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“The Indian automotive electronics industry is expected to achieve such robust
growth, despite challenges such as a cost-sensitive Indian market, poor
infrastructure and corrupt bureaucracy,” said Jagdish Rebello, Ph. D., director
and principal analyst for iSuppli Corp.
“One of the emerging trends in the Indian automobile industry is the
development of a mushrooming automotive electronics market inside the motor
vehicle segment,” Rebello added.
Today, the automotive body electronics and automotive sensor areas represent 1%
and 6%, respectively, of India’s
overall automotive electronics market. Government initiatives toward safety and
environmental issues and the overall shift in customer preferences to
technologically-superior automobiles are expected to push tremendous growth in
those segments, however.
Engine management systems, such as ECU and fuel-injection technology, account for 45% of the power-train segment, which dominates the Indian automotive electronics market. India’s market for power-train electronics is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.3% from 2005 to 2010.
Technologies such as Multi Point Fuel Injection (MPFI), Common Rail Direct Injection (CRDI) and piezoelectric fuel injection systems are being rapidly adopted in Indian automobiles.
If government initiatives such as its vehicle safety policy are implemented, rapid growth in the safety and control segment can be expected. The market for safety electronics is expected to expand at a CAGR of about 50% from 2005 to 2010. Indigenous safety system manufacturers, such as Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd. and Sundaram Clayton Ltd., will derive the maximum benefit from this development.
While automotive engine management and safety systems will be the main market drivers for Indian automotive electronics, production of cutting-edge digital instrumentation and electronic ignition systems is on the rise. These systems are being used in high-end motorcycles—which iSuppli includes in its automotive forecasts—including Hero Honda Group’s Karizma and Bajaj Auto Ltd.’s Pulsar DTS-Fi.
Market players, such as Minda Huff Ltd., also have launched state-of-the-art security systems for motor vehicles. Some of them include ultrasonic movement detectors and digital key immobilizers.
CD/MP3 players are expected to dominate the car-entertainment segment, with cassette players losing their market share. The increased influence of global players like Sony and Pioneer Electronics will also strengthen the market for DVD players in India, which is currently in the nascent stage.
Much of this technological innovation is being brought to market from distribution networks that are playing a vital role in the Indian automotive electronics industry. These distribution networks bridge the gap between unorganized segments—which include relatively smaller, indigenous electronic system manufacturers—and the players at the apex of the automotive value chain, such as automotive system OEMs, design houses and vehicle OEMs. Global dealers, such as Avnet Inc. and Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., maintain a significant presence in the Indian automotive electronics market.
SINGAPORE -- Seagate Technology today announced that it is setting up its third media plant in Singapore to expand its recording media manufacturing operations.
Global demand for hard disc drives is growing, and expected to reach $40 billion by 2009.
Today’s announcement establishes Singapore as Seagate’s central media manufacturing hub. With the third plant, operations will supply about 80% of Seagate’s production of recording media, a critical component in the assembly of its disc drives.
The plant will be built close to the company’s existing Woodlands facility. Production is expected to start by mid 2008 and create up to 3,000 jobs when the plant is fully operational.
Seagate’s media manufacturing operations in Singapore spans over a decade. The company established its first overseas volume manufacturing facility outside the U.S. in Singapore in 1982 and its first recording media operations facility outside North America in 1996.
In 2005, Singapore accounted for a quarter of the world’s market share for disc media. In addition to Seagate, companies like Showa Denko and Hoya have made significant hard disk media operations in Singapore.
THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN – Digi-Key Corp. has signed a deal to distribute the integrated antenna
product line of Cambridge,
UK-based Antenova
Ltd. Digi-Key will sell the products globally.
Antenova's radio antenna modules and other products are used in wireless applications such as mobile handsets, portable devices and other consumer electronics.
Antenova products are available for purchase directly from
Digi-Key and are featured in its print and online catalogs.
In a statement, Digi-Key president and COO Mark Larson said, “ “We are very excited to add this innovative company to our line card. I am certain that the rapid design and ease of use benefits of Antenova’s products will be of consequential interest and appeal to our customers.”
“Antenova is proud to be working with Digi-Key to further grow our customer base,” said David Nuti, North American sales manager for Antenova. “This agreement underpins our commitment to providing the best integrated antenna solutions and support to our global handset, portable device and laptop computer customers and partners.”
In a joint effort to improve supplier collaboration, Microsoft and Intel announced proposals for the next-generation of open, interoperable business standards for small-to-medium enterprise supplier collaboration, based on the Office Open XML formats.
Under the management of the open standards body Ecma International, the Open XML document formats are now being finalized as a worldwide standard by leading tech companies including Intel. The document format standard offers flexible support for integration external XML information, which is critical to RosettaNet requirements.
Also announced was the establishment of a customer advisory board composed of companies representing various market segments, including Applied Materials, Flextronics, Juniper Networks, Nvidia, Xilinx and others.
The one-hour online event takes place Oct. 3, at 9 and 3 EST.
Topics to be covered include the company's Ultiboard interface, advanced routing and placement, managing design constraints, exporting industry standard formats and more. To register, visit http://www.electronicsworkbench.com/news/pronews3b.html.
Plans call for a 26,300-sq. ft., two-story facility to be located adjacent to the company’s headquarters.
IC Packaging & Test Roadmaps: Device Trends Impact on Packaging & Test Technology and Supply Chain, the annual roadmap symposium, will overlay IC device trends with the associated current and future technology solutions for packaging and test and will also explore challenges associated with demands for full turnkey supply chain services.
For more information, visit www.meptec.org.
EL SEGUNDO, CA — The U.S. in 2006 is expected to maintain its lead in the worldwide electronics equipment design with the nation’s activities in this area driving the most semiconductor purchasing of any country, according to new data from iSuppli Corp. However, China’s rapid growth in electronic-design-generated semiconductor purchasing activity is continuing and the country is closing the gap, the research firm said.
“Design of electronic goods leads directly to equipment production, which in turn drives semiconductor purchasing. Companies that engage in design of electronic equipment, such as PCs, mobile phones and televisions, also are responsible for specifying the use of particular chips in the products being developed,” said Min-Sun Moon, OEM spend analyst for iSuppli. “Thus, these companies and the nations where they operate have a major influence on global semiconductor spending.”
The figures beat The Street's estimates of $2.8 billion. However, organic growth is expected to slow from 32% in fiscal 2006 to 11% in fiscal 2007, due in part to the end of a large contract with Philips.
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