January 15, 2013 – The consumer cable assembly market grew 2.1% in 2011 to $6 billion, after increasing 30% in 2010. Although sales were down slightly for the market in 2012, profits are down dramatically for the OEMs. It begs the question, where is the edge of the cliff for this industry?
October 2012 – The instrumentation market should grow slightly in 2012, driven by wireless communications and semiconductors. Bishop and Associates’ Dave Pheteplace explains the trends to date this year and what you can expect heading into 2013.
September 2012 – For the companies in the industrial market that Bishop tracks, 2011 was a year that showed 11.9% growth for the sector.
August 2012 – Dave Pheteplace, Bishop & Associates, looks at growth from 2010 through first quarter 2012 in the transportation market.
The telecom industry continues to experience better growth than other market sectors due, in good part, to the world’s insatiable appetite for mobile subscriber technology, particularly smartphones. According to Gartner, smartphone manufacturers shipped 472 million of the devices in 2011 and they now compose 31% of the cellphone market. This is a 58% increase fromRead More
