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mechanical/connector components also far outperformed expectations with actual sentiment compared to forecast sentiment coming in 15.3 and 12.2 points higher respectively.

ks in December 2021, an increase of six days from November, setting a record for the longest lead time since data tracking started in 2017, according to a report by to Bloomberg quoted Susquehanna Financial Group.

Rising material and labour costs continue to plague supply chain

PC’s January 2022 Economic Outlook report finds that supply chain challenges remain acute and have improved little from the previous month. Shortages continue to hamper production levels and lead-times remain long. Supply chain challenges will linger well into 2022, and in some instances, into 2023.

What does 2022 have instore for the electronics industry? DIGITIMES has summarised the views of several experts as:

Global semiconductor industry sales were $49.7 billion in the month of November 2021, an increase of 23.5% over the November 2020 total of $40.2 billion and 1.5% more than the October 2021 total of $49.0 billion, according to the SIA.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says the global chip shortages that have stalled some electronics manufacturing will continue into 2023, even as chip makers rush to increase production. "The overall semiconductor shortage is quite significant and the semiconductor industry...

“Fake” chips present a huge issue for manufacturing companies trying to source ICs from non-traditional channels, writes Electronic Design. Counterfeiting semiconductors has been a rapidly increasing trend, impacting a wide variety of electronics systems used by a...

As counterfeit goods continue to proliferate, packaging companies and start-ups are coming up with new ways to reduce the number of counterfeit goods making their way into the world’s supply chains, write Bridget McCrea in Source Today. In Flexible...

Worldwide semiconductor Capital Expenditure (CapEx) is on track to surge 34% in 2021, its strongest percentage gain since a 41% increase in 2017. The $152.0 billion in outlays this year would represent a new record high annual amount of spending, surpassing the...