This issue of Passive Component Industry Magazine focuses on the global aluminum electrolytic capacitor industry with articles that include key aspects of the supply chain including capacitors, etched anode and cathode