Future Electronic Connectors
A small connector is actually a big name because the connector that acts as a bridge is the technical path to realizing the interconnection of the world. It's just that the connector companies upstream of the industry chain have always been heroes behind the scenes, rarely exposed, so they are not familiar to end consumers. As the world's largest connector manufacturer, TE is also known as the "invisible giant", and it is present in almost all places where electricity, signals, and data flow. If based on the whole business sector, new products come out every day, from sensing technology in the automotive industry to contactless applications in the industrial field, or terminals on mobile terminals, ultra-small antennas, and the business scope covers almost all countries from All areas of consumption, transportation, energy, industry, etc.
When the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 becomes the new market engines, component manufacturers such as TE seem to have an increasingly long way to go. In James' view, the core of these market hot spots is simply the word "connection", the connection between cars, the connection between household appliances, and the connection between security facilities, including in industrial applications, between devices Connection. It's just that the requirements for connectors are getting higher and higher.
The requirements for future connectors are nothing more than faster, smaller, smarter, and more environmentally friendly. But each sub-industry has a different focus. For example, James said, for example, the automotive industry needs to ensure the reliability and high quality of connectors in harsh environments. For the consumer electronics industry, lightness and compactness are the most important. The second is reliability, but the reliability of the two is not the same level. To a certain extent, the speed of consumer electronics product innovation determines two other special requirements: cost control and shortening of the research and development cycle.
In addition to technical iterations, the regional distribution of connectors has also tilted to varying degrees with changes in market share. Over the years, global connector production capacity has begun to shift to Asia, especially China. Some analysts believe that Asia has become the place with the most potential for the development of the connector market, and China is expected to become the fastest growing and the largest market for connectors in the world.
In the past, most connector suppliers made more use of China's low production costs, but now they are thinking more about how to serve this emerging market.