Inductors, Beads and Cores: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: A Study of The Market for Discrete Inductors, Ferrite Beads and

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1 Inductors, Beads and Cores: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: A Study of The Market for Discrete Inductors, Ferrite Beads and Bead Arrays and Ferrite Cores

2 Inductors, Beads and Cores: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: A Study of The Market for Discrete Inductors, Ferrite Beads and Bead Arrays and Ferrite Cores Published April 2018 Price: $ USD Pages: 306 Tables & Graphs: 99 ISBN #: (2018 Fiscal Year Ending March 31, FINAL Report with Fiscal Year Ending March 2018 Forecasts and 2023 Forecasts) Paumanok Publications, Inc

3 Copyright 2018 Paumanok Publications, Inc. Published by: Paumanok Publications, Inc. Publication Date: April 2018 Paumanok Publications, Inc. 502 Ballad Creek Court Cary NC, USA Customer Service: (919) It is our mission to empower manufacturers, distributors, OEM, EMS, financial institutions and governments with unbiased market research to protect their assets, build their wealth and prosper in good times and bad. 2

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS: INDUCTORS, BEADS AND CORES: WORLD MARKETS, TECHNOLOGIES AND OPPORTUNITIES: FY BACKGROUND OF REPORT AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: About the Author: Research Methodology Employed: The Paumanok Research Methodology: Government Data Collection and Resources: Secondary Published Sources: Primary Intelligence Gathering: The Passive Component Supply Chain: Mining of Raw Materials: Raw Materials Processing: Component Manufacturing: Component Distribution: End-Market Consumption: Recycling of Critical Materials: Technical Economic Maxims Related To Passive Electronic Components: The Two Technical Economic Maxims Associated with Passive Components: Ubiquitous Nature of Passive Components: Relationship Between Inductance and Available Surface Area: FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS REPORT: Fiscal Year Reporting Currency Translation Yen Valuation To The US Dollar: Trend and Directions For The March and June 2018 Quarters: Volume, Value and Pricing Data: Positive Market Indicators:

5 1.72 Overall Outlook To 2023: Changing View on Passive Component Unit Sales to 2023: TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW: INTRODUCTION TO INDUCTORS, BEADS AND CORES: Variations in Coil Technology: (A) Coil Diameter: (B) Wire Turns: (C ) Core Materials: Inductor Applications in Digital Electronics: (A) Signal Control: (B) Noise Control and Elimination (LC Filter): (C ) Energy Storage and Voltage Stabilization: The Different Types of Inductors: (A) Wirewound Coils: (B) Multilayered and Thin Film Deposited Coils: Key Inductor Materials (A) Metal Powder (Ferrites) (B) Metal Wire (Base Metals) (C ) Ceramic Dielectric Materials: (D) Emerging Materials Markets for Inductors The Movement in Inductor Materials Technology (A) Multilayered Ferrite Coil (Beads) (B) Multilayered Ceramic Chip Inductor (C ) Thin Film Chip Inductors SCOPE OF MARKET COVERAGE: FY INTRODUCTION TO INDUCTOR, BEAD AND CORE MARKETS: FY Discrete Inductors As a Subset of The Passive Electronic Components Market: FY (A) The Core Passive Components: Capacitors, Resistors and Inductors Discrete Inductors As a Subset of The Global Magnetic Components Market: FY (A) The Fragmented Magnetics Markets: (A) Large Addressable Market Opportunity In Sub-Sets of The Magnetic Components Business (A1) Transformer Markets: FY 2018: (A2) Inductor (Coils) Markets: FY 2018: (A3) EMC Component Markets (Ferrite Beads and Bead Arrays): FY 2018: (A4) EMI Filter & Choke Markets: FY Description of the Global Magnetics Industry and Scope of Report Coverage: FY

6 3.1.3 (A) Inductor (Coils) Markets: FY 2018: (B) EMC Component Markets (Ferrite Beads and Bead Arrays): FY 2018: (C ) Ferrite Core Markets: FY 2018: (D) EMI Filter & Choke Markets: FY 2018: (E) Transformer Markets: FY 2018: (F) Suppression Sheets and Other Markets: FY 2018: COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT BY INDUCTOR, EMC AND CORE PRODUCT TYPE: FY Horizontal Wirewound Chip Inductor: Wirewound Chip Coil Inductors: Ferrite Beads and Bead Arrays: Multilayered Chip Inductors: Axial and Radial Leaded Inductors: Ferrite Cores (E Cores, Pot Cores and Other Cores): Thin Film Inductor Chips: Discrete Inductors: Types, Construction, Product Markets and Case Sizes: FY INDUCTORS, BEADS AND CORES: WORLD MARKETS: FY Worldwide Discrete Inductor Market Growth: Changes in Value, Volume and Unit Pricing: FY 2018: year-over-year as the global concept of connectivity fueled demand for ceramic and metal inductors Global Value of Consumption For Inductors, Beads and Cores: FY (A) Historical Development of The Value of Global Consumption for Inductors, Beads and Cores: Global Volume of Consumption For Inductors, Beads and Cores: FY (In Billions of Pieces) Global Pricing of Discrete Inductors: FY 2018 and Historical Pricing Development Inductors, Beads and Cores: World Markets by Type: FY (A1) Surface Mount Inductors: World Markets: FY (A1A) Surface Mount Inductors: (Ferrite Beads, Bead Arrays, Chip Coils, and Molded Case Wirewound Chip Inductors): FY (B) Throughole Axial and Radial Leaded Inductors: World Markets: FY ( C) Ferrite Core Markets: FY (A-1) Surface Mount Inductor Market Breakdown: FY (B) Chip Coils: Multilayered Chip Inductors: World Markets: FY (C ) Molded Case Wirewound Chip Inductors: World Markets: FY (D) SMD Wirewound Coils: World Markets: FY (E) Axial Leaded Inductors: Global Markets: FY (F) Radial Leaded Inductors: World Markets: FY (F) Ferrite Cores: World Markets: FY (F1) Wirewound Technology Ferrite Rods (Powder): (F2) Pressed Shape Technology Powdered Ferrite: (G) Inductor, Bead and Core Demand By Type and Configuration: FY 2018 Summary

