Purchasing - August 14, 2008
Features
2009 Price Outlook: Chip prices will be flat—and then rise
Demand for semiconductors in the first half of the year has been stronger than expected, but the price outlook for chips remains unchanged for the rest of this year. Overall, the average price of a semiconductor will fall by about 1% in 2008, according to researcher IC Insights. However, in 2007 the average price dropped by about 5%.
- Electronics Edition
- Electronics Business Intelligence
- Electronics Distribution Briefs
- Electronics Distribution
- Electronics distributors see growth in defense industry
- Interconnects
- Some connector prices will rise
- Optoelectronics
- Buyers can expect more price declines for LEDs despite robust demand
- Regulatory
- New charges lodged against Intel
- Semiconductors
- Semiconductor equipment spending drops
- Chip R&D spending grows in first quarter
- Features
- Shorter is better for Toyota's supply chain
- 2008 MRO All Stars
- Purchasing's 2008 MRO All Stars: And the winning teams are...
- 2009 Price Outlook
- 2009 Price Outlook: Prices will stay high for metals
- 2009 Supply Outlook
- 2009 Metals Pricing Outlook: Tight supplies fuel supercycle costs
- 2009 Supply Outlook: Electronics suppliers target profitability
- Corporate Travel
- Travel procurement has role in corporate strategy as companies expand globally
- Forecasting
- Seven ways to track metals-pricing trends
- Purchasing Strategy
- Defense industry drives new tactics from EMS providers
- Supply Chain Management
- Procurement and sourcing software suppliers make their case
- World Tour
- Energy prices accelerate the move to the Middle East
- Metals
- Metals Industry Business Intelligence
- Metals Chips
- Aerospace Metals
- Demand for aerospace metals continues to fly above the turbulence
- Aluminum
- Aluminum prices will increase to $2/lb as China slashes output
- Leggett & Platt sells aluminum die-cast unit to
- Aluminum can-recycling rate at 53.8% in 2007
- Indium
- ArcelorMittal invests in Miasole solar cell developer
- Iron Ore
- Cleveland-Cliffs, Alpha merger creates iron ore supply leader
- Service Centers
- Copper shipments slide by 4%
- Summer doldrums lead to lower demand for steel, aluminum in U.S., Canada
- Steel
- AK Steel expands electrical steel; fourth investment this year
- Steel rebar prices clobber construction
- Titanium
- Reduced titanium purchasing in 2008 may just be a bump in the road
- Russian titanium firm to supply $4 billion in titanium products to Airbus
- World Steel
- IISI: Steel production increased 5.9% in June; midyear output is up 5.7%
- News and Departments
- Black Belt Negotiators
- New twist on low-cost-country sourcing
- Chemicals
- PVC prices are inflating despite soft demand and overcapacity
- Feedstock concerns send ABS prices soaring to new highs
- Potash Corp. to expand production to meet high demand
- Chemicals Business Intelligence
- Economy + Supply
- U.S. Auto Sales are Falling
- Economy + Supply
- U.S. Economic Activity Is Still Off
- China will Continue to Demand Raw Materials and Energy Products
- Flat Manufacturnig Output Predicted
- Fed: Inflation Too High
- Strategic Sourcing Business Intelligence: 45%
- Hynix Shuts Only U.S. Chip Plant
- RV Maker Monaco Coach Downsizes
- Arcelor Mittal Buys Coal Firms Concept Group and Mid Vol Coal Group
- Zinc Supply May Tighten
- Diesel Costs Drive Platinum Demand
- AK Steel to Slow Output
- Raw Material Costs Impact Caterpillar
- Unemployment Claims Surge
- Logistics
- CSX: Exports drive rail demand, rates
- Logistics Business Intelligence
- Another LTL carrier closes its doors
- Surface Transportation Board forces CSX to drop "unreasonably high" rail rates
- Fuel trumps base rates in small parcel negotiations
- DHL-UPS deal shakes up the small parcel market
- MRO + Distribution
- Grainger continues with plan to expand its operations in the U.S.
- MRO buyers: Price should not be deciding factor in the RFQ process
- MRO Business Intelligence
- Graybar unveils new website
- MRO Briefs
- My Turn
- Time to check those steel contracts
- Office
- Office Briefs
- Microsoft rolls out office software volume-purchasing program
- Epson releases new flatbed scanner for small businesses
- Business Intelligence
- Prices
- Oxea Sets Fuel Surcharges
- Nonferrous Prices Could Slide
- Steel Plate Prices Strengthen
- Kimberly-Clark Predicts Price Hikes
- Natural Gas Prices Will Stay Elevated
- Dow Chemical Spins Wheels
- Heat Transfer Fluid Prices Up
- Rails May Stifle Trucks
- More Coal Price Inflation In '09
- Fundamentals Boost Oil Prices
- Steel Demand Expectations Dip
- Polystyrene Prices Move Higher
- Steel Beam Prices Not Certain
- Purchasingdata.com Prices
- Diesel Fuel Taxes May Go Higher
- Aluminum Prices Head Higher
- Scale Up: Big Ideas in the Middle Market
- Cross-functional collaboration drives efficiency at Accel
- Trends
- Visa corporate card best practices study reveals ways to reduce travel costs
- Allegheny Technologies designs broad supply risk strategy
- Seattle Children's Hospital revitalizes Green procurement strategies
- Business Intelligence
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