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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Market Definition

MARKET SECTORS

MARKET POSITION

MARKET TRENDS

Table 1: Value of UK Listed Equities (£bn), 1994-1996

Table 2: Estimated Value of the UK Electronics Industry(£bn and percent), 1993-1995

Market Size

THE TOTAL MARKET

MARKET SEGMENTATION

A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE

Table 3: The UK Electronic Components Market by Value (£000), 1992-1996

Table 4: percentage Value of Electronic Componentsby Sector ( percent), 1996

Table 5: Electronic Components Main Indicators (million ecu), 1991-1996

Table 6: Destination of EU Exports ( percent), 1993-1996

Table 7: Origin of EU Electronic Component Imports ( percent), 1993-1996

Industry Background

RECENT HISTORY

INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION

DISTRIBUTION

EMPLOYMENT

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Table 8: Number of UK VAT-Based Enterprises Manufacturing Electronic Valves, Tubes and Other Electronic Components by Turnover Size, 1996

Table 9: Employment in the UK Electronic Component Manufacturing Industry, 1994 and 1995

Table 10: Employment in the EU Electronic Components Industry (000), 1990-1993/1994

Competitor Analysis

MARKET LEADERS AND THEIR BRANDS

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION

Table 11: The Top Ten UK Electronic Component Manufacturers by Turnover (£m), 1995/1996

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Buying Behaviour

AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)

AUTOMOTIVE

Current Issues

NEW INVESTMENT

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

Forecasts

FORECASTS 1997-2001

Table 12: Forecast UK Electronic Components Market(£bn), 1997-2001

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

HBI UK INFORMATION SOURCES

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Key Note estimates the total value of the UK electronic component market to have been worth £3.61bn in 1996. This represents an increase of 43.8 percent on 1992 figures. However, growth in the value of the market has not been consistent year-on-year. The greater part of the growth that has occurred over the last 5 years was achieved in 1995, when the market grew by 29 percent. During 1996, Key Note estimates that the market grew by just 1.5 percent in absolute value. In real terms, this represents a decrease of around 1 percent. However, the stalling of growth, as experienced by the market in 1996, is unlikely to be a long-term feature of this sector.

The electronic components market is a small part of the overall electronic engineering industry. The strong overall growth in the electronic component sector, since 1992, has been driven by a number of factors. The growing strength of the world economy generally, over this period, has provided increased demand for components. The strength of emerging economies in the Pacific Rim and Latin America is opening new geographical markets. The same period has witnessed the development and increasing market penetration of products heavily dependant on electronic components, including: personal computers, electronic networks, fax machines and CD players.

In 1996, there was a pause in the growth of the value of the components market, largely due to supply outstripping demand during the year. During 1995 and early 1996, established major suppliers had vastly increased their production capacity on a global basis, especially of semiconductors. Asian economies, notably those of Taiwan and South Korea, created new manufacturing capacity, in order to secure a foothold in a lucrative and expanding high tech industry. The long-term nature and sheer scale of the investment required to establish new manufacturing capacity, particularly in high value active components, has made it difficult for companies to close, or mothball, this excess capacity. To some extent, the industry is in limbo, waiting for demand to catch up with supply and either unable, or unwilling to reduce manufacturing capacity in the meantime.

Key Note expects the value of the electronic component market to grow by 5.3 percent in 1997, as demand catches up with supply and by between 14 percent and 16 percent annually up to 2001. This growth will be driven by an increasing reliance on electronic equipment in industry, commerce and the home.

Text © 1997 Key Note

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