Die and Wafer Banking Is Here to Stay. Is Your Supply Chain Ready?

By Logan Wamsley

According to a new report issued by MarketsandMarkets, the global thin wafer market is estimated to be valued at $10.8 billion by 2025, up from $7.6 billion in 2020 for a CAGR of 7.2%. Key to this remarkable trend is the rapidly increasing consumer demand for miniaturized electronic devices in a variety of industries ranging…

Partstat Partner Newswire: January 2021

By Logan Wamsley

Mouser Adds Record Number of Manufacturers to Line Card in 2020 Despite the various challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, Mouser managed to add 74 new manufactures to its line card in 2020, a record for the organization. Among the new manufacturers added by Mouser are Mini-Circuits, BittWare, a Molex company, and Trinamic, which is…

The Value of Business Continuity in a Last Time Buy Transaction

By Logan Wamsley

Only a week into 2021, and it is becoming clear that much of the uncertainty that clouded 2020 has remained, and in some cases, even exacerbated. The United Kingdom has just imposed another nationwide lockdown following the rapid spread of a more transmissible COVID-19 variant, global vaccination distribution remains a topic of discussion (it has…

Partstat Loves Slow-Moving Inventory — And We Want to Buy Yours!

By Logan Wamsley

Ideally, OEMs, EMS providers, and authorized distributors alike want their inventory to move fast. The quicker the inventory moves, the quicker the company receives adequate return on their investment and frees up any capital that may have been tied up. In reality, however, things rarely go according to plan. Quite often, circumstances outside of the…