7 4.2 INDUCTOR, BEAD AND CORE MARKETS BY END-USE PRODUCT MARKET: FY Value of Consumption for Inductors, Beads and Cores by Key End-Product Market: FY (A) Wireless Handset Markets For Inductors, Beads and Cores: FY (B) Industrial and Infrastructure Markets For Inductors, Beads and Cores: FY (C ) Computer Markets For Inductors, Beads and Cores: FY (D) Consumer AV Markets For Inductors, Beads and Cores: FY (E) Other Consumer and Professional Electronics For Inductors, Beads and Cores: FY (F) Automotive Market Segment For Inductors, Beads and Cores: FY (G) Specialty & Defense Market Segment For Inductors, Beads and Cores: FY (A) Discrete Inductors: ASP BY End-Use Market Segment: FY (B) Average Inductor Content by Key Product: FY (A) Inductor and Bead Content In A Wireless Handset By Type and Circuit Application: FY 2018: (B) Inductor, Bead and Core Content In A Notebook Computer By Type and Circuit Application: FY 2018: (C ) Inductor and Bead Content In A LCD/PDP TV By Type and Circuit Application: FY Inductor, Bead and Core Content In an Automobile By Type and Circuit Application (Car Body and Drive Control, Under The Hood Electronics, Safety & Convenience, Car Navigation and Hybrid Electric Drive): FY (D) Inductor, Bead and Core Content In Large Home Appliances and Lighting Ballasts By Type and Circuit Application: FY (E) Military Specifications for Inductors: FY (E1) MIL-PRF-27F/ MIL-PRF-27G (E2) MIL-PRF-15305E (E3) MIL-PRF-83446C (E4) MIL-PRF-39010E (E5) MIL-STD-981C Inductor, Bead and Core Sales Volumes and Pricing By End-Use Product Market: FY (A) Inductor and Bead Consumption Volume and Pricing in Wireless Handsets: FY (B) Inductor, Bead and Core Consumption Volume and Pricing in Computers: FY (C) Inductor, Bead and Core Consumption Volume and Pricing in Television Sets: FY (D ) Inductor, Bead and Core Consumption Volume and Pricing in Automobiles: FY (D) Inductor, Bead and Core Consumption Volume and Pricing in Other Telecom Infrastructure, Power and Industrial Applications: FY (E) Inductor, Bead and Core Consumption Volume and Pricing in Defense and Specialty End-Markets: FY Inductor, Bead and Core Sales By World Region: FY (A) China and SE Asia: FY (B) Japan: FY (C ) Europe: FY 2018: (D) Americas: FY 2018: COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT: FY KEY FINANCIAL INDICATORS: FY Sumida Annualized Revenues:

8 5.1.2 Annual Revenues For Taiyo Yuden s Ferrite and AP Group: Forecasts Annual Revenues for TDK s Inductor Group: FY Revenues in TDK s Inductor Group were flat in FY 2018 because of the heavy sales channel into handsets which slowed Vishay Annual Resistor & Inductors Group Revenues: ; 2018 Forecasts Chilisin Electronics Corp. Annual Revenues: ; 2017 Forecasts Mag-Layers: Revenues: Shenzhen Sunlord: Revenue Growth: CY ABC Taiwan: Financial Review and Four Year Revenue Trend: Inductor, Bead and Core Vendors: Collective Revenue Trend and Analysis: TOKO Merges With Murata Chilisin Buys Ferroxcube Inductor, Bead and Core Market Shares: FY Inductor, Bead and Core Vendors: Global Sales & Market Shares: FY (A) TDK (EPCOS) Market Share Data: FY 2018 Market Share Data (B) Murata Manufacturing Company Limited (TOKO Merger): FY 2018 Market Share Data (C ) Taiyo Yuden: FY 2018 Market Share Data (D ) Sumida: FY 2018 Market Share Data (E) Shenzhen Sunlord: FY 2018 Market Share Data (F) Chilisin Market Share Data: FY (G) Panasonic Market Share Data: FY (H) Mag-Layers Market Share Data: FY (I) Coilcraft Market Share Data: FY (J) Wurth Market Share Data: FY (K) Vishay Market Share Data: FY (L) Other Market Share Data: FY Competitive Environment in Inductors, Beads and Ferrite Cores By End-Use Market Segment: FY Inductor Vendors to the Wireless Handset End-Use Market Segment: FY Inductor Vendors to the Telecommunications Infrastructure End-Use Market Segment: FY Inductor Vendors to the Computer End-Use Market Segment: FY Inductor Vendors to the The Consumer Audio and Video Imaging Market Segment: FY Inductor Vendors to the The Automotive End-Use Market Segment: FY Inductor Vendors to the Industrial, Power and Lighting End-Use Market Segment: FY Inductor Vendors to the Aerospace, Defense and Specialty End-Use Market Segments: FY FORECASTS: Discrete Inductor Lead Time Trends: FY (A) Paumanok Lead Time Analysis for All Discrete Inductors Combined (Aggregated): FORECASTS: Global Inductor, Bead and Core Market Forecasts: FY Global Value Of Shipments For Discrete Inductors By Type: FY

