DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c06ecd/global_and_china_c) has announced the addition of the "Global and China Connector Industry Report, 2010-2011" report to their offering.
The connector industry is a mature industry. The market size of global connector industry reached USD45.3 billion in 2010, up 28.4% YoY. Connectors are widely applied in industries including automobile, computer, telecommunication, manufacture, consumer electronics, aviation and military industries.
Automobile Market
Occupying approximately 21.4% of the connector market, the automobile industry is the largest consuming field of connectors. On average, each car needs connectors valued at about USD102. Generally speaking, automotive connectors are sold to auto wiring harness enterprises and further distributed to auto manufacturers. However, large scale auto wiring harness enterprises usually have connector production capabilities, which enables them to be large connector manufacturers as well, such as the top 3 auto wiring harness manufacturers - Yazaki, Sumitomo Electric and Delphi. Concerning enterprises with automotive connectors accounting for the largest proportion of revenue, TYCO Electronics, FCI and KET ranked the top 3.
Desktop Computer Market
The market of desktop computer connectors is dominated by international large scale enterprises, wherein, Honhai enjoys the highest market share. However, the desktop computer connector market presents steady development in want of growth momentum. As 98% notebook computers are produced by OEMs in Taiwan, there are as many as over 200 enterprises engaged in notebook connector manufacturing in Taiwan, which are the most in the world. Most of the enterprises are valued at NTD1 billion to NTD7 billion, and Honhai is the largest one among them.
Notebook Computer Market
There are approximately 35-45 connectors which are worth USD10 in a single notebook computer. A notebook computer needs various kinds of connectors, among which CPU socket enjoys the highest production value. In particular, CPU socket production value of the new platform - Intel Capella registers as high as USD3-USD4, which is the biggest source of income of Honhai and LOTES. Connector price of independent display adapter in other notebook computer is over USD1. In Taiwan, the top 3 connector enterprises with the highest profit are all notebook related companies, namely, LOTES (CPU socket manufacturer), ALLTOP and ACES (with higher proportion of notebook connector production). In terms of CPU socket, Honhai, Tyco, Molex and LOTES are the top 4 manufacturers in the world.
Mobile Phone Market
Connectors are an important electronic component for a mobile phone, and their quality is directly related to the quality and reliability of the mobile phone. Most of the quality problems of mobile phone are related to the connectors. According to the different types of mobile phone, the amount of connectors used is around 5-15 on average. Categories of connector include internal FPC connector, board to board connector, external I/O connector, battery connector, SIM card connector and camera socket.
Companies Mentioned Include the Following:
- Amphenol
- Amphenol EastAsia Electronic
- Amphenol Pcd Shenzhen
- Changchun SE Bordnetze
- Chongqing Jin-Zhu Wiring Systems
- Delphi Packard Electric Systems Co., Ltd.
- Deren
- Foshan Shunde Yazaki Automotive Parts
- Foxlink
- Fugang Electronic
- Fuzhou Zhu Wiring Systems
- HangZhou Yazaki
- Honhai
- Huizhou Jinhui Automobile Wire Harness
- LuXshare
- Molex
- Raychem Shanghai
- ShanTou Yazaki
- Shenzhen Everwin Precision Technology
- Sumidenso Mediatech Suzhou
- Tianjin Jin-Zhu Wiring Systems
- TYCO Electronics
- Wuhan Sumiden Wiring Systems
- YanTai Yazaki
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