EUROPEAN STUDY These materials are lacking in the electronics industry

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Materials crisis, sales losses and European Chips Act – KATEK SE, together with the market research institute Dynata, surveyed 570 companies and manufacturing service providers for electronics (EMS) to find out how they assess the current situation.

Chips are lacking – but that is far from the only challenge for companies. Among other things, the study examined which parts are most frequently lacking in the respective industries. While the results in the automotive and telecommunications sectors show that chips are primarily lacking, closely followed by semiconductors and integrated circuits, they are only in third place for organizations in the renewable energy and environment sectors, for example. One in three companies expects to lose between 10 and 19 % of its sales due to the materials crisis, with the automotive sector estimating the losses to be significantly higher. The European Chips Act, which is supposed to bring relief by 2030, comes too late for many of the respondents and contains too low volume to achieve the planned goal of producing one fifth of all chips worldwide in Europe.

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Most companies expect a drop in sales of between 10 and 29 %

The material crisis has occupied companies for over a year. A third of all respondents stated that they expected a drop in sales of 10 to 19 %. 20 % assume a decline of 20 to 29 % in 2022. The telecom industry is below average. Here, 38 % state that they will lose no or only up to 9 % of sales due to the material crisis. The automotive industry, on the other hand, is much more pessimistic about 2022. A third of those surveyed stated that they generated 10 to 19 % or 20 to 29 % less sales due to the lacking parts.

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While the chip shortage is currently being addressed as the biggest challenge, it is far more parts that bring production to a standstill. Ninety-seven % of all respondents said they were short of materials. In fact, half of the companies are most likely to be lacking chips, almost on par with semiconductors. Nearly one in three organizations is struggling with missing integrated circuits. Twenty-two % each said their greatest need is for production materials such as solder and capacitive and inductive components.

In addition to chips and semiconductors, one in four companies in the automotive industry also lacks cable harnesses, closely followed by plastics. Companies in mechanical engineering and industrial engineering primarily lack semiconductors, followed by chips and integrated circuits. The responses in the renewable energy and environment sector are surprising. Here, 55 % of organizations lack semiconductors, followed by integrated circuits. Only about one in three companies states that chips are lacking.

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One of the reasons that most companies in the electronics industry lack chips is that two-thirds of all chips come from East Asia. Due to lockdowns during the pandemic, the supply chain to Europe was frequently interrupted. The European Chips Act envisages producing a fifth of all chips worldwide in Europe by 2030, compared with just 9 % at present. At least EUR 43 billion euros will be invested. The participants were asked, among other things, how they assess the EU’s commitment. 41 % think the planned investments are too low. Only 24 % think that the level of funding is just right. 36 % think the timing is too late, while 15 % think it is just right.

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