9 6.1.1 Surface Mount Inductors: World Market Outlook: FY Throughole Inductors: World Market Outlook: FY Ferrite Cores: World Market Outlook: Global Volume Of Shipments By Inductor Type: ; F Surface Mount Inductors: Unit Shipments: FY 2018-FY Axial, Radial and Bobbin Inductors: FY 2018-FY Ferrite Core Markets: ; F Global Average Unit Pricing For Inductors By Type: ; F Market Forecasts For Inductors, Beads and Cores By End-Use Market Segment: FY Discrete Inductor Markets By End-Use Segment: FY Market Forecasts for Key End Use Products Consuming Components: FY Forecasts: Global Value of Consumption Forecasts For Inductors, Beads and Cores By End-Use Product Market: Forecasts: Global Volume of Consumption Forecasts For Inductors, Beads and Cores By End-Use Product Market: Forecasts: Global Average Unit Pricing Forecasts For Inductors, Beads and Cores By End-Use Product Market: (A) Wireless Handsets: Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts For Inductor and Bead Consumption in Smartphones and Legacy Phones: FY 2018 to (B) Computers: Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts For Inductor, Bead and Core Consumption in Tablets, NoteBooks, Desktops and Servers: FY 2018 to (C ) Automobiles: Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts For Inductor, Bead and Core Consumption in Class 3 to 7 Sedans and Trucks: FY 2018 to 2023: (D) Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts For Inductor, Bead and Core Consumption in Telecom Infrastructure, Power Supplies, and Industrial Electronics: FY 2018 to 2023: (E) Specialty End-Markets: Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts For Inductor, Bead and Core Consumption in Defense, Areospace, Medical, and Downhole Pump Markets: FY 2018 to 2023: Forecasts: Global Value, Volume and Pricing For Inductors, Beads and Cores By Type and Configuration: FY (A) Ferrite Beads: Global Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts to 2023: (B) Ferrite Bead Arrays: Global Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts to 2023: (C ) Multilayered Chip Coils: Global Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts to 2023: (D) Molded Case Wirewound Chip Inductors: Global Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts to 2023: (E) SMD Wirewound Coils: Global Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts to 2023: (F) Axial Leaded Wirewound Inductors: Global Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts to 2023: (G) Radial Leaded Wirewound Inductors: Global Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts to 2023: (H) Ferrite Cores: Global Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts to 2023: Forecasted Changes In Inductor, Bead and Core Consumption By World Region: FY FY (A) China and SE Asia Forecasts: FY : (B) Japan: Forecasts: FY : (C ) Europe: Forecasts: FY : (D) Americas: Forecasts: FY : KEY GROWTH MARKETS IN INDUCTORS: FY : Thin Film Ceramic Inductors: Next Generation Case Size Market Outlook: FY (A) Movement In Inductive Technology Platforms in FY (B) Leading The Technology in Ultra-small Case Sizes Range: The : (C ) Competition in Thick and Thin Film Ceramic Chip Inductors in the Case Size:

10 6.6.2 (D ) Competition in Thick and Thin Film Ceramic Chip Inductors in the O2O1 Case Size: (E ) Competition in Thick and Thin Film Ceramic Chip Inductors in the O4O2 Case Size: (F ) Competition in Thick and Thin Film Ceramic Chip Inductors in the O6O3 Case Size: (G ) Competition in Thick and Thin Film Ceramic Chip Inductors in the O8O5 Case Size: (The Fast Growth Low Profile Market FY (A) Low Profile MLCI and Thin Film Chip Inductors: 2018 By Case Size (In mm): (B) Technology Leadership in the and Low Profile Chip Inductors: FY 2018: ( C ) Competitors By Case Size and Inductor Thickness (Thin and Thick Film): FY 2018: (D) Technology Leadership in Low Profile Ceramic Chip Inductors: FY 2018: High Frequency Opportunities for Inductors to 2023: (A) Ultra-Hi-Q Market Drivers (1 to 2.9 GHz): FY : (B) Super Hi-Q Market Drivers (3.1 to 30 GHz): FY (C ) 30 to 300 GHz Range- Extremely High Frequency: (D) Emerging Markets in The Decimeter Band for Ceramic Inductors: FY : (E) Emerging Markets in The Centimeter Band for Ceramic Inductors: FY : (F) Emerging Markets in The Millimeter Wave Band for Ceramic Inductors: FY : (G) Future Markets In THz Frequencies: FORECASTING RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN MAGNETICS: FY Identifying the Key End-Markets for Discrete Inductors: FY (A) Wireless Handsets: Market Outlook For Inductors: FY (B) Why Growth In Handsets Means Growth in Discrete Inductors: FY (C ) Worldwide Unit Growth Forecasts: Legacy Versus Smartphone: FY (D) Average Inductor Content: Legacy Versus Smartphone: FY (E) Inductors for Handsets: Unit Demand Forecasts: FY (F) Global Handset Revenues: FY (G) Vendors Supplying Discrete Inductors for Wireless Handsets: FY 2018 Sales and Market Shares AUTOMOBILE AND TRANSPORT OUTLOOK FOR INDUCTORS: FY (A) Change to EV and What This Means (B) Vendors of Automotive Grade Discrete Inductors: FY (C ) Market Shares In Discrete Inductor Supply To The Global Automotive Industry: FY (D) Automotive Connectivity Markets and Key Players (D1) Vehicle-to-Vehicle / Infrastructure ( V2X ) Technology-V2X Technology Overview (D2) Applications of Vehicle-to-Vehicle / Infra; structure ( V2X ) Technology (E) Top Vendors of Automotive Telematics and Connectivity Electronics: FY (F) Heads Up Displays In Auto: Key Technologies and Expected Growth Rates By Technology To (F1) C-HUD Technology Platform and Expected Growth (F2) W-HUD Technology Platform and Expected Growth (F3) Augmented Reality HUD Technology Platform and Expected Growth

