Industry Insights

Industry Insights

API integration & ordering experience survey

We’re gathering insight from electronics procurement and engineering professionals on their experience using Avnet’s digital ordering and quoting systems – specifically API integration. This short survey will take no more than 5 minutes to complete. Your responses will help build a clearer picture of how API connectivity is performing across the industry, where friction points

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Industry Insights Market Analysis

Power SiC device market worth $11Bn by 2031

Yole Group announces the release of its new annual Power SiC 2026 – Markets and Applications report, providing a comprehensive analysis of the global SiC industry, from materials and wafers to devices, applications, supply chains, and technology developments. Today, artificial intelligence is driving an unprecedented demand for power in data centres. Meeting these requirements will

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Digitalisation Industry Insights

Is AI the answer to electronics supply chain collaboration?

Products are becoming smarter, more connected, and more complex. But supply chains are stuck in silos, with isolated data, and in tools that aren’t up to today’s demands. At PCIM 2026, Inga Schwarz, OEM Growth Lead at Luminovo, delved into AI’s role for optimised collaboration in the electronics supply chain, and how LLMs need to

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Europe must turn semiconductor ambition into industrial reality

The European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) welcomed the European Commission’s publication of the Tech Sovereignty Package, including the Chips Act 2, as an important next step toward strengthening Europe’s technological resilience and industrial competitiveness. The renewed focus on industrialisation and demand creation will help set the right framework conditions. Building on the foundations of the

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Profits hit new high at discoverIE

An eventful year at discoverIE Group ended with sales up 5% to £443.3 million and profits up 1% to £61 million. Orders grew 5% organically for the year, strengthened by a 14% rise in the fourth quarter. Sales rose 2% organically for the year aided by a 5% advance in the fourth quarter. To propel

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Hotspot: USA

In recent decades, the United States semiconductor industry has faced both triumph and turmoil, proving that when it comes to chips, the stakes are never just small potatoes. From the mid-20th century, when America dominated global chip production, to today’s complex landscape, the story of US semiconductors is one of innovation, competition, and national security

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Industry Insights Market Analysis

Momentum to scale: DigiKey’s optimism grows

Fresh off a record-breaking year, DigiKey’s executive team took the stage at the EDS Leadership Summit in Las Vegas for their annual breakfast, delivering a confident, data-driven outlook on the semiconductor market and the distributor’s evolving strategy. Mike Slater, Vice President of Global Business Development, and Dave Doherty, President of DigiKey, shared results that validated

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Industry Insights Market Analysis

The forces reshaping the electronics industry

At the TTI Family of Specialists executive breakfast at the 2026 EDS Leadership Summit, against the backdrop of a record-setting year for TTI, keynote analyst Alex Chausovsky delivered a comprehensive assessment of the forces reshaping the electronics industry. Three themes dominated: the escalating impact of the Middle East conflict on global supply chains, the entrenched

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Supplier Spotlight: MEMPHIS Electronic

MEMPHIS Electronic was founded in 1991 in Germany by Peter Nitschke and Thorsten Wronsky, a clever businessman and a passionate engineer. Peter saw the opportunity in electronics distribution when PCs had become widely used, and memory was a widely sought-after upgrade to improve performance, and in Thorsten, he found the technological expert to bring his

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Industry Insights Market Analysis

Industrial batteries, traceability, and semiconductors in 2026

In 2026, AI will drive the most advanced industrial battery projects. Grid‑scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), factory microgrids, ports, warehouses, and heavy machinery fleets now rely on AI‑enabled electronics to hit efficiency, safety, and sustainability targets and to satisfy tightening regulations in Europe and North America. From a semiconductor analyst’s perspective, industrial batteries now

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