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		<title>The Electronic Components Industry in 2025: Between a Fragile Rebound and Strategic Reshaping</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[After two years of turbulence — marked first by the great post-pandemic shortage of 2021-2022, then by a severe inventory correction cycle in 2023-2024 — the global electronic components industry enters 2025 in a particular state of mind: cautious, but resolutely forward-looking. The rebound is real, but uneven. Some segments are booming while others are still stagnating. And against a backdrop of persistent geopolitical tensions, the entire sector is reinventing itself. 1. The 2024 Review: A Painful &#8220;Reset&#8221; To understand where the sector stands today, we need to look back at what 2024 actually was: a year of painful correction.…]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After two years of turbulence — marked first by the great post-pandemic shortage of 2021-2022, then by a severe inventory correction cycle in 2023-2024 — the global electronic components industry enters 2025 in a particular state of mind: cautious, but resolutely forward-looking. The rebound is real, but uneven. Some segments are booming while others are still stagnating. And against a backdrop of persistent geopolitical tensions, the entire sector is reinventing itself.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">1. The 2024 Review: A Painful &#8220;Reset&#8221;</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To understand where the sector stands today, we need to look back at what 2024 actually was: a year of painful correction. After the excessive orders placed in the panic of the 2022-2023 shortages, manufacturers spent most of the year working through surplus inventory. <strong>Nick Wood, Sales Director at Insight SiP</strong>, summed up the situation well at the start of 2024: &#8220;2024 will be a reset year, with largely stable revenues for many suppliers as the post-pandemic supply chain effects dissipate.&#8221; (<em>Lembarque.com, February 2024</em>)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The numbers confirm this diagnosis. In France, <strong>Acsiel&#8217;s Q1 2024 barometer</strong> recorded a 4% decline in the components and consumables index compared to the previous quarter — a 13% drop year-on-year. Semiconductors, passive components, and connectors all dragged the index down. A weak construction sector, the slowdown in electric vehicle uptake (with anticipated volumes slow to materialise), and fierce Chinese competition in certain segments made the picture even grimmer. (<em>Acsiel / VIPress.net, July 2024</em>)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On the European majors front, signals were equally negative: <strong>STMicroelectronics</strong> anticipated a 5.2% decline in its median revenue for 2024, while <strong>Infineon</strong> projected an 11% contraction in Q1. (<em>ChannelNews, February 2024</em>)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Yet at the global level, the overall picture is less bleak. Every single month of 2024, the semiconductor industry recorded <strong>double-digit year-on-year sales growth</strong>. In January 2024, global sales reached $47.6 billion, up 15.2% from January 2023, according to the <strong>Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)</strong>. (<em>Groupe GA / IC-Golden.com, January 2025</em>)</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">2. The Engine of Recovery: Artificial Intelligence</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If one segment is pulling the entire industry upward, it is unquestionably <strong>AI chips</strong>. Demand from hyperscalers (Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta) equipping their data centers has continued to accelerate, propelling NVIDIA to the status of the world&#8217;s most sought-after stock. Foxconn CEO Young Liu stated early in 2024 that he expected &#8220;the AI chip shortage to continue through 2024 due to limited server chip production capacity.&#8221; (<em>ChannelNews, February 2024</em>)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This dynamic is creating a <strong>rift within the market itself</strong>: on one side, a persistent shortage and sustained prices for high-end GPUs and AI chips; on the other, overcapacity and margin pressure in more mature segments (passive components, consumer microcontrollers, traditional automotive components).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Gartner</strong> forecast a 16.8% rebound in global semiconductor revenues to reach $624 billion in 2024 — growth driven largely by this AI boom. (<em>ChannelNews, December 2023</em>)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For 2025, the outlook is positive but mixed. The <strong>WSTS (World Semiconductor Trade Statistics)</strong> projects 12.5% growth in the global market, reaching <strong>$687 billion</strong>, driven by memory and logic chips. In Europe, expected growth remains more modest — <strong>single digits</strong> — while the Americas and Asia-Pacific should post significantly stronger rates. (<em>Groupe GA / IC-Golden.com, January 2025</em>; <em>Kitron / Electroniques.biz, June 2024</em>)</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">3. New Geopolitical Dynamics: From Shortage to Sovereignty</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The harsh lesson of 2021-2022 was clear: in the world of electronic components, <strong>geographic dependency is a systemic risk</strong>. The vast majority of advanced chip production is concentrated in Taiwan, at <strong>TSMC</strong>, which manufactures most of the cutting-edge semiconductors for Apple, NVIDIA, and AMD. Tensions between Beijing and Taipei remain high, and this concentration is alarming governments and industry players alike.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The response has been political and massive:</p>



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<li><strong>United States</strong>: The <em>CHIPS and Science Act</em> of 2022 mobilised <strong>$52 billion</strong> in subsidies to reshore manufacturing on American soil. From April 2024 onward, the first concrete tranches were announced: $6.6 billion for TSMC (Arizona), $1.375 billion for GlobalFoundries (New York). However, manufacturing in the US costs 3 to 4 times more than in Taiwan, and a shortage of skilled labour remains a major obstacle. (<em>Le Monde Informatique, December 2023; Investing.com, April 2024</em>)</li>



<li><strong>Europe</strong>: The <em>European Chips Act</em>, backed by <strong>€44 billion</strong>, aims to bring Europe&#8217;s share of global chip production to <strong>20% by 2030</strong>. An ambitious target, given that the continent is starting from a very low base. By September 2024, some industry players were already calling for a &#8220;Chips Act 2.0,&#8221; noting that the first version had mainly served to &#8220;highlight the problems&#8221; without yet solving them. (<em>Generation-NT.com, September 2024</em>)</li>



<li><strong>China</strong>: Beijing is investing heavily in local factories to achieve technological self-sufficiency. Over the past three years, its share of global chip manufacturing has increased by nearly 50%, reaching approximately 18% of global supply. (<em>Le Monde Informatique, December 2023</em>) Meanwhile, US export restrictions on the most advanced AI chips to China have created a paradoxical dynamic: Chinese tech giants (Alibaba, ByteDance, Tencent) continue to eagerly purchase NVIDIA chips adapted to export rules (such as the H20), lacking competitive local alternatives in the short term.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">4. Growth Segments and Segments Under Pressure</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The electronic components market is not monolithic. In 2025, some segments are clearly driving growth while others are struggling to emerge from the cyclical trough.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>High-growth segments:</strong></p>



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<li><strong>AI chips and data centers</strong>: driven by massive hyperscaler investments.</li>