11 6.7.2 (F4) Automotive HUD Manufacturers and Market Shares: FY 2018 (INDUCTOR CUSTOMERS) (F5) Automotive Telematics Markets: (F6) Automotive Telematics Market Growth By Technology Platform: (G) WG Telematics Technology Growth to 2020: (G1) TCU Telematics Technology Growth to 2020: (G2) ecall Technology Growth to (G3) ERA-GLONASS Adoption: (G3) Advanced Driver Assistance Systems ( ADAS ) and HMI (G4) Next-Gen Human Machine Interface (G5) Technology Roadmap for ADAS and Autonomous Driving (G6) Movement to Autonomous Driving COMPUTER MARKET OUTLOOK FOR DISCRETE INDUCTORS: FY 2018 TO FY (A) Computer Business As A Percentage of Overall Revenues for Component Vendors in FY (B) Computer Business Experiences Price Increases in FY Impact of Declining Unit Sales for Computer Hardware: INDUSTRIAL AND POWER MARKETS FOR DISCRETE INDUCTORS: FY 2018 TO FY 2023 OUTLOOK (A) Movement To DC Link Circuits; Industrial Automation in Germany TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT MARKETS FOR DISCRETE INDUCTORS: FY (A) Switches, Base Station and Long Haul Backbone/Connectivity: (B) Growth in Optical Networking Equipment: (C ) Magnetic Components for Optical Networking: (D) Industry Dynamics-Optical Network/Communications Backbone (Driver, amplifier, interconnect): (E) Competition In Supplying Inductors for Optical Networking: (F) Estimated Sales & Market Shares for Discrete Inductor Sales To The Optical Networking Business: FY (G) Major Buyers of Discrete Inductors for Optical Networking Applications (C ) Outlook for Growth in Longhaul Backbone Inductors for Driver, Amplifier and Connection DEFENSE ELECTRONICS: OUTLOOK FOR DISCRETE INDUCTORS: FY (A) Outlook in The Defense Electronics Sector (B) DOD Budget Trends and The New Upcycle (C )Defense Communications & Spacecraft Markets for Inductors: (D ) Magnetic Components for Aerospace and Defense: (E) Defense & Aerospace: Customers and Outlook: (F) Inductor Customers In Defense Electronics: FY 2018 Defense & Aerospace (Mil-Spec, Q-Parts): (G) Major Customers Buying Inductors for Defense Communications: FY (H) Inductor Suppliers To Defense Communications Markets: FY 2018 Sales and Market Shares: (I) Defense Communications: Status of The Market in FY 2018: Magnetics for Aerospace & Defense: FY Specialty Bespoke Magnetic Components and New EXTREME Designs (J) Key Customers In Space Electronics:

12 6.7.7 DISCRETE INDUCTORS FOR MEDICAL ELECTRONICS: FY OUTLOOK (A) Medical Test & Scan Equipment and Implantable Defibrillators: (B) Magnetics for Medical Electronics: FY 2018 Market Size (C ) Changing Industry Dynamics: Medical Electronics: (D) Vendors of Magnetic Components for Medical Electronics: (D) Growth Product Markets For Discrete Inductors In MedTech: Revenue Trends for the World's Top Manufacturers of Medical Electronic Devices: TEST & MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT MARKET OUTLOOK FOR DISCRETE INDUCTORS: FY (A) Magnetics for Test & Measurement: (B) Industry Dynamics: Test & Measurement: (C ) Vendors of Magnetic Components for Test & Measurement Equipment: (D ) Outlook- Test & Scan- The Market For Laboratory Test & Measurement Equipment DISCRETE INDUCTORS FOR INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS: FY OUTLOOK (A) Magnetics for Industrial Electronics: (B) Industry Dynamics: Industrial Electronics (C ) Vendors of Magnetic Components for Industrial Electronic Equipment: 2018 Estimated Sales & Market Shares (D) Fragmented Market Opportunities for Inductor Vendors In Industrial Electronics: Main Driver IN WHAT WAYS DO COMPETITORS DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES? (A) HIGH VOLTAGE INDUCTORS (B) HIGH FREQUENCY INDUCTORS (C ) HIGH-TEMPERATURE INDUCTORS TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY AND COMPONENT PERFORMANCE (A) TRENDS IN DISCRETE INDUCTOR VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY: (B ) MLCC Sets The Tone for The Technology Roadmap in Ultra-Small Next Generation Components (C ) Thick Film Chip Resistors and Ferrite Beads Keep Up With Trends (D) Leading Edge Ultra-Small Component Similarities (E) Solid Passive Components about To Make a Breakthrough in Technology (F) Components Holding Back Technology (Limitations on Maximum Volumetric Efficiency) ULTRA-SMALL PASSIVES: A MULTIBILLION INDUSTRY ,12 (A) Global Markets By Case Size: (B) The Leading Edge Markets and : (C ) The Core Value Markets to PRODUCER PROFILES Background Data on The World s Top Producers of Inductors, Beads and Cores: ABC TAIWAN

