicon capacitor is not marked with the manufacturer, but the corresponding product models will be famous on the side of the capacitor. The KZG, KZJ, KZE and other series of capacitors that are common on graphics cards and motherboards are Chemicon products. The riot-proof pattern of this series of capacitors is very similar to the logo of Mercedes-Benz, which is easy to judge.
9, OKAYA
Okaya (OKAYA) provides display tubes such as plasma light display panels that enable people to communicate smoothly with computers. Convert information into beams - Now Okaya also invests the technical strength accumulated in previous years into other electronic products. The developed electronic components such as capacitors and various electronic machines are well-known in Japan and overseas.
10, TDK
TDK is a famous electronics industry brand and has always occupied a leading position in electronic raw materials and components. In 1935, he founded Tokyo Electric Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.The main products include capacitors, inductors, transformers, radio frequency devices, optical devices, electromagnetic interference suppression devices, power modules, sensors and other electronic components.
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