<li><strong>Automotive electronics (ADAS, EVs)</strong>: electric vehicles are incorporating ever more semiconductors (over 1,000 power modules per vehicle on average). Demand for SiC (silicon carbide) components is surging for energy management systems. (<em>Mordor Intelligence / Marketgrowthreports.com</em>)</li>



<li><strong>5G and connectivity</strong>: 5G infrastructure rollouts are sustaining strong demand for high-frequency RF components.</li>



<li><strong>IoT and smart home</strong>: more than 20 billion IoT endpoints expected to be deployed globally, each requiring multiple components. (<em>Global Growth Insights</em>)</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Segments under pressure:</strong></p>



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<li><strong>Passive components and connectors</strong>: overproduction, Chinese competition, margin pressure.</li>



<li><strong>Industrial and building electronics</strong>: weak conditions in the residential construction sector are weighing on home automation.</li>



<li><strong>PCBs (printed circuit boards)</strong>: after a 15% production decline in 2023, the recovery is gradual. Capacity is abundant in China, while Europe and the US are focused on ramping up their defence industry output. (<em>Kitron / Electroniques.biz, June 2024</em>)</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">5. Persistent Structural Challenges</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Despite the rebound, several <strong>structural vulnerabilities</strong> continue to weigh on the industry:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Cyclical volatility.</strong> The semiconductor industry remains deeply cyclical. Kitron, a specialist subcontractor, puts it bluntly: &#8220;component availability has greatly improved, but the market remains very difficult and almost all other factors affecting prices are moving in the wrong direction.&#8221; (<em>Electroniques.biz, June 2024</em>) The risk of a new mini supply crisis in the event of a sudden demand rebound remains real.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Lack of visibility.</strong> The prolonged inventory correction has generated a deficit of visibility on long-term orders, making forecasting highly challenging for component manufacturers. Lead times can lengthen &#8220;very quickly when global demand growth absorbs available inventory.&#8221; (<em>Kitron</em>)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Raw material price pressure.</strong> French manufacturers are facing rising prices for copper, tin, and gold, while at times being forced to cut their selling prices to keep factories running — a particularly painful squeeze in the passives segment. (<em>Acsiel / VIPress.net, July 2024</em>)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Skills shortage.</strong> Recruitment difficulties span all profiles — technicians, operators, engineers — and represent one of the key constraints on ramping up production, including for the most ambitious reshoring projects. TSMC in Arizona experienced this firsthand, pushing back the opening of its second plant from 2024 to 2025. (<em>Le Monde Informatique, December 2023</em>)</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">6. Outlook: A Market in Deep Restructuring</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">By 2032, the global electronic components market could reach <strong>$847 billion</strong> (up from around $394 billion in 2024), according to Fortune Business Insights — a near-doubling in less than a decade. Asia-Pacific is expected to maintain its dominance with around 37% market share.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But beyond the numbers, a <strong>structural reshaping</strong> is underway. Global supply chains, once optimised purely for cost, are reorganising around <strong>resilience and sovereignty</strong>. Governments have become direct actors in the industry. Geopolitics has entered the boardrooms of chip manufacturers. And artificial intelligence, by creating an almost insatiable demand for computing power, has reshuffled the deck among all players.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For European and French players, the challenge is twofold: participating in this rebound while building an industrial base that is less dependent on Asian supply. That is the challenge underpinning the <em>European Chips Act</em>, as well as champions like <strong>STMicroelectronics</strong> and <strong>Soitec</strong>, which are developing advanced technologies for the automotive and space markets. (<em>Major Prépa, November 2024</em>)</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Summary</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table><thead><tr><th scope="col">Indicator</th><th scope="col">Status (Feb. 2025)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Global semiconductor market 2024</td><td>~$588B (+~15% vs 2023)</td></tr><tr><td>WSTS 2025 growth forecast</td><td>+12.5% → ~$687B</td></tr><tr><td>Total electronic components market 2024</td><td>~$394B</td></tr><tr><td>Main growth driver</td><td>AI chips / data centers</td></tr><tr><td>Main segments under pressure</td><td>Passive components, PCBs, industrial electronics</td></tr><tr><td>Major geopolitical risk</td><td>TSMC concentration in Taiwan</td></tr><tr><td>Policy response</td><td>CHIPS Act ($52B), European Chips Act (€44B)</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Sources</h2>



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<li><strong>Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)</strong> — monthly global sales data: <a href="https://www.semiconductors.org">semiconductors.org</a></li>



<li><strong>WSTS (World Semiconductor Trade Statistics)</strong> — 2025 forecasts: <a href="https://www.wsts.org">wsts.org</a></li>



<li><strong>Gartner</strong> — semiconductor market forecast 2024 (<em>ChannelNews</em>, December 2023): <a href="https://www.channelnews.fr/gartner-prevoit-un-fort-rebond-du-marche-mondial-des-semi-conducteurs-en-2024-130672">channelnews.fr</a></li>



<li><strong>Acsiel</strong> — Electronics barometer Q1 2024 (<em>VIPress.net</em>, July 2024): <a href="https://vipress.net/un-marche-francais-de-lelectronique-en-berne-au-premier-trimestre/">vipress.net</a></li>



<li><strong>Kitron</strong> — Electronic components market watch (<em>Electroniques.biz</em>, June 2024): <a href="https://www.electroniques.biz/economie/conjoncture/kitron-livre-un-apercu-du-marche-des-composants/">electroniques.biz</a></li>



<li><strong>Nick Wood / Insight SiP</strong> — Industry outlook 2024 (<em>Lembarque.com</em>, February 2024): <a href="https://www.lembarque.com/article/industrie-electronique-en-2024-une-annee-difficile-en-perspective">lembarque.com</a></li>



<li><strong>Groupe GA / IC-Golden.com</strong> — Electronic components industry outlook 2025 (January 2025): <a href="https://www.ic-golden.com/fr/blog-ic/Perspectives-de-l'industrie-des-composants-%C3%A9lectroniques-en-2025/">ic-golden.com</a></li>



<li><strong>Fortune Business Insights</strong> — Global electronic components market size: <a href="https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/fr/electronic-components-market-109245">fortunebusinessinsights.com</a></li>



<li><strong>Le Monde Informatique</strong> — CHIPS Act: status report (December 2023): <a href="https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-chips-act-pourquoi-des-milliards-de-dollars-ne-sont-toujours-pas-distribues-92400.html">lemondeinformatique.fr</a></li>