13 ABC TAIWAN ELECTRONICS CORP ABC Taiwan: Corporate Overview: ABC Taiwan: Product Offering: ABC Taiwan: Employees and Plant Locations: ABC Taiwan: Financial Review and Four Year Revenue Trend: AEM AEM, INC AEM, Inc.: Company Overview: AEM, Inc. Revenue Estimates: AEM, Inc. Corporate History: AEM, Inc.: Accolades & Achievements AEM, Inc.: HRB / DSCC Hi-Rel Ferrite Chip Beads AMOTECH AMOTECH COMPANY LIMITED ROK Amotech: Introduction: Amotech: Company Overview: Amotech: Key Products: Amotech: Power Inductor Line API DELEVAN API Delevan (Danaher) API Delevan: Company Description: API Delevan: Relationship With Danaher: API Delevan: Inductor Product Portfolio: AVX AVX Corporation Introduction To AVX Corporation: Passive Component Products From AVX: Passive Component Products From AVX: Annual Revenues For AVX Corporation: : AVX Corporation: RF/Microwave Products AVX Corporation: Thin-Film RF/Microwave Inductor Technology- Accu-L AVX Corporation: RF/Microwave Products: AVX Corporation: Thin-Film RF/Microwave Inductor Technology- Accu-L : AVX Corporation: Thin Film Inductor Product Offering: FY AVX Corporation: Thick Film Inductor Product Offering: FY

14 7.1.6 BOURNS BOURNS, INC. (TVS DIODES): Bourns, Inc: Company Description: Bourns: J.W. Miller Magnetics: Bourns Trends and Directions: CHILISIN Chilisin Electronics Corporation (2456 TT) Chilisin Electronics Corp. Company Description: Chilison Electronics Corp. Revenue Analysis: Chilisin Electronics Corp.: Sales By Region: Chilisin: Thick Film Inductor Product Offering: FY Chilisin: Thin Film Inductor Product Offering: FY COILCRAFT Coilcraft, Inc. (Private) Special Note on Coilcraft About Coilcraft: Coilcraft: Number of Employees: Notes On Coilcraft Revenues Coilcraft Manufacturing Locations: Coilcraft Product Lines: Coilcraft: Corporate Milestones Since 1945: Coilcraft: Technical Innovations: CORE RAY Core Ray Electronics Company Limited Core Ray: About This Company: Core Ray: Product Line Up: CYNTEC Cyntec Company Limited About Cyntec Company Limited Cyntec: Thin Film Ceramic Inductor Product Line: FY DARFON Darfon Electronic Corporation About Darfon: Darfon: Thick Film Ceramic Chip Inductor Product Offering: FY

15 Darfon: Thin Film Ceramic Chip Inductor Product Offering: FY FAIR-RITE Fair-Rite Products Corp Fair-Rite: Company Description: Fair-Rite: Inductor Product Line GANG SONG GANG SONG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD Gang Song: Company Overview: Gang Song: Inductor and Related Products: Gang Song Factory Locations: GOWANDA Gowanda Electronics Corp Gowanda: Company Description Gowanda: Inductor Product Line: Gowanda: Manufacturing Facilities: Gowanda: Manufacturing Technologies Group: Gowanda: Mexico: Gowanda: ChipTek USA: Gowanda: Base Technologies: Gowanda: Customer Base: JOHANSON Johanson Technology Johanson Technology: About This Company: Johanson Technology: High Q Ceramic Chip Inductors: Johanson Technology: RF Wirewound Chip Inductors: Johanson Technology: RF Wirewound Chip Inductors: Johanson Technology: Thick Film Inductor Product Offering: FY LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES Steward Manufacturing Company (Laird) Laird (Steward): Overview: Laird (Steward) Inductor Product Line: Laird PLC Revenues By Product Segment: Laird PLC Performance Materials Division Revenues: Laird PLC Performance Materials Division Revenues by End-Use Market: Laird PLC Revenues By World Region:

16 MAGNETICS (SPANG) Magnetics (A Spang Company) Magnetics (Spang): Company Overview Magnetics (Spang): Product Line: MAG-LAYERS Mag-Layers Scientific-Technics Company Limited Mag-Layers: Company Description: Mag-Layers: Inductive Product Line: Mag-Layers Scientific Technics (3068: Taiwan) Annual Revenues: CY Forecast MMG CANADA MMG Canada Limited MMG Canada: About This Company MMG Canada History: MMG Product Line: MURATA MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED (RIC: 6981): Murata Manufacturing: About This Company Annual Revenues for Murata s Capacitor Group: Quarterly Revenues For MURATA: {Capacitor Operations Only} Murata Revenues By End-Use Market Segment: FY 2018 Forecasts Murata Revenue Trend By End-Use Market Segment: FY ; FY 2018 Forecasts MURATA: ECONOMIC INDICATOR: SHIFTING END-MARKET DATA IN FY Murata Revenues By World Region & Trends: FY ; FY 2018 Forecasts MURATA: Economic Indicator: Shifting Sales Data in FY Murata s Position in the Passive Component Industry: FY Murata Manufacturing: Recent Developments In Inductors (Expansion of Okayama; Merger with TOKO): Murata Manufacturing: Technology Trends in Inductors: Murata: Thick Film Ceramic Chip Inductor Product Offering: FY Murata: Thin Film Ceramic Chip Inductor Product Offering: FY Murata Manufacturing: Revenue Trends by World Region: Murata Manufacturing: Recent Developments In Inductors (Expansion of Okayama; Merger with TOKO): Murata Manufacturing: Technology Trends in Inductors: Murata Forecasting PANASONIC

