Profitability Killers (Price Erosion + Rising Raw Material Costs) In Part 2 of the 10-year snapshot of the connector industry, Ron Bishop looks at price erosion and rising material costs. A sharp decline in demand will automatically produce a decline in profits. We experienced that in 2001, 2002, and 2009 when connector sales declined -18.9%,Read More
Demand Falling for Backplane-Based Systems Let’s face reality, folks: The demand for backplane-based systems is falling like a refrigerator down an elevator shaft (as is the demand for copper-based backplane connectors). There are several logical reasons for this precipitous decline, and a set of laws that explain why this is happening. But first, we haveRead More
January 21, 2014 Must-Have Electronics From CES 2014 When the CES show opened this month in Las Vegas, I thought it might struggle to outdo some previous shows, which displayed several blockbuster new products. Last year was an example of a somewhat flat year, and there was no reason to expect that this year wouldn’tRead More
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10-Year Snapshot of the Connector Industry The phrase “significant change” doesn’t adequately describe what happened in the connector industry over the past 10 years. Specifically, between 2003 and 2013, the connector industry: Experienced roller coaster swings in connector demand, setting new industry records for declines and increases Suffered the worst price erosion in decades, followedRead More
Readers Choice for 2013’s Top 10 New Cable Assembly Products Cable Assembly Supplier featured many new products in 2013, both from large manufacturers to smaller, niche suppliers. We chose the top 10 based on readers’ views, and not surprisingly, the list shows a mix of cables, assemblies, and wire processing machines. TE Connectivity’s SHF-260 HighlyRead More
January 2014 By Joseph D. Cornwall, CTS-D, Lastar Inc. This article is excerpted from a white paper entitled, “5 A/V Technologies That Will Define the Next 5 Years.” To read the white paper in its entirety, please visit C2G online. Lastar’s Joseph Cornwall explains why DisplayPort interfaces will be one of the five technologies toRead More
This article is excerpted from a white paper from Hewlett-Packard. To read this white paper in its entirety, visit HP online. January 2014 USB 3.0 Performance Advantage of up to 10 times USB 2.0 This introduction to USB 3.0 technology illustrates its capability to deliver the throughput needed for high-bandwidth external I/O applications. USB 3.0Read More
Will consumer market sales pickup again in 2014 and 2015? Bishop tracks 11 companies in the consumer market sector. For the full year 2012, these companies’ combined consumer market sales grew 4.5% year over year and had collective revenues of $475.9 billion. Growth in the consumer market, as measured by Bishop, has been tepid inRead More
A new highlight component for industrial RJ45 connectivity is the Y-ConJack-6* series. This new category 6A (Cat 6A) jack enhances the Yamaichi Y-Con RJ45 product range. The new RJ45 Y-ConJack-6* series is designed to transmit 10G Base-T and fulfills the stringent Cat 6A ISO/ IEC 11801 standard. Furthermore, the series is the first Cat 6ARead More
Binder-USA eight-pin X-coded connectors added to the M12 product family. Binder-USA eight-pin X-coded connectors have now been added to the M12 product family. With Binder’s X-coding features, it is now possible to transmit up to 10Gb/s for industrial applications. The high bandwidth is guaranteed by isolating the four pairs from one another with an X-shapedRead More
Amphenol Circular Thermoplastic Connectors Use AT Contact Technology Amphenol Industrial Global Operations has enhanced its AT Circular (ATC) thermoplastic connectors by incorporating Amphenol’s AT contact technology. These upgraded connectors mate with a positive reverse bayonet retention system and can withstand current up to 13A. Sealed and rated to 125ºC, Amphenol’s ATC connectors are ideal forRead More