<li><strong>Generation-NT.com</strong> — Chips Act 2.0 and European strategy (September 2024): <a href="https://www.generation-nt.com/actualites/semiconducteurs-esia-production-puces-chips-act-2-2050183">generation-nt.com</a></li>



<li><strong>ChannelNews</strong> — Semiconductor rebound, AI chip shortage (February 2024): <a href="https://www.channelnews.fr/semis-conducteurs-le-rebond-samorce-malgre-la-penurie-persistante-des-puces-dia-132353">channelnews.fr</a></li>



<li><strong>Major Prépa</strong> — Semiconductors 2025, geopolitical stakes (November 2024): <a href="https://major-prepa.com/eco-droit/semi-conducteurs-2025-bataille-technologique-geopolitique-futur/">major-prepa.com</a></li>



<li><strong>Mordor Intelligence</strong> — Power electronics market: <a href="https://www.mordorintelligence.com/fr/industry-reports/power-electronics-market">mordorintelligence.com</a></li>
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		<title>Q2 2024: Drei Ereignisse, die die Halbleiterindustrie geprägt haben</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Das zweite Quartal 2024 wird als Wendepunkt für die globale Elektronikindustrie in Erinnerung bleiben. Zwischen historischen Industrieankündigungen, rekordverdächtigen Finanzergebnissen und eskalierenden geopolitischen Spannungen haben die drei Monate von April bis Juni 2024 die Konturen einer Branche im tiefgreifenden Wandel gezeichnet. Dies sind die drei Ereignisse, die jeder Fachmann im Bereich der Komponentenbeschaffung kennen sollte. 1. TSMC und der CHIPS Act: Eine dritte Fabrik in Arizona (8. April 2024) Am 8. April 2024 unterzeichneten das U.S. Department of Commerce und TSMC Arizona eine vorläufige Vereinbarung über bis zu 6,6 Milliarden US-Dollar an Direktförderung im Rahmen des CHIPS and Science Act. Die…]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das zweite Quartal 2024 wird als Wendepunkt für die globale Elektronikindustrie in Erinnerung bleiben. Zwischen historischen Industrieankündigungen, rekordverdächtigen Finanzergebnissen und eskalierenden geopolitischen Spannungen haben die drei Monate von April bis Juni 2024 die Konturen einer Branche im tiefgreifenden Wandel gezeichnet. Dies sind die drei Ereignisse, die jeder Fachmann im Bereich der Komponentenbeschaffung kennen sollte.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">1. TSMC und der CHIPS Act: Eine dritte Fabrik in Arizona (8. April 2024)</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Am 8. April 2024 unterzeichneten das U.S. Department of Commerce und TSMC Arizona eine vorläufige Vereinbarung über bis zu <strong>6,6 Milliarden US-Dollar</strong> an Direktförderung im Rahmen des CHIPS and Science Act. Die Ankündigung wurde von einer bedeutenden Neuigkeit begleitet: TSMC bestätigte den Bau einer <strong>dritten Fabrik in Phoenix</strong> und brachte damit die Gesamtinvestition am Standort auf über <strong>65 Milliarden US-Dollar</strong> — die größte ausländische Direktinvestition in ein Greenfield-Projekt in der Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die erste Fabrik wird Chips in 4-nm-Technologie fertigen, die zweite in 2 nm — der fortschrittlichsten Prozesstechnologie, die jemals in den USA produziert wird — und die dritte wird 2-nm-Prozesse oder noch fortschrittlichere Verfahren einsetzen, mit geplantem Produktionsbeginn vor Ende des Jahrzehnts. Zusätzlich zur Direktfinanzierung sieht die Vereinbarung Bundesdarlehen von bis zu 5 Milliarden US-Dollar vor.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Für Fachleute in der Komponentenbeschaffung ist dieses Ereignis aus zwei Gründen strategisch bedeutsam: Es verringert langfristig die Abhängigkeit der Weltindustrie von einem einzigen geografischen Cluster in Asien, und es bestätigt, dass die Rückverlagerung der Produktion fortschrittlicher Halbleiter kein frommer Wunsch mehr ist — sie befindet sich buchstäblich im Bau.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Quelle:</strong> TSMC / U.S. Department of Commerce, offizielle Pressemitteilung, 8. April 2024 — <a href="https://pr.tsmc.com/english/news/3122">pr.tsmc.com</a> · <a href="https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2024/04/biden-harris-administration-announces-preliminary-terms-tsmc-expanded">commerce.gov</a></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">2. Nvidia bricht alle Rekorde: 26 Milliarden US-Dollar Umsatz im Q1 (22. Mai 2024)</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Am 22. Mai 2024 veröffentlichte Nvidia seine Ergebnisse für das erste Quartal des Geschäftsjahres 2025 (abgeschlossen Ende April 2024). Die Zahlen ließen die Branche sprachlos zurück: <strong>26 Milliarden US-Dollar Umsatz</strong>, ein Anstieg von 262 % im Jahresvergleich und 18 % gegenüber dem Vorquartal.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Segment Data Center, der Motor dieses Wachstums, erreichte allein <strong>22,6 Milliarden US-Dollar</strong> — ein Plus von 427 % im Jahresvergleich. Die Nachfrage nach der Hopper-GPU-Plattform, die für das Training und die Inferenz großer Sprachmodelle eingesetzt wird, wuchs weiterhin explosionsartig. Große Cloud-Anbieter machten in diesem Quartal rund 45 % des Data-Center-Umsatzes von Nvidia aus. Nvidia kündigte außerdem einen Aktiensplit im Verhältnis zehn zu eins an, der am 7. Juni 2024 in Kraft trat.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jensen Huang, CEO von Nvidia, erklärte gegenüber Investoren: <strong>„Die nächste industrielle Revolution hat begonnen.&#8221;</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Für die gesamte Elektronikindustrie bestätigten diese Ergebnisse eine nicht mehr zu ignorierende Realität: Die Nachfrage nach KI-Chips und High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) schuf einen Zwei-Geschwindigkeiten-Markt — auf der einen Seite Standardkomponenten auf dem Weg zur Normalisierung, auf der anderen Seite Spitzenhalbleiter unter chronischem Versorgungsdruck.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Quelle:</strong> NVIDIA Corporation, Quartalsergebnisse Q1 FY2025, 22. Mai 2024 — <a href="https://investor.nvidia.com/news/press-release-details/2024/NVIDIA-Announces-Financial-Results-for-First-Quarter-Fiscal-2025/default.aspx">investor.nvidia.com</a></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">3. Der US-chinesische Chip-Krieg eskaliert: Neue Exportbeschränkungen</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Im gesamten zweiten Quartal 2024 nahm der geopolitische Druck auf die Halbleiter-Lieferketten weiter zu. Die US-amerikanischen Exportkontrollen für fortschrittliche Chips nach China — zunächst im Oktober 2022 eingeführt und im Oktober 2023 ausgeweitet — entwickelten sich weiter: Neue chinesische Unternehmen wurden auf die Einschränkungsliste gesetzt, und die Lizenzanforderungen für Halbleiterfertigungsanlagen wurden verschärft.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Diese Maßnahmen zielten darauf ab, Chinas Zugang zu den fortschrittlichsten KI-GPUs und den für die Produktion der neuesten Chip-Generationen erforderlichen Lithografieanlagen zu begrenzen. Gleichzeitig beschleunigte China seine Investitionen in technologische Eigenständigkeit, wobei Unternehmen wie Huawei und SMIC trotz der Beschränkungen bei immer fortschrittlicheren Fertigungsknoten Fortschritte machten.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Für Einkaufsteams und Supply-Chain-Manager hat diese Dynamik unmittelbare Auswirkungen: Die schrittweise Fragmentierung des globalen Halbleitermarktes in zwei unterschiedliche Ökosysteme — eines auf die USA ausgerichtet, das andere auf China — beginnt sich in Beschaffungsentscheidungen, zugelassenen Lieferantenlisten und Qualifizierungsstrategien zu materialisieren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Quelle:</strong> U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) — regulatorische Entwicklungen 2023–2024; CSIS, <em>The Limits of Chip Export Controls</em>, 2024 — <a href="https://www.csis.org/analysis/limits-chip-export-controls-meeting-china-challenge">csis.org</a></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Was dies für Ihre Komponentenbeschaffung bedeutet</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Diese drei Ereignisse führen zu demselben Fazit: Der Markt für elektronische Bauelemente normalisiert sich an der Oberfläche, strukturiert sich aber in der Tiefe um. Die Lieferzeiten verbessern sich bei Standardreferenzen — doch fortschrittliche Halbleiter, HBM-Speicher und KI-Chips bleiben unter strukturellem Druck, wobei die Geopolitik den Zugang zu Versorgungsquellen von einem Tag auf den anderen schließen kann.