17 PANASONIC CORPORATION (RIC: 6752): Panasonic Corporation: Description: Panasonic Corporation: Importance To The Passive Component Industry: FY Panasonic Revenues by World Region: Panasonic Revenues by End-Use Market Segment: Panasonic Inductor Product Line (Tajima): PULSE Pulse Electronics Corporation Pulse Electronics: Company Description: Pulse Electronics: Recent developments: Pulse Electronics: Power Magnetics Products: Pulse Electronics: Broadband: RF & Wireless Products: Pulse Electronics: Signal Magnetics Products (LAN Connectivity): Pulse Electronics: Signal Magnetics Products: Pulse Electronics: Broadband/Internet Access Products: Pulse Electronics: RF Chip Inductor Product Line: Pulse Electronics: Military-Aerospace Products: Pulse Electronics: Product Group Sales Update: Pulse Electronics: Revenue Trend by Country NEC-TOKIN (NOW KEMET) NEC-TOKIN CORPORATION (RIC: 6759) NEC Tokin- About This Company: NEC Tokin- Product Sales NEC-Tokin Sales March NEC Inductor Products: NEC-Tokin: Inductor Developments: SAGAMI Sagami Electric Company Limited Sagami Electric: Company Overview: Sagami Electric: Factory Locations and Employees: Sagami Electric: Major Customers: Sagami Electric: Major Push in Automotive Inductors: Sagami Electric: Revenue Estimates in Discrete Inductors and Coils: SAMWHA SamWha Electronics Company Limited

18 Samwha: Company Description and Overview: Samwha: Inductor Products: Samwha: Ferrite Powder Products: Samwha: Qingdao Factory: Samwha: Employees: SKYMOS Skymos Electronics Limited Skymos: Company Overview: Skymos Product Lineup: SUMIDA SUMIDA ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED (RIC: 6817) About Sumida: Sumida Annualized Revenues: CY Sumida Sales Trend By Key Technology In Automotive and Future Outlook Sumida Sales Trend By Key Technology In Industrial and Future Outlook Sumida Sales Trend By Key Technology In Consumer AV and Future Outlook Sumida Revenues By End-Use Market Segment: Sumida- Regional Growth Strategy: Raw Material Pricing: Costs To Produce: Sumida FY 2019 Outlook SUMIDA S POSITION IN THE PASSIVE COMPONENT INDUSTRY: FY SUNLORD Shenzhen Sunlord Electronics Co., Ltd Shenzhen Sunlord: Company Overview: Shenzhen Sunlord: New Product Developments in Inductors: TAIYO YUDEN TAIYO YUDEN COMPANY LIMITED (RIC: 6976): Annual Revenues For Taiyo Yuden s Ferrite and AP Group: ; 2018 Forecasts Quarterly Revenues For Taiyo Yuden Ferrites & Applied Products Group: TAIYO YUDEN S POSITION IN THE PASSIVE COMPONENT INDUSTRY: FY 2018: Taiyo Yuden: December 2017 Quarterly Reporting Taiyo Yuden: Trends and Directions in Discrete Inductors

19 TDK TDK CORPORATION (RIC: 6762): TDK- Capacitor and Inductor Revenues: A Combined Power House in Passives End-Use Market Demand Update: Capacitor Shipment Estimates Only In US Dollars- Sample TDK: Thick Film Ceramic Chip Inductor Product Offering: FY TDK: Thin Film Inductor Development: FY 2017 to FY Annual Revenues for TDK s Inductor Group: FY Revenues in TDK s Inductor Group were flat in FY 2018 because of the heavy sales channel into handsets Quarterly Revenues For TDK Inductors Group: TDK: ECONOMIC INDICATOR: SHIFTING SALES DATA IN FY TDK S POSITION IN THE PASSIVE COMPONENT INDUSTRY: FY 2018: TOKEN (THICK AND THIN FILM) Token Electronics Industry Co., Ltd About Token: Token: Ceramic Thin Film Inductor Product Offering: FY Token: Thick Film Inductor Product Offering: FY TOKO (MURATA) TOKO INC. (RIC: 6801): TOKO: Company Overview: TOKO Corporation: Annual Revenues: TOKO Revenues by World Region: Change in TOKO Revenues By World Region: CY 2011 to CY TOKO Revenues by End-Use Market Segment: TOKO Inc.: Changes in Demand By End-Use Market Segment: TOKO, Inc. Revenues By End-Use Market Segment: TOKO Production Footprint By World Region: TOKO: Technology Trends & Directions: TOKO: Partnership With Murata: TT ELECTRONICS TT ELECTRONICS TT Electronics: Company Overview: TT Electronics: Primary Brands and Subsidiaries: TT Electronics: Inductor and Ferrite Operations: TT Electronics- Product Offerings

