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The share of set-top boxes (STBs) shipped to emerging digital TVmarkets such as China, India, Russia and Latin Americawill account formore than 45 percent of global STB shipments between 2011 and 2015, according to IMS Research, Austin, Tex. A large part of this growth is expected to be driven by cable and terrestrial digitization projects in a large number of emergingmarkets.
Avnet shares connector stock availability
Backed by more than five million SKUs and physical value-added services, Avnet Express, the e-Commerce engine for Avnet ElectronicsMarketing, Phoenix, Ariz., now gives online customers the ability to view stock that is available to build connector assemblies.
Customers who purchase connector
assemblies at
www.avnetexpress.com can now see what Avnet can build with the individual components on-hand – with assembly times ranging from three to five days.
"Now, not only can our customers
benefit from our vast in-stock inventory, they can take advantage of our expertise in building connector assemblies," stated Beth Ely, vice president of Avnet Express. "This visibility will give our customers a better way to manage their supply chain – and ultimately accelerate their time to market."
In the last year alone, Avnet has built
more than six million flat flex assemblies, flat ribbon cable connector assemblies and harness assemblies based on customer specifications. The distributor's dedicated production cell can provide cable assemblies for high-reliability applications in military, aerospace, medical and other applications.
www.avnetexpress.com 14 | September 2011 Are long lead times
Emerging markets drive STB growth IMS research indicates that shipments of
STBs in Russia, India, China, and Latin America grewmore than 65 percent between 2009 and 2010 as demand for satellite and digital cable services increased.
IMS forecasts that the digitization of the
Chinese and Indian cable platforms, China's free-to-air satellite expansion, and pay- satellite growth in India and Latin Americawill gobble up close to 500million set-top boxes in the next five years alone.
In comparison, shipments in the overall
globalmarket reached just over 220million STBs, increasing by 11 percent between 2009 and 2010. IMS expects STB shipments tomany advancedmarketswill drop by five to 10 percent between 2011 and 2015.
www.imsresearch.com
Substance reporting guide released for product packaging
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), DIGITALEUROPE, and the Japanese Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative (JGPSSI) have released a guide for the supply-chain disclosure of substances used in packaging for the global sale and distribution of electronic products.
The "Joint Industry Guide -Material
Composition Declaration for Packaging of Electrotechnical Products - JIG-201 Ed. 1.0" is said to be the first industrymaterials declaration guide for reporting across the global supply chain on substances contained inmaterials used to transport and protect electrotechnical products. This data is required bymanufacturers and other purchasers to complywith regulations,meet design specifications, and reach sustainability goals and other objectives, said CEA.
The new document complements the
existingmaterial composition declaration guide for electrotechnical products called the "Joint Industry Guide" or "JIG 101" and adopts a similar reporting format.
JIG-201 setsminimumrequirements for
material declaration of electronic product packaging including a list of relevant substances and their reporting thresholds and reportable applications. The guide can be downloaded free of charge at
www.CE.org/JIG201.
www.ce.org www.digitaleurope.org www.jgpssi.jp
www.electronics-sourcing.com
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