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bei <strong>ARTRONIK COMPONENTS</strong> verfolgen wir diese Entwicklungen in Echtzeit, um Zuteilungszyklen zu antizipieren, bevor sie unsere Kunden beeinträchtigen. Genau deshalb bauen wir unser Netzwerk zertifizierter Herstellerpartner kontinuierlich aus — um qualifizierte Alternativen bereitzustellen, wenn sich die Märkte anspannen.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[The second quarter of 2024 will be remembered as a pivotal period for the global electronics industry. From historic industrial announcements to record-breaking financial results and escalating geopolitical tensions, the three months from April to June 2024 outlined the shape of a sector in deep transformation. Here are the three events that every component procurement professional needs to know. 1. TSMC and the CHIPS Act: A Third Fab in Arizona (April 8, 2024) On April 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce and TSMC Arizona signed a preliminary agreement for up to $6.6 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS…]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The second quarter of 2024 will be remembered as a pivotal period for the global electronics industry. From historic industrial announcements</strong> t<strong>o record-breaking financial results and escalating geopolitical tensions, the three months from April to June 2024 outlined the shape of a sector in deep transformation. Here are the three events that every component procurement professional needs to know.</strong></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">1. TSMC and the CHIPS Act: A Third Fab in Arizona (April 8, 2024)</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On April 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce and TSMC Arizona signed a preliminary agreement for up to <strong>$6.6 billion</strong> in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The announcement came with a major headline: TSMC confirmed the construction of a <strong>third fab in Phoenix</strong>, bringing the total investment on the site to more than <strong>$65 billion</strong> — the largest foreign direct investment in a greenfield project in U.S. history.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The first fab will produce chips using 4nm process technology, the second will use 2nm — the most advanced ever manufactured in the United States — and the third will use 2nm or more advanced processes, with production scheduled before the end of the decade. In addition to the direct funding, the agreement proposed up to $5 billion in federal loans.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For component procurement professionals, this event is strategic on two levels: it will ultimately reduce the global industry&#8217;s dependence on a single geographic cluster in Asia, and it confirms that reshoring advanced semiconductor production is no longer wishful thinking — it is literally under construction.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Source:</strong> TSMC / U.S. Department of Commerce, official press release, April 8, 2024 — <a href="https://pr.tsmc.com/english/news/3122">pr.tsmc.com</a> · <a href="https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2024/04/biden-harris-administration-announces-preliminary-terms-tsmc-expanded">commerce.gov</a></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">2. Nvidia Shatters Records: $26 Billion in Revenue for Q1 (May 22, 2024)</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On May 22, 2024, Nvidia released its results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 (ending late April 2024). The figures left the industry speechless: <strong>$26 billion in revenue</strong>, up 262% year-over-year and 18% from the previous quarter.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Data Center segment, the engine of this growth, reached <strong>$22.6 billion</strong> on its own — a 427% increase year-over-year. Demand for the Hopper GPU platform, used for training and inference of large language models, continued to surge. Major cloud providers accounted for roughly 45% of Nvidia&#8217;s Data Center revenue that quarter. Nvidia also announced a ten-for-one stock split, effective June 7, 2024.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jensen Huang, Nvidia&#8217;s CEO, told investors: <strong>&#8220;The next industrial revolution has begun.&#8221;</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For the broader electronic components industry, these results confirmed an unavoidable reality: demand for AI chips and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) was creating a two-speed market — standard components trending toward normalisation on one side, and cutting-edge semiconductors under chronic supply pressure on the other.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Source:</strong> NVIDIA Corporation, Q1 FY2025 earnings press release, May 22, 2024 — <a href="https://investor.nvidia.com/news/press-release-details/2024/NVIDIA-Announces-Financial-Results-for-First-Quarter-Fiscal-2025/default.aspx">investor.nvidia.com</a></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">3. The US-China Chip War Intensifies: New Export Restrictions</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Throughout Q2 2024, geopolitical pressure on semiconductor supply chains continued to mount. U.S. export controls on advanced chips destined for China — first introduced in October 2022 and expanded in October 2023 — kept evolving, with new Chinese entities added to the restricted list and tightened licensing requirements for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These measures aimed to limit China&#8217;s access to the most advanced AI GPUs and the lithography tools needed to produce next-generation chips. Meanwhile, China was accelerating its push for technological self-sufficiency, with companies like Huawei and SMIC making progress on increasingly advanced process nodes despite the restrictions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For procurement teams and supply chain managers, this dynamic carries direct implications: the gradual fragmentation of the global semiconductor market into two distinct ecosystems — one aligned with the United States, the other with China — is beginning to materialise in sourcing decisions, approved vendor lists, and qualification strategies.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Source:</strong> U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) — regulatory developments 2023–2024; CSIS, <em>The Limits of Chip Export Controls</em>, 2024 — <a href="https://www.csis.org/analysis/limits-chip-export-controls-meeting-china-challenge">csis.org</a></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What This Means for Your Component Procurement</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These three events point to the same conclusion: the electronic components market is normalising on the surface, but restructuring at its core. Lead times are improving for standard references — but advanced semiconductors, HBM memory, and AI chips remain under structural pressure, with geopolitics capable of closing off supply access overnight.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At <strong>ARTRONIK COMPONENTS</strong>, we monitor these developments in real time to anticipate allocation cycles before they affect our customers. It is precisely why we continue to expand our network of certified manufacturing partners — to provide qualified alternatives when markets tighten.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tras dos años de perturbaciones sin precedentes en las cadenas de suministro, la industria de los componentes electrónicos vuelve a respirar. Los plazos de entrega medios a escala mundial han caído por debajo de las 14 semanas — un umbral que no se alcanzaba desde antes de la crisis del Covid, la cual sumió a todo el sector en una prolongada espiral. En su punto álgido, los plazos superaban las 26 semanas en muchas categorías de componentes, y algunos semiconductores críticos rozaban el año de espera. Hoy, los indicadores avanzan en la dirección correcta. Pero como cualquier profesional de compras…]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tras dos años de perturbaciones sin precedentes en las cadenas de suministro, la industria de los componentes electrónicos vuelve a respirar. Los plazos de entrega medios a escala mundial han caído por debajo de las 14 semanas — un umbral que no se alcanzaba desde antes de la crisis del Covid, la cual sumió a todo el sector en una prolongada espiral. En su punto álgido, los plazos superaban las 26 semanas en muchas categorías de componentes, y algunos semiconductores críticos rozaban el año de espera. Hoy, los indicadores avanzan en la dirección correcta. Pero como cualquier profesional de compras experimentado confirmará: normalización no es lo mismo que estabilidad.