20 TT Electronics on Current Market Conditions and Outlook: Product Offerings In Inductors (BI Technologies) TT Group- BI Technologies Corporation TT Electronics (MMG) VIKING (THICK AND THIN FILM) Viking Tech Corporation About Viking Technology Corp.: Viking: Thin Film Inductor Product Offering: FY VISHAY VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY (NYSE:VSH) Vishay Intertechnology: Company Overview Vishay Annual Resistor & Inductors Group Revenues: ; 2018 Forecasts Vishay Intertechnology: Resistors & Inductors Group; Quarterly Revenues: VISHAY S POSITION IN THE PASSIVE COMPONENT INDUSTRY: FY 2018: Vishay-Dale: Thick Film Ceramic Chip Inductor Product Offering: FY Vishay-Dale: Thin Film Ceramic Chip Inductor Product Offering: FY Vishay s Inductor Business Group: WURTH ELEKTRONIK Wurth Electronik Company Description & Relation With Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG: Wurth Electronik: Revenue Data: Wurth Electronik: Electronic & Electromechanical Components Group: Wurth Electronik: Electronic & Electromechanical: Standard Parts Wurth Electronik: Electronic & Electromechanical: IBE Automotive Parts Wurth Electronik: Electronic & Electromechanical: Midcom Custom Wurth Electronik: Manufacturing Facilities: Table of Figures and Graphs Figure 1: Currency Translations Used In This Report: FY 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 (Yen, NT$ and Won Currencies To The United States Dollar Quarterly Exchange Rates)

21 Figure 2: Four Main Segments of The Magnetic Components Market: FY Figure 3: Structure of the Worldwide Magnetics Industry in Figure 4: Summary Chart" Structure of The Worldwide Magnetics Business: FY Figure 5: Competitive Environment By Inductor, Coil and Core Product Type: FY Figure 6: Global Value, Volume and Average Unit Selling Price for Discrete Inductors: FY 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and Figure 7: Global Value of Consumption for Discrete Inductors: FY ; and FY 2017 Forecasts- In Millions of USD Figure 8:Global Volume Shipments By Inductor Type: ; Forecasts Figure 9: Average Unit Selling Price for Discrete Inductors: FY In USD Per Thousand Pieces Figure 10: Global Consumption Value for Discrete Inductor, Coils and Cores By Configuration: FY 2018 (Surface Mount, Throughole and Core) Figure 11: Global Consumption Value, Volume and Pricing For Discrete Inductors, Coils and Cores By Type and Configuration: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 (Fiscal Year Ending March) Figure 12: Global Consumption Value For Surface Mount Inductors By Type: (Ferrite Bead, Bead Array, ML Chip Coil, Molded Case Wirewound Chip, SMD Wirewound Coil): FY Figure 13:Global Consumption Value For Throughole and Core Inductors By Type: (Ferrite Cores, Axial Leaded Wirewound, Radial Leaded Wirewound, Wirewound Bobbin): FY Figure 14: Global Consumption Value for Discrete Inductors and Cores by End-Use Market Segment: FY Figure 15: Global Consumption Volume For Inductors, Beads and Cores by End-Use Market Segment: FY Figure 16: Inductor and Bead Content In A Wireless Handset By Type and Circuit Application: FY Figure 17: Inductor Content In a Notebook Computer by Component Type: FY Figure 18: Inductor and Bead Content In a LCD/PDP TV by Type and Circuit Application: FY Figure 19: Inductor, Bead and Core Content In A Standard Automobile By Type and Location: FY Figure 20: Inductor Content in Large Home Appliances and Lighting Ballasts By Component Type: FY Figure 21: Inductor, Bead and Core Consumption Volume and Pricing by End-Use Market Segment: FY Figure 22:Global Consumption Value for Inductors, Beads and Cores By World Region: FY 2013-FY 2014-FY 2015, and Figure 23: Sumida Corporation Annual Revenues: CY Figure 24: Taiyo Yuden: Ferrites & AP Group; Annual Revenues: ; 2018 Forecasts Figure 25: TDK Corporation; Inductors Group: Annual Revenues: ; 2018 Forecasts Figure 26: Vishay Interetechnology: Resistors & Inductors Group: Annual Revenues: ; 2018 Forecasts Figure 27: Chilisin Electronics Corp. (2456: Taiwan): Annual Revenues:

