New research from Bishop & Associates tracks more than $12.7 billion in market expansion, with huge growth in Asia. Learn what markets topped the charts. The worldwide electronic connector market expanded by more than $12.7 billion in 2025, delivering a 14.7% increase over 2024 sales, one of the industry’s stronger performances in recent years. AllRead More
Meet the Connector: Spade Connector A spade connector, also called an insulated spade terminal, is used to quickly and easily connect or disconnect a wire to a screw, lug, or battery. These simple devices provide tensile strength, thermal conductivity, and resistance to shock and corrosion. They are available with insulated housings, often color-coded, or asRead More
In 2025, the global connector industry experienced the strongest year-over-year growth since the industry made its strong comeback the year following the COVID shutdown. Bishop & Associates shares insights on the year that was and the year ahead. Bishop & Associates has just released the updated version of their Connector Industry Forecast. This eight-chapter reportRead More
The future of the electronics industry depends on quality STEM education. Connector suppliers experience this firsthand. Learn how components companies support schools and programs in their communities. Engaging kids and college students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) is important for ensuring a qualified and motivated workforce in the future. Programs that show studentsRead More
The aerospace and defense industry is being reshaped by the rapid adoption of AI and the industry-wide shift to open standards. With its 2024 acquisition of AirBorn underway, and 2025 acquisition incoming, Molex has been launched into these critical markets and their cutting-edge engineering breakthroughs. Molex has seized new opportunities in the aerospace and defense technologyRead More
Smart textiles facilitate data transmission, conductivity, and sensing while preserving mechanical strength, flexibility, and performance. By infusing conductive fibers and integrated electronic components, new wire sleeve strategies that sense and react to external stimuli enable the development of novel technologies. Thanks to advances in miniaturization, nanotechnology, and sensing arrays, conventional wire protection is evolving. InsteadRead More
Meet the Connector: IPC-620-Space Addendum IPC/WHMA-A-620 is the global industry-consensus standard for cable and wire harness assemblies; the space addendum pertains to technologies used in space and other extreme harsh environments. It defines workmanship, materials, process, inspection, and acceptability criteria. The IPC-620 Space Addendum is a specialized supplement to IPC/WHMA-A-620, the industry’s primary standard for the acceptability of cableRead More
This week’s Product Roundup highlights SMP and SMPM connectors from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. SMP and SMPM Connectors Amphenol and Cinch SMP RF connectors, available at PEI-Genesis, are miniature, high-frequency coaxial connectors known for their push-on coupling mechanism. They offer reliable connections up to 40 GHz, making them ideal for high-speed data transmission inRead More
Advanced signal conditioning and error correction have contributed to achieving channel bandwidth far beyond what was expected just a few years ago. Moving to a higher order modulation provides a pathway to achieving next generation speeds. Constantly increasing data transmission speed over a communication link has been a key enabler of achieving higher computing performanceRead More
Data centers use many methods to keep their information and communication technology equipment cool, including traditional air-cooling and newer immersion cooling methods. Article Contributed By David Beach, Market Segment Manager, Anderson Power Air-based cooling systems have been the go-to method for keeping information and communication technology (ICT) equipment cool. Often configured with hot/cold aisles forRead More
Meet the Connector: Hard Metric Connectors Hard metric connectors are a highly standardized, high-density solution for high-speed data and power transmission. The term “hard metric” refers to the exclusive use of standard metric measurements, as opposed to “soft metric” components that use metric dimensions converted from inch measurements. The highly standardized hard metric connectors areRead More
This week’s Product Roundup highlights optical backplanes from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Optical Backplanes The Amphenol R-VPX Evolution Series available at PEI-Genesis offers high-speed modules capable of 16+ Gb/s data rate transfer performance design to support the latest high-speed protocols while still meeting open VPX requirements. The R-VPX Evolution Series meets the performance requirementsRead More