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">¿Cómo hemos llegado hasta aquí?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Recordemos el año 2021. Plantas de automóviles cerraban por falta de un chip de dos dólares. Fabricantes de electrónica de consumo fletaban componentes por avión a costes desorbitados. Los distribuidores citaban plazos en meses, no en semanas. Los compradores doblaban y triplicaban sus pedidos por puro miedo — lo que no hacía sino agravar la escasez.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Las causas profundas han sido ampliamente documentadas: un auge de la demanda de electrónica de consumo durante los confinamientos, un colapso y rebote simultáneo de la producción automotriz, una escasez mundial de capacidad de fabricación de obleas de silicio, y una cascada de perturbaciones logísticas — congestión portuaria, bloqueo del canal de Suez en 2021. El sector fue sorprendido con la guardia baja, y fueron necesarios años de inversión de capital, expansión de capacidad y dolorosas correcciones de inventario para recuperar el equilibrio.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>«Tras dos años de severas restricciones, los plazos de entrega en la mayoría de las categorías de componentes han vuelto a niveles ampliamente coherentes con las normas prepandemia, con cifras medias globales ahora por debajo de las 14 semanas.»</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">— Consenso sectorial, datos de distribuidores, T4 2023 / T1 2024</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Lo que dicen los datos</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Los datos de seguimiento de cadenas de suministro disponibles hasta principios de 2024 confirman que los plazos de entrega medios mundiales han regresado a aproximadamente 14 semanas — frente a un pico de más de 26 semanas registrado en el punto álgido de la crisis en 2022, lo que representa una reducción de casi el 50 %.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sin embargo, la recuperación no ha sido uniforme en todas las familias de productos:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Componentes pasivos</strong> (MLCCs, resistencias, inductancias) — entre los más afectados durante la escasez, han registrado las mejoras más espectaculares. La oferta se ha recuperado sustancialmente, aunque la demanda vuelve a crecer — una dinámica que conviene vigilar de cerca.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Circuitos lógicos y microcontroladores</strong> — la normalización es igualmente significativa; muchas referencias estándar están ahora disponibles en stock en los grandes distribuidores, poniendo fin al entorno de asignación de 2021–2022.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Semiconductores de potencia</strong> (MOSFETs, IGBTs, diodos) — los plazos siguen siendo algo más ajustados que en otras categorías, sostenidos por una demanda estructural proveniente de los sectores del vehículo eléctrico y las energías renovables.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Chips de IA y computación de alto rendimiento</strong> — constituyen una categoría aparte: la demanda de los hyperscalers y fabricantes de aceleradores de IA sigue superando la oferta en dispositivos de vanguardia, y este segmento no muestra señales de normalización.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">El problema de la corrección de inventarios</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Aquí es donde el panorama se matiza. La normalización de los plazos ha ido acompañada de una acumulación significativa de inventario en toda la cadena de suministro. Durante los años de escasez, los compradores — comprensiblemente — realizaron pedidos muy superiores a sus necesidades reales, como cobertura frente a retrasos y asignaciones. Ahora que la oferta ha alcanzado a la demanda, esos pedidos excedentes se han traducido en almacenes saturados.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Los distribuidores acumulan niveles elevados de stock. Muchos fabricantes OEM y subcontratistas electrónicos aún estaban absorbiendo inventario de componentes cuya digestión llevaría varios trimestres adicionales. Esta situación de sobreoferta ejerce presión a la baja sobre los precios — una buena noticia para los compradores a corto plazo, pero una fuente de presión sobre los márgenes para fabricantes y distribuidores.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">El desequilibrio entre oferta y demanda es especialmente visible en los componentes pasivos, donde el crecimiento de la oferta ha superado la recuperación de la demanda desde mediados de 2022. El riesgo de un nuevo ciclo de tensión — no inmediatamente, pero potencialmente en los próximos 12 a 18 meses — no puede descartarse si la demanda sigue acelerándose desde los niveles actuales.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Lo que esto implica para los equipos de compras</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">La tentación, en un mercado normalizado, es relajarse. Los plazos son manejables, los precios están controlados, el stock está disponible. Pero la naturaleza asimétrica del riesgo en las cadenas de suministro argumenta firmemente contra la complacencia. El camino de una disponibilidad cómoda a una escasez aguda se mide en semanas; la recuperación lleva años.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Varios factores podrían desencadenar un nuevo ciclo de tensión en 2024:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>El riesgo geopolítico sigue siendo elevado.</strong> Las tensiones entre Estados Unidos y China en torno a las exportaciones de tecnología de semiconductores, la vulnerabilidad de las fundiciones taiwanesas, y las perturbaciones en las rutas marítimas mundiales — incluido el mar Rojo, donde los ataques hutíes ya estaban desviando el tráfico de contenedores a principios de 2024 — representan amenazas reales para la continuidad del suministro.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>La aceleración estructural de la demanda</strong> en IA, vehículo eléctrico y energías renovables no es cíclica. Estos sectores competirán de forma creciente por semiconductores de potencia, memorias de alta velocidad y capacidad de encapsulado avanzado.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Las inversiones en relocalización</strong> — TSMC en Arizona, Intel en Ohio y Alemania, Samsung en Texas — están realmente en marcha, pero no aportarán capacidad significativa antes de 2026 como pronto. El sector sigue dependiendo en gran medida de un grupo concentrado de fundiciones asiáticas.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">La conclusión estratégica</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">La normalización de los plazos de entrega a principios de 2024 es, sin ambigüedad, una buena noticia. Para los equipos de compras, restaura flexibilidad y reduce los costes de stock de emergencia. Para los equipos de diseño, reabre el acceso a componentes que estuvieron prácticamente inasequibles durante años.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Pero las vulnerabilidades estructurales puestas de manifiesto por la crisis de 2020–2023 no han desaparecido. Las empresas que mejor navegarán la próxima perturbación son las que aprovechen esta ventana de relativa calma para diversificar su base de proveedores, invertir en el seguimiento de la obsolescencia y construir relaciones con socios en componentes fiables y certificados — en lugar de depender exclusivamente del mercado spot.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">En ARTRONIK COMPONENTS, es precisamente por ello que seguimos ampliando nuestra red de socios fabricantes verificados — para que cuando llegue el próximo giro del ciclo, nuestros clientes estén protegidos.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Fuentes</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Susanne Retzlaff, IHS Markit / S&amp;P Global — Informes de seguimiento de plazos de entrega de componentes electrónicos, 2022–2023</li>



