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ccording to the manufacturers’ authorised distributor (afdec) group within the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) the UK & Ireland electronic component market is likely to grow by 2.5% in 2017. The forecast released by the association predicts that the market will grow in the range 0.8%-to-4.3% in 2 mid-point of 2.5%, confirmin


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that the recovery in the manufacturing sector of the economy will remain gradual and continue strictly in-line with improvements in the macroeconomic environment.


Aubrey Dunford, ecsnmarket analyst confirmed that the UK/Ireland electronic components market results for the current year (2016) are likely to come out beyond the higher end of the range of guidance provided in December last year. According to Dunford, three calendar quarters of 2016 saw growth in line with the upper point of afdec guidance but the market grew particularly strongly in the second quarter of the year: "The 5%growth we saw in Q2 '16means that the Distribution Market in the UK is likely to show around 3%


Dunford is upbeat about th e effect the ‘Brexit Referendum’ has had on the market. He asserts that the 'pre' and 'post' Referendum effects have been different but he believes that both have been positive for the electronic components market: "Although the result of the Referendum has increased uncertainty in the market the


devaluation of £Sterling against the US$ and € has seen some increase in prices, which inflates the sales revenue" Dunford said. "More


created by the more competit manufacturers are seizing the importantly, UK based electro


goods in export markets". As electronic systems conti ever more areas driven by the


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(IOT) UK companies find themselves in an ideal position to capitalise on the o presented, most of which are


within the market pportunities


sector served by authorised distributors. Thus ecsn's afdec members are able to forecast that Distribution's share of the TAM (Total Available Market) in the UK will rise t o over 40% in 2017:


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"Our members remain confident that there are opportunities to see further growth in 2017, despite the uncertainties” Dunford said.


That said, the outlook for 2017 is somewhat blurred by a number of factors that simply cannot be predicted with any certainly. Key among these factors are: the stance likely to be adopted by the new administration in the USA; the outcome of the Brexit negotiations; elections in Europe and the continuing slow-down in Asia Pacific markets. However, afdec/ecsn members believe that these issues are unlikely to affect the UK electronic components market in 2017, especially in the first half of the year.


Returning to the result for the current year, Dunford confirmed that the ‘Book to Bill’ ratio remained just above unity in 2016: “The continued slow-down, particularly in the Asia Pacific market, combined with low interest rates has meant that the whole supply network is well stocked and manufacturers have ample production capacity.” Dunford said.


ecsn/afdec chairman Adam Fletcher sees many


growth in 2016, against the upper prediction of 2% new emerging opportunities for domestic we made a year ago", Dunford said.


organisations in the UK and Ireland electronic component s market to carve out a strong niche . In particular, he sees the 'connected' vehicle as the likely global electronic components industry driver over the next five years: "The transition toward increased driver assistance is gaining huge momentum" Fletcher said. "It will open new markets both within new and existing vehicle platforms and will start to have a real impact on industry revenues by 2019". He cautions however that "fully autonomous vehicles are probably further away than is generally acknowledged". But predicts that the build out of the roadside


infrastructure needed to enable this development in major cities and trunk routes will shortly begin. He welcomes this development as a huge


opportunity for global electronics, but recognises that international standards must be agreed if the promise of fully autonomous vehicles is ever to become a reality.


Commenting on the ongoing merger and


acquisition activity in the electronic components markets, Fletcher said that this is likely to


continue in 2017 and consolidating these changes NTINUED MODEST GROWTH I 201 MO STGROWTOWTHIN2017


will continue to be a challenge for all parties: "But assuming there are no major macroeconomic shocks, the recovery cycle in the global electronic components markets will continue, with much stronger consistent growth likely for the rest of this decade".


As individual ecsn members see 2017…


Nearly one third ofMouser Electronics' sales are now generated in Europe, and according to Graham Maggs, VPmarketing EMEA, the company continues to grow at a rate which is outstripping themarket in general and all its competitors: Av"Averaged across the region, our year-on-year sales are up by over 15%, and customer count is even better – over 19%",Maggs said. This points to a very healthy level of design activity. Drilling down,Mouser is showing growth figures of nearly 20%in the UK: "There is frenetic activity in the IOT space – Industry 4.0, Smart Home, Connected Car, Remote Medical Diagnostics etc – but other sectors such as Lighting, Aerospace & Defence and Automotive are still important and healthy”,Maggs said.


2017 will see Arrow continue to transform to meet the realities of the market it serves. Joel Munday engineering & marketing director UK, Ireland, Benelux and Eastern Europe says that th e company is benefitting from continued supplier consolidation due to its global reach and


comprehensive line card: "It's too early to judge the impact of Brexit but the UK continues to produce innovative designs through a good


mixture of existing and new customers particularly focused in the wireless (IOT) and automotive nday said. "Our ing the design of


strong engineering base is driv (power & analogue) arenas Mu


tomorrows`s innovations".


After a somewhat nervous 1H '16 in the UK due to uncertainty about which way the market would go, Omron Electronics Components Europe is now seeing strong activity. The trend towards ‘on- shoring’ is continuing as once again speed to market rather than cost is the differentiator. According to Chris O'Neill, senior sales manager, North Europe completion of new designs and product releases are maybe 3 to 4 months later than originally anticipated but are still providin g the same potential. www.ecsn-uk.or g


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