GLOBAL MARKET FOR PASSIVE AND INTERCONNECTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS TO SURPASS $213 BILLION IN 2017 Wellesley, Mass.

In a recent release, PASSIVE AND INTERCONNECTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS: TECHNOLOGIES AND GLOBAL MARKETS (IFT086A) from BCC Research (www.bccresearch.com), the global market for passive and interconnecting electronic components is projected to be valued at nearly $136 billion in 2012, and by 2017 should reach nearly $213.5 billion at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.4%. The global market for passive and interconnecting electronic components can be broken down into four regions Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, and the rest of the world. The Asia-Pacific region will account for $76.6 billion in 2012, and after increasing at a CAGR of 11.4%, will account for $131.5 billion in 2017. The European region, projected to be worth nearly $22.4 billion in 2012, should increase at a CAGR of 6.2% to reach nearly $30.2 billion in 2017. Almost identically, the North American region is projected to be worth $22.9 billion in 2012, and after increasing at a 6.1% CAGR, should be worth $30.8 billion in 2017. The rest of the world should account for $14.1 billion in 2012 and should reach $21 billion in 2017 at a CAGR of 8.3%. Electronic components combine to make up the backbone of industries such as computers, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and many others. Electronic components form parts of electronic circuitry and are used or manufactured in the field of electronics the study of electrical devices used for controlling electrically charged particles or the flow of electrons to execute any electrical operation. The industry is made up of establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing passive and interconnecting electronic components for electronic applications. Products made by this industry include capacitors, resistors, microprocessors, bare and loaded printed circuit boards, electron tubes, electronic connectors, and computer modems. Related industries include electron tube manufacturing, printed circuit boards, electronic capacitors, electronic resistors, lightemitting diodes, parametric diodes, integrated circuits, transistors, and many other electronic components.

This report therefore will be most useful to manufacturers of passive and interconnecting electronic components, manufacturers of electronic products using these components, design and application engineers, and the various industries needing the aforementioned types of electronic components. In addition to IFT086A, BCC also has published IFT087A, IFT088A, IFT089A, and IFT090A. These reports cover passive and interconnecting electronic component markets with focuses, respectively, on the North American, European, Asia-Pacific, and the rest of the world regions. SUMMARY FIGURE GLOBAL MARKET FOR PASSIVE AND INTERCONNECTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, 2010-2017 ($ MILLIONS)

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