According to Global Industry forecasts, by the Chinese and Asian, Eastern Europe, Latin America, driven by the economy, the connector market will meet the next five years, a huge growth period, 2012 global connector demand will reach 60 billion US dollars. According to the Global Industry report, the Asian connector market in 2010 reached 6.4 billion US dollars, Chinas market growth in 2015 will reach 20%.
· ITRI estimated 2010 global connector market will reach 49.8 billion US dollars, a record high
ITRI estimates that in 2011 the global automotive connector market will reach 13.4 billion US dollars
In 2011 the global computer and peripheral connector market size will reach 12.5 billion US dollars
In 2011 the global telecommunications data connector market size will reach 10 billion US dollars
Consumer connectors in the digital home, games, etc. driven by the boom will continue to grow
consumer market
Research shows that the connector market in consumer electronics products, games, MP3, mobile phones, LCD TV, digital cameras and other demand driven, performance continues to rise. In-Stat pointed out that in 2014 the global TV set-top box market value will reach 1.3 billion US dollars. According to DisplaySearch survey, the global TV shipments in 2010 will be more than 242 million units, up 15%, is expected to 2014 will be more than 260 million units.
Chinas connector industry for the full realization of market-oriented competition, the business-oriented market self-management. In the international market, the top ten manufacturers of connectors in the world have been occupied by manufacturers in the United States, Japan, France and Taiwan. From the competition situation, Tyco Electronics, Amphenol, Enterprises occupy Chinas mobile communications terminals and digital products, micro-miniature precision connector nearly 80 percent of the market space.
In mainland China, more than 1,000 connector manufacturers, of which about 300 foreign-invested enterprises, more than 700 domestic manufacturers, mainly in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta region. Domestic manufacturers of local connectors is not large, the strength is weak; part of military industrial technology research and development has advantages, but the product application areas more concentrated military products, mass production capacity, and the company for different market segments, does not constitute substantial Of the competition.
Medical market
Research institutions BCC Research survey pointed out that the global medical equipment market size to 2012 growth of 20.4 billion US dollars, the annual growth rate will reach 6.8%. Medical electronics will become a new growth point for connector applications. The market expects the medical connector market to reach $ 1.63 billion by 2011.
Mobile phone market
Connectors are one of the most important devices in mobile phones, and on average, the number of connectors required per handset is eight. According to Coda Research report, 2010-2015 period, the global smart phone shipments will reach 2.5 billion, the annual compound growth rate of 24%. Analysys International data show that in the first quarter of 2010, Chinas 3G mobile phone sales reached 6.113 million, the chain increased as high as 65.97%. With the development of mobile phone market continues to improve. Mobile phone connector market will continue to take advantage of upstream.
· The connectors used in mobile phones are divided into internal FPC connectors and board-to-board connectors; externally connected I / O connectors, batteries, SIM card connectors, Camera Sockets, etc.
* By the 3G mobile phone and smart phone market demand, the current development direction of mobile phone connector: low height, small pitch, multi-function, good electromagnetic compatibility, standardization and customization co-exist
car market
The automotive connector market is the largest connector segmen