22 Figure 28: Mag-Layers Scientific Technics (3068: Taiwan) Annual Revenues: 2014 to Figure 29: Shenzhen Sunlord: Revenue Growth: Figure 30: ABC Taiwan Electronics Corp. (3236: Taiwan) Annual Revenues: CY Figure 31: Global Vendors of Discrete Inductors: FY 2018 Estimated Market Shares Figure 32: Discrete Inductor Vendors: FY 2018 Estimated Market Shares (Change in Share Status in FY 2017 to FY 2018) Figure 33: Competitive Environment in Inductors, Beads and Cores by End-Use Market Segment: FY Figure 34: Lead Time Trends for All Discrete Inductors Combined (Aggregate): Figure 35: Inductor, Bead and Core Shipment Value Forecasts: Figure 36:Global Value Shipments By Inductor Type: ; Figure 37:Global Volume Shipments By Inductor Type: ; Forecasts Figure 38:Global Average Unit Pricing For Inductors By Type: ; (In USD) Figure 39: Projected Production VOLUME for Key END-PRODUCTS Consuming Components (Top 16 End-Products) To Figure 40: Black Box Build and Forecasts: FY 2018 to FY 2023 Forecasts Figure 41: Value, Volume and Pricing Forecasts for Inductors, Beads and Cores by End-Use Product Market to Figure 42: Global Inductor, Bead and Coil Forecasts for Consumption by Component Type and Configuration: FY Figure 43: Global Inductor, Bead and Coil Forecasts For Consumption by World Region: FY Figure 44: High Frequency Ceramic Chip Inductors: Competition by Case Size: (Thick Versus Thin Film): FY Figure 45: Ceramic Vendors by Case Size and Inductor Thickness (Thick and Thin Film): FY Figure 46: High Frequency Bands and Related Nomenclature: Figure 47: Ultra Hi-Q Market Drivers (1 to 2.9 GHz): FY : Figure 48: Hi-Q Market Drivers (3.1 to 30 GHz): FY Figure 49: Product Markets For Ceramic Capacitors In The 31 to 100 GHz Figure 50: Telecom End-Use Markets For Passive Components: Global Consumption Value and Trend: Figure 51: Worldwide Unit Growth in Wireless Handsets and Forecasted Unit Growth By Year To Figure 52: Worldwide Unit Forecasts for Handset Consumption: Legacy versus Smartphone: FY Figure 53: Inductor Content by Type: Legacy versus Smartphone: FY Figure 54: Inductors for Handsets: Unit Demand Forecasts: FY Figure 55: Global Handset Revenue Growth Worldwide Figure 56: Discrete Inductor Suppliers To The Worldwide Handset Industry: FY 2018 Estimated Shares Figure 57: Automotive End-Use Markets For Passive Components: Global Consumption Value and Trend: Figure 58: Automotive Grade Inductor Vendors: FY 2018 Market Share Estimates

23 Figure 59: Top Vendors of Automotive telematics and Connectivity Devices: FY Figure 60: Heads Up Displays In Auto: Key Technologies and Expected Growth Rates By Technology To Figure 61: Automotive Heads-Up Display Manufacturers and Market Shares: FY Figure 62: Automotive Telematics Market Growth By Technology Platform: Figure 63: Computer End-Use Markets For Passive Components: Global Consumption Value and Trend: Figure 64: Figure 22: Industrial End-Use Markets For Passive Components: Global Consumption Value and Trends: Figure 65: Global Sales and Market Share estimates for Discrete Inductors To The Optical Networking Market: Figure 66: Outlook in The Defense Electronics Sector Figure 67: DOD Budget Trends & Directions Figure 68: Inductor Customers In Defense Electronics: FY Figure 69: Defense Communications Equipment Manufacturers: FY 2018 Market Shares Figure 70: Inductor Suppliers To Defense Communications Markets: FY 2018 Sales and Market Shares Figure 71: Spacecraft Manufacturers: FY 2017 Estimated Sales and Market Shares Figure 72: Outlook For Space Electronics Figure 73: Magnetic Component Vendors for Medical Electronics: FY Figure 74: Magnetic Component Vendors for Test & Measurement: FY Figure 75: Magnetic Component Vendors for Industrial Electronics and Power: FY Figure 76: Passive Component Volumetric Efficiency Comparison Figure 77: Ultra-Small Passives: A $15 Billion Industry Figure 78: ABC Taiwan Electronics Corp. (3236: Taiwan) Annual Revenues: CY Figure 79: AVX Corporation: Annual Revenues: ; 2018 Forecasts Figure 80: Chilisin Electronics Corp. (2456: Taiwan): Annual Revenues: Forecasts Figure 81: Mag-Layers Scientific Technics (3068: Taiwan) Annual Revenues: Figure 82: MURATA MFG CO LTD CAPACITOR GROUP: Annual Revenues: FY FY 2018 Forecasts Figure 83: MURATA MFG CO LTD CAPACITOR GROUP; Quarterly Revenues: ; 2018 Forecasts Figure 84: Murata Annual Revenues by End-Use Market Segment: FY Figure 85: Murata Annual Revenues by End-Use Market Segment: FY 2009-FY 20147; FY 2018 Forecasts Figure 86: Murata Revenues by World Region: FY (9 Months of Data; shifting markets) Figure 87: Murata Revenues by World Region: FY ; FY 2018 Forecasts Figure 88: Murata Revenues by World Region: FY (9 Months of Data; shifting markets) Figure 89: Sumida Corporation Annual Revenues: CY

24 Figure 90: Sumida Corporation: Changes in Demand By End-Use Market Segment: Figure 91: Shenzhen Sunlord: Revenue Growth: Figure 92: Taiyo Yuden: Ferrites & AP Group; Annual Revenues: ; 2018 Forecasts Figure 93: Taiyo Yuden: Ferrites & AP Group: Quarterly Revenues: Figure 94: TDK Corporation; Inductors Group: Annual Revenues: ; 2018 Forecasts Figure 95: TDK Corporation: Inductors Group; Quarterly Revenues: Forecasts Figure 96: TDK Revenues by World Region: FY (9 Months of Data; shifting markets) Figure 97: TOKO Corporation: Annual Revenues: CY Figure 98: Vishay Interetechnology: Resistors & Inductors Group: Annual Revenues: ; 2018 Forecasts Figure 99: Vishay Intertechnology: Resistors & Inductors Group; Quarterly Revenues: