Insiders: Lighting price pressure, severe shortage of components, or continuous years

According to foreign media LUX, a serious shortage of components, especially capacitors, is expected to run through the whole year of 2018 and increase the pressure on the price of lighting, especially for drivers and ballasts.

"Today, the electronics industry is facing a serious shortage of capacitors, resistors and power inductors," said Jacques Hing, the vice president of FutureElectronics, which is responsible for passive components this week. According to our franchisee, these shortages may last for many years, which has brought huge uncertainty to the market. "

"Our industry has never seen such an unprecedented, serious supply and demand gap, mainly driven by the growth of the automotive industry, smartphones, wireless network infrastructure and the Internet of things."

"Because of the continuous market demand and far beyond the current manufacturing capacity, many capacitor manufacturers have been reproducing, and the product delivery cycle has been extended."

"In these very challenging market conditions, in spite of the manufacturers' efforts to meet the needs, we see that the number of factory orders has been cancelled."

"The result is a serious shortage of global capacitors. In addition, we see that the price of the suppliers has risen substantially, and we expect that the price will rise in the future. The cost of raw materials continues to rise, and the capacitor makers are trying to slow down the order. "

In recent months, the substantial increase in aluminum and other raw materials has driven the price of components.

As a result, major lighting manufacturers have to transfer the increased costs to customers. In the United States, brands, including Acuity, Eaton, Venture and Sylvania, have announced a 6% to 8% rise in prices, all of which are the cost of raw materials.

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