Tag Archives: DMASS

The latest figures from European Components Distribution (DMASS) show a decline in Q1 of 23.3% with semiconductor revenue dropping by 26.5%. DMASS Europe’s chairman, Hermann Reiter, was keen to stress there is no cause for alarm, saying that this market consolidation was long overdue. “Everyone should have prepared to weather a few quarters of weak bookings and billings,” he said, ...

What caught David Manners' eye this week was the story that OpenAI’s CEO is trying to raise $7 trillion to build AI chip fabs...

DMASS predicted a slowdown in the European component distribution market for 2024. It reported a drop in consolidated sales for Q4 2023, down 17.3% compared to Q4 2022. The value of the  semiconductor sector was €3.1bn, down 18.5% and IP&E (interconnect, passive and electromechanical) components were down 14.3% at €1.35bn. This drop follows a record-setting 2023 with consolidated sales worth ...

Industry body, DMASS, has released the latest figures for the European semiconductor distribution industry, reporting with €2.3 bn in sales in Q3, an increase of 6.3% compared to Q3 2017. The overall growth rate for semiconductor distribution in Europe was also 6.3% for Q3 2018. The trouble with averages is that they can mask some highs and lows and this ...

European semiconductor markets are seeing strong growth with sales in Q3 2017 as reported by DMASS, increased by 19% on last quarter to reach €2.16bn. As a result he first nine months ended for DMASS members, which represents 80 to 85% of European Semiconductor DTAM,was up 15.6% to €6.48bn. Georg Steinberger, chairman of DMASS, writes: “It seems that at least ...

The European semiconductor industry is having a good year. Latest figures from industry association DMASS indicate that the chip market shows no signs of slowdown in Q2/2017. According to DMASS, semiconductor sales as reported by the members ended with another record of €2.19bn, an increase of 17.3% over the corresponding quarter last year. However, the UK joined France as the ...

Europe’s semiconductor market may be growing strongly this year, but the UK chip market is starting to feel the pressure. The likelihood is that 2017 could bring strong growth for Europe’s chip market, but right now a UK edging toward the EU exit door looks like missing out. According to the latest figures from DMASS, Germany-based the distributor and manufacturer ...

Europe’s semiconductor market hit a record high in the second quarter of the year. The quarter ended at €2.13bn, which was 10.5% higher than the last record quarter, Q1 in 2016, according to DMASS, Germany-based the distributor and manufacturer association. However, the UK chip market was still off the pace. UK growth was just 3.3% in Q2 which ended at ...

Europe ended Q3 with a slight decline in semiconductor sales, but it was only a “technicality”, according to supply chain market watcher, DMASS. The quarter ended with sales of €1.81bn which was a decline of 0.9%, mainly due to different quarter-end reporting by some members. The worrying news for the UK market, where the effect of the Brexit vote are coming into play, ...

Europe’s semiconductor distributors continue to see strong sales despite wider economic concerns in the Euro Zone. However, much of the growth in sales revenues is coming from a euro/dollar swing which saw a 20% fall in the value of the euro meaning sellers benefited from price increases. According to DMASS (Distributors’ and Manufacturers’ Association of Semiconductor Specialists), semiconductor distribution sales in ...