Articles from Electronic Components Supply Network (ECSN)
EU electronic components market trends
<p>Each month the International Distribution of Electronics Association (IDEA) collates the statistical data returned by its member associations throughout Europe and publishes the…
Rolling off the throttle…
<p>According to Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn), the pendulum of supply and demand in the electronic components market is beginning to swing back…
Breaking unintentional records
<p>Ambient UK temperature isn’t the only record to fall this year: UK £ sterling exchange rates have hit new lows against the currencies of our main trading partners and rapidly rising…
Demand drivers slowing…
<p dir="ltr">According to Adam Fletcher, Chairman of ecsn, the latest data suggests that the current demand and supply cycle has passed its peak, but the market is uncertain about the velocity…
Strong growth period for European electronic components markets
<p>Each month the International Distribution of Electronics Association (IDEA) collates the statistical data returned by its member associations throughout Europe and publishes the…
Why semiconductor recovery takes time
<p>There’s been no easing of the shortage of some semiconductor devices over the last eighteen months, as the headlines in the industry trade media attest. In this article, Adam Fletcher,…
Is there turbulence ahead for the UK Electronic Components Supply Network?
<p>At the end of last year, the Manufacturer Authorised Distributor members of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) were looking forward to strong growth in electronic components…
Consolidated Q2’21 performance
<p><strong>Each month the International Distribution of Electronics Association (IDEA) collates the statistical data reported by its member associations throughout Europe, which it…
Electronic components network demand and supply
<p><strong>Just as members of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) predicted in October last year lead-times currently being quoted by manufacturers of electronic components have…
ecsn sees low growth and lengthening lead times in 2021
<p><strong>UK component industry association ecsn is forecasting anything between a 0.2% decline to 4% growth for the UK and Ireland components market in the first half of 2021. </strong></p>
Obituary George Ernest English, 1935 – 2020
<p><strong>The Leadership Group of the Electronic Components Supply Network (<em>ecsn</em>) was saddened to learn of the death of George English, Founder of G. English Electronics (GELEC).…
IP and Intelligence
<p><strong>Misappropriating IP, copying ideas and gathering intelligence on organisations, people and nations is as old as time and despite the increasing trade tensions particularly between…
ecsn: UK distribution sales stay strong in August
<p><strong>Adam Fletcher, chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network (<em>ecsn), </em>has reported continuing strong revenue growth in August 2018, traditionally one of the quieter…
Surfing ain’t enough: Engineers have to see, touch and talk
<p><strong>In this article Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) acknowledges the importance of the engineering team and explains why letting engineers out…
Trade war impacts electronic components markets
<p><strong>President Trump has escalated the looming trade dispute with China. On 10th June he announced further import tariffs of ten percent on over 6,000 products, leading some pundits to…
Restricted MLCC supply focuses on re-design activity
<p><strong>The case sizes of Multi-Layered Ceramic Capacitors (MLCC) available today are seemingly ever shrinking, which coupled with a long term reduction in manufacturing capacity for legacy…
European electronic components market trends – Q1 2018
<p><strong>The European electronic components distributor total available market (DTAM) continued to grow in Q1 2018 with members of the International Distributors of Electronics Association…
UK/Ireland distributors enjoy March growth spurt
<p><strong>UK & Ireland component distributors posted sales up 27% in March 2018 compared to February and 6% up year on year. According to Adam Fletcher, chairman of the Electronic Components…
European electronic components market trends – Q4 2017
<p><strong>Data provided by IDEA (International Distributors of Electronics Association) has confirmed that the European DTAM (Distributor Total Available Market) for Electronic Components…
Engineering change notification – the lower cost solution
<p><strong>Over the next few months the engineering departments of many systems companies are likely to see an increase in requests from their procurement teams to approve alternatives to some…