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During a recent visit to London, Tim Carroll, Global Head of Digital Business at DigiKey, met with Electronic Specifier and Procurement Pro’s Paige Hookway to discuss the company’s current performance and future direction. Carroll described the first quarter of 2025 as relatively subdued, with economic and political uncertainty – ranging from newly formed governments to
The long-anticipated meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, has sparked cautious optimism across global markets. Both leaders described the encounter as ‘constructive’ and ‘historic’, though much of the market reaction points to a tactical pause rather than a structural reset in the world’s most powerful economic
Nexperia’s addition to the BIS Entity List and China’s export controls have sparked a global supply chain crisis. Automakers face looming chip shortages as the Dutch and Chinese governments clash over control. What we know right now It all happened so fast. In the span of a few weeks, Nexperia went from a modestly sized
In its new report, Automotive Computing and AI 2025, Yole Group analyses the technological and market forces redefining vehicle intelligence, safety, and connectivity. The automotive industry is accelerating into a new era of intelligence, and semiconductors are at the heart of this revolution. Yole Group’s latest report, Automotive Computing and AI 2025, provides a comprehensive
The Dutch government has taken control of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned semiconductor manufacturer based in the Netherlands, following a ruling by the Dutch Enterprise Chamber and amid escalating geopolitical tensions surrounding technology and trade. After an emergency hearing on 7th October 2025, the Enterprise Chamber provisionally concluded that there were “valid reasons to doubt sound management”
“The EMEA market continues to be in freefall,” says Dan Ford, Vice President, Sales, EMEA at Farnell. “There are no data points that give optimism,” said Jon Baxter, Sales and Marketing Director, Solsta. “It’s a distribution market that is still very sluggish,” notes Nigel Watts, Managing Director, Trailing Edge Technologies. “Never experienced anything like it,
TTI, Inc is a specialist distributor of electronic components with a global footprint and a strong focus on interconnect, passive, electromechanical, and discrete (IP&E) components. Founded in 1971 by Paul Andrews in Fort Worth, Texas, the company began as Tex-Tronics – a small operation committed to serving the unique needs of electronics manufacturers. Andrews recognised
There are numerous factors that contribute to the success or otherwise of an organisation’s sourcing strategy; choice of suppliers, logistics, legal structures, industry, people, markets served, location, and more. Relationships with these ‘influencers’ are usually well established, having evolved over time as the organisation grew, matured, and sometimes diversified. An organisation that has invested thoughtfully
The challenges of modern procurement look different than they once did. The collective pressures of economic instability, rising costs and shrinking resources are enough to elicit an immediate change. Factor in high workloads, complex sourcing, compliance nuances and an onslaught of AI capabilities, and the noise cannot be ignored, even by the most experienced procurement
The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) became law in December 2024 – mandating that from 2027, products with digital elements and connectivity must adhere to a strict set of rules in their design, documentation, and support before they can be supplied into the EU. In this article, David Pashley, Co-Founder & Managing Director at Direct