<li>Supplyframe — Component Intelligence Reports, T3–T4 2023</li>



<li>ECIA (Electronic Components Industry Association) — North America Electronic Components Sales Report, T4 2023</li>



<li>Bloomberg / Reuters — Cobertura de las perturbaciones de la navegación en el mar Rojo, enero–febrero 2024</li>



<li>TSMC, Intel, Samsung — Anuncios oficiales sobre inversiones en plantas de fabricación en EE. UU. y Europa, 2022–2023</li>



<li>Llamadas de resultados de distribuidores (Avnet, Arrow, TTI) — Comentarios sobre inventarios y demanda, T3–T4 2023</li>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nach zwei Jahren beispielloser Lieferkettenunterbrechungen schöpft die Elektronikkomponentenbranche wieder Luft. Die durchschnittlichen weltweiten Lieferzeiten sind auf unter 14 Wochen gesunken — ein Schwellenwert, der zuletzt vor der Covid-Krise erreicht worden war, die die gesamte Branche in eine anhaltende Abwärtsspirale gezogen hatte. Auf ihrem Höhepunkt überschritten die Lieferzeiten in vielen Komponentenkategorien 26 Wochen, bei einigen kritischen Halbleitern sogar ein Jahr. Heute bewegen sich die Zahlen wieder in die richtige Richtung. Doch wie jeder erfahrene Einkaufsprofi bestätigen wird: Normalisierung ist nicht dasselbe wie Stabilität. Wie es dazu kam Denken wir zurück an das Jahr 2021. Automobilwerke standen still, weil ein zwei Dollar…]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nach zwei Jahren beispielloser Lieferkettenunterbrechungen schöpft die Elektronikkomponentenbranche wieder Luft. Die durchschnittlichen weltweiten Lieferzeiten sind auf unter 14 Wochen gesunken — ein Schwellenwert, der zuletzt vor der Covid-Krise erreicht worden war, die die gesamte Branche in eine anhaltende Abwärtsspirale gezogen hatte. Auf ihrem Höhepunkt überschritten die Lieferzeiten in vielen Komponentenkategorien 26 Wochen, bei einigen kritischen Halbleitern sogar ein Jahr. Heute bewegen sich die Zahlen wieder in die richtige Richtung. Doch wie jeder erfahrene Einkaufsprofi bestätigen wird: Normalisierung ist nicht dasselbe wie Stabilität.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Wie es dazu kam</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Denken wir zurück an das Jahr 2021. Automobilwerke standen still, weil ein zwei Dollar teurer Chip fehlte. Unterhaltungselektronikhersteller ließen Komponenten zu horrenden Kosten per Luftfracht transportieren. Distributoren nannten Lieferzeiten in Monaten, nicht mehr in Wochen. Einkäufer verdoppelten und verdreifachten ihre Bestellungen aus purer Angst — was den Mangel nur noch verschlimmerte.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Ursachen sind gut dokumentiert: ein Nachfrageboom bei Unterhaltungselektronik während der Lockdowns, ein gleichzeitiger Einbruch und Wiederanstieg der Automobilproduktion, ein weltweiter Mangel an Waferfertigungskapazitäten sowie eine Kaskade von Logistikunterbrechungen — von Staus in den Häfen bis zur Blockade des Suezkanals im Jahr 2021. Die Branche wurde auf dem falschen Fuß erwischt, und es bedurfte jahrelanger Kapitalinvestitionen, Kapazitätserweiterungen und schmerzhafter Lagerbestandskorrekturen, um wieder ins Gleichgewicht zu finden.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>„Nach zwei Jahren schwerer Engpässe haben sich die Lieferzeiten in den meisten Komponentenkategorien auf ein Niveau zurückgekehrt, das weitgehend den Normen vor der Pandemie entspricht, mit globalen Durchschnittswerten nun unter 14 Wochen.&#8221;</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">— Branchenkonsens, Distributordaten, Q4 2023 / Q1 2024</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Was die Zahlen sagen</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lieferkettentrackingdaten, die bis Anfang 2024 verfügbar sind, bestätigen, dass die globalen durchschnittlichen Lieferzeiten auf rund 14 Wochen zurückgegangen sind — gegenüber einem Höchststand von über 26 Wochen auf dem Höhepunkt der Krise im Jahr 2022, was einer Reduktion von fast 50 % entspricht.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Erholung verlief jedoch nicht gleichmäßig über alle Produktfamilien:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Passive Bauelemente</strong> (MLCCs, Widerstände, Induktivitäten) — zu den am stärksten betroffenen Kategorien gehörend, verzeichneten sie die spektakulärsten Verbesserungen. Das Angebot hat sich substanziell erholt, obwohl die Nachfrage wieder anzuziehen beginnt — eine Entwicklung, die genau beobachtet werden sollte.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Logik-ICs und Mikrocontroller</strong> — auch hier ist die Normalisierung erheblich; viele Standardreferenzen sind nun bei großen Distributoren ab Lager verfügbar, was das Allokationsumfeld von 2021–2022 beendet.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Leistungshalbleiter</strong> (MOSFETs, IGBTs, Dioden) — die Lieferzeiten bleiben etwas angespannter als in anderen Kategorien, gestützt durch strukturelle Nachfrage aus den Bereichen Elektrofahrzeuge und erneuerbare Energien.