Electronic Manufacturing

IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the December findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.

The global OLED market was nearly $3 billion in 2010. Analysts expect the market to grow to more than $3 billion in 2011 and $5.2 billion by 2016, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.6% between 2011 and 2016. In this report, learn about the global market for organic light-emitting diodes in electronic displays and lighting devices and the various technologies used in OLED.

According to a new market research report "Global Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Shielding Market (2011-2016)", the total EMC shielding market is expected to reach $3,788.86 million by 2016 at a CAGR of 7.1% from 2011 to 2016.

In this report, analysts estimate that the total market for metallic nanoparticles, nanoinks and pastes, and nanostructures will grow to around $2.0 billion (USD) by 2017. The report is the latest in the firm’s ongoing coverage of nanomaterials for electronics and energy applications which dates back to 2005.  It also detailed revenue forecasts for the materials covered broken out by application including printed circuit boards, consumer appliances, optical storage and more.

In a newly released report, industry analysts state that the conductive coatings market has morphed from a stable, established business ecosystem into a more dynamic and important growth opportunity for materials companies as new forms of electronics emerge.  The report titled estimates that the total market for conductive coatings will grow at a CAGR of about 10% from a value of $9.5 billion (USD) in 2012 to approximately $13.8 billion in 2016.

World Automotive Sensors market is forecast to reach US$20.6 billion by the year 2017. Demand for automotives sensors will be driven by recovery in GDP growth, employment rates, incomes levels and discretionary incomes, improving consumer confidence, and rise in automotive production levels.

Organic light emitting diodes (OLED) technology advanced rapidly in 2011, a trend that will continue through this decade. OLED technology has progressed in areas including organic materials, color patterning, electronic driving methods, and encapsulation. OLED display revenues are estimated to exceed $4 billion in 2011 (approximately 4% of flat panel display revenues), and are forecast to reach more than $20 billion (approximately 16% of the total display industry by 2018. In addition, OLED lighting gained momentum in 2011, and is forecast to reach revenues of approximately $6 billion by 2018.

Industry-leading manufacturers of high-speed backplane connectors are gearing up to address the emerging roadmap to higher speeds being driven by portable devices, including smartphones, tablets, and high definition video on demand. The bandwidth required to support these devices is pushing the speed of backplane connectors in routers and servers to higher levels. Industry standards organizations such as Ethernet, InfiniBand EDR, PCIe Gen3, and Fibre Channel are scrambling to create updated standards that have become the vehicle that delivers this bandwidth in a uniform and verifiable format. Faster is better across many categories that range from military to consumer products. Designers will find use for increased bandwidth, which has become the expectation in next-generation products. New connectors are in the pipeline that will continue to address higher speed and better noise margin.

Global General Purpose Electronic Test and Measurement Instruments market is forecast to reach US$4.59 billion by 2017, impelled by unrelenting demand from major end-use industries of communications, semiconductor manufacturing, and aerospace & military. Higher performance of electronic devices, device miniaturization, advancements in wireless capabilities and expanding use of PC in instrumentation are crucial growth catalysts driving market evolution. In future, T&M instruments worldwide will continue to be pushed by the need to design and develop cutting edge new generation products calibrated to meet the changing requirements of end-use markets.

IPC’s monthly survey of the North American PCB industry tracks bookings and shipments from U.S. and Canadian facilities, which provide indicators of regional demand. These numbers do not measure U.S. and Canadian PCB production. To track regional production trends, IPC asks survey participants for the percent of their reported shipments that were produced domestically (i.e., in the USA or Canada). In November 2011, 86 percent of total PCB shipments reported were domestically produced. Domestic production accounted for 85 percent of rigid PCB and 88 percent of flexible circuit shipments in November by IPC’s survey participants. These numbers are significantly affected by the mix of companies in IPC’s survey sample, which change slightly in January, but are kept constant through the remainder of the year.