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>KI- und Hochleistungsrechner-Chips</strong> — sie bilden eine eigene Kategorie: Die Nachfrage von Hyperscalern und KI-Accelerator-Herstellern übersteigt weiterhin das Angebot bei Spitzenprodukten, und dieses Segment zeigt keinerlei Anzeichen einer Normalisierung.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Das Problem der Lagerbestandskorrektur</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hier wird das Bild differenzierter. Die Normalisierung der Lieferzeiten ging einher mit einem erheblichen Lageraufbau in der gesamten Lieferkette. Während der Mangeljahre gaben Einkäufer — verständlicherweise — weit über ihren tatsächlichen Bedarf hinaus Bestellungen auf, um sich gegen Verzögerungen und Zuteilungen abzusichern. Nun, da das Angebot die Nachfrage eingeholt hat, haben sich diese überschüssigen Bestellungen in überfüllte Lager verwandelt.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Distributoren sitzen auf erhöhten Lagerbeständen. Viele OEM-Hersteller und Auftragsfertiger arbeiteten noch Komponentenbestände ab, deren Abbau mehrere weitere Quartale in Anspruch nehmen sollte. Diese Überangebotssituation übt Abwärtsdruck auf die Preise aus — kurzfristig eine gute Nachricht für Einkäufer, aber eine Quelle des Margendrucks für Hersteller und Distributoren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Angebots-Nachfrage-Ungleichgewicht ist besonders bei passiven Bauelementen sichtbar, wo das Angebotswachstum die Nachfrageerholung seit Mitte 2022 übertroffen hat. Das Risiko eines neuen Anspannungszyklus — nicht unmittelbar, aber potenziell innerhalb der nächsten 12 bis 18 Monate — kann nicht ausgeschlossen werden, wenn die Nachfrage von den aktuellen Niveaus aus weiter beschleunigt.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Was dies für Einkaufsteams bedeutet</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Versuchung in einem normalisierten Markt ist es, sich zu entspannen. Lieferzeiten sind handhabbar, Preise sind unter Kontrolle, Lagerbestände sind verfügbar. Doch die asymmetrische Natur des Lieferkettenrisikos spricht klar gegen Selbstgefälligkeit. Der Weg von komfortabler Verfügbarkeit zu akutem Mangel lässt sich in Wochen messen; die Erholung dauert Jahre.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mehrere Faktoren könnten 2024 einen neuen Anspannungszyklus auslösen:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Das geopolitische Risiko bleibt erhöht.</strong> Die Spannungen zwischen den USA und China über Halbleitertechnologieexporte, die Verwundbarkeit taiwanesischer Gießereien und Unterbrechungen in globalen Schifffahrtskorridoren — darunter das Rote Meer, wo Huthi-Angriffe Anfang 2024 bereits den Containerverkehr umleiten — stellen reale Bedrohungen für die Versorgungskontinuität dar.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Die strukturelle Nachfragebeschleunigung</strong> in den Bereichen KI, Elektrofahrzeuge und erneuerbare Energien ist nicht zyklisch. Diese Sektoren werden zunehmend um Leistungshalbleiter, Hochgeschwindigkeitsspeicher und fortschrittliche Packaging-Kapazitäten konkurrieren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Reshoring-Investitionen</strong> — TSMC in Arizona, Intel in Ohio und Deutschland, Samsung in Texas — sind ernsthaft im Gange, werden aber frühestens 2026 nennenswerte Kapazitätsentlastung bringen. Die Branche bleibt in der Zwischenzeit stark von einer konzentrierten Gruppe asiatischer Gießereien abhängig.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Das strategische Fazit</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Normalisierung der Lieferzeiten Anfang 2024 ist eindeutig eine gute Nachricht. Für Einkaufsteams stellt sie Flexibilität wieder her und reduziert Notfalllagerkosten. Für Entwickler öffnet sie den Zugang zu Komponenten, die jahrelang praktisch nicht verfügbar waren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Doch die strukturellen Schwachstellen, die die Krise von 2020–2023 aufgedeckt hat, sind nicht verschwunden. Die Unternehmen, die die nächste Unterbrechung am besten bewältigen werden, sind jene, die dieses Fenster relativer Ruhe nutzen, um ihre Lieferantenbasis zu diversifizieren, in Obsoleszenzüberwachung zu investieren und Beziehungen zu zuverlässigen, zertifizierten Komponentenpartnern aufzubauen — anstatt sich ausschließlich auf den Spotmarkt zu verlassen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bei ARTRONIK COMPONENTS ist genau das der Grund, warum wir unser Netzwerk geprüfter Herstellerpartner kontinuierlich ausbauen — damit unsere Kunden beim nächsten Zyklusschwenk geschützt sind.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Quellen</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Susanne Retzlaff, IHS Markit / S&amp;P Global — Berichte zur Lieferzeitverfolgung elektronischer Bauelemente, 2022–2023</li>



<li>Supplyframe — Component Intelligence Reports, Q3–Q4 2023</li>



<li>ECIA (Electronic Components Industry Association) — North America Electronic Components Sales Report, Q4 2023</li>



<li>Bloomberg / Reuters — Berichterstattung über Schifffahrtsunterbrechungen im Roten Meer, Januar–Februar 2024</li>



<li>TSMC, Intel, Samsung — Offizielle Ankündigungen zu Fab-Investitionen in den USA und Europa, 2022–2023</li>



<li>Earnings Calls der Distributoren (Avnet, Arrow, TTI) — Kommentare zu Lagerbeständen und Nachfrage, Q3–Q4 2023</li>
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					<description><![CDATA[After two years of unprecedented supply chain disruption, the electronic components industry is breathing again. Average global lead times have fallen below 14 weeks — a threshold last seen before the Covid crisis sent the entire industry into a prolonged tailspin. At their worst, lead times exceeded 26 weeks for many component categories, and some critical semiconductors stretched beyond a year. Today, the numbers are moving in the right direction. But as any seasoned procurement professional will tell you, normalisation is not the same as stability. How We Got Here Cast your mind back to 2021. Automotive plants were shutting…]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After two years of unprecedented supply chain disruption, the electronic components industry is breathing again. Average global lead times have fallen below 14 weeks — a threshold last seen before the Covid crisis sent the entire industry into a prolonged tailspin. At their worst, lead times exceeded 26 weeks for many component categories, and some critical semiconductors stretched beyond a year. Today, the numbers are moving in the right direction. But as any seasoned procurement professional will tell you, normalisation is not the same as stability.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">How We Got Here</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cast your mind back to 2021. Automotive plants were shutting down for lack of a $2 chip. Consumer electronics manufacturers were air-freighting components at eye-watering costs. Distributors were quoting lead times in months, not weeks. Buyers were doubling and tripling their orders out of pure fear, which only made the shortage worse.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The root causes were well documented: a surge in consumer electronics demand during lockdowns, a simultaneous collapse and rebound in automotive production, a global shortage of wafer fabrication capacity, and a cascade of logistics disruptions — from port congestion to the Suez Canal blockage of 2021. The industry was caught flat-footed, and it took years of capital investment, capacity expansion and painful inventory correction to find its way back.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>&#8220;After two years of severe constraints, lead times across most component categories have returned to levels broadly consistent with pre-pandemic norms, with average global figures now tracking below 14 weeks.&#8221;</em></p>
<cite>— Industry consensus, distributor data, Q4 2023 / Q1 2024</cite></blockquote>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">What the Numbers Say</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Supply chain tracking data available through early 2024 confirms that global average lead times have returned to approximately <strong>14 weeks</strong> — down from a peak of over <strong>26 weeks</strong> recorded at the height of the crisis in 2022. This represents a reduction of nearly 50% from the crisis peak.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The recovery has not been uniform across all product families:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Passive components</strong> (MLCCs, resistors, inductors) saw some of the most dramatic lead time improvements, having been among the most severely affected during the shortage. Supply has recovered substantially, though demand is beginning to move upward again — a dynamic worth monitoring closely.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Logic ICs and microcontrollers</strong> have also seen significant normalisation, with many standard references now available from stock at major distributors, reversing the desperate allocation environment of 2021–2022.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Power semiconductors</strong> (MOSFETs, IGBTs, diodes) remain somewhat tighter than other categories, sustained by structural demand from the electric vehicle and renewable energy sectors.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>AI and high-performance computing chips</strong> are in a category of their own — demand from hyperscalers and AI accelerator manufacturers continues to outstrip supply for leading-edge devices, and this segment shows no sign of normalising.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The Inventory Correction Problem</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here is where the picture becomes more nuanced. The normalisation of lead times has come hand in hand with a significant build-up of inventory across the supply chain. During the shortage years, buyers — understandably — placed orders far in excess of their actual requirements, hedging against delays and allocation. Now that supply has caught up, those excess orders have translated into bloated warehouses.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Distributors are sitting on elevated stock levels. Many OEMs and contract manufacturers are working through component inventory that will take several more quarters to digest. This oversupply situation is exerting downward pressure on prices — good news for buyers in the short term, but a source of margin pressure for manufacturers and distributors.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The supply-demand imbalance is particularly visible in passive components, where supply growth has outpaced demand recovery since mid-2022. The risk of a new tightening cycle — not immediately, but potentially within the next 12 to 18 months — cannot be dismissed if demand continues to accelerate from current levels.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">What This Means for Procurement Teams</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The temptation, in a normalised market, is to relax. Lead times are manageable, prices are under control, stock is available. But the asymmetric nature of supply chain risk argues strongly against complacency. The journey from comfortable availability to acute shortage can be measured in weeks, while the recovery takes years.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Several factors could trigger a new tightening cycle in 2024:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Geopolitical risk</strong> remains elevated. Tensions between the US and China over semiconductor technology exports, the vulnerability of Taiwan-based foundries, and disruptions in global shipping lanes — including the Red Sea, where Houthi attacks are already diverting container traffic in early 2024 — represent live threats to supply continuity.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Structural demand acceleration</strong> in AI, electric vehicles and renewable energy is not cyclical. These sectors will increasingly compete for power semiconductors, high-speed memory and advanced packaging capacity.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Reshoring investments</strong> — TSMC in Arizona, Intel in Ohio and Germany, Samsung in Texas — are genuinely underway but will not deliver meaningful capacity relief before 2026 at the earliest. The industry remains heavily dependent on a concentrated group of Asian foundries in the meantime.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The Strategic Takeaway</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The normalisation of lead times in early 2024 is unambiguously good news. For procurement teams, it restores flexibility and reduces emergency stock costs. For designers, it reopens access to components that were essentially unavailable for years.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But the structural vulnerabilities exposed by the 2020–2023 crisis have not disappeared. The companies that will navigate the next disruption best are those that use this window of relative calm to diversify their supplier base, invest in obsolescence monitoring, and build relationships with reliable, certified component partners rather than relying solely on the spot market.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At ARTRONIK COMPONENTS, this is precisely why we continue to expand our network of vetted manufacturing partners — ensuring that when the next cycle turns, our customers are protected.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Sources</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>Susanne Retzlaff, IHS Markit / S&amp;P Global</strong> — Electronic components lead time tracking reports, 2022–2023</li>



<li><strong>Supplyframe</strong> — <em>Component Intelligence Reports</em>, Q3–Q4 2023</li>



<li><strong>ECIA (Electronic Components Industry Association)</strong> — <em>North America Electronic Components Sales Report</em>, Q4 2023</li>



<li><strong>Bloomberg / Reuters</strong> — Red Sea shipping disruption coverage, January–February 2024</li>



<li><strong>TSMC, Intel, Samsung</strong> — Official announcements on US and European fab investments, 2022–2023</li>



<li><strong>Distributor earnings calls</strong> (Avnet, Arrow, TTI) — Inventory and demand commentary, Q3–Q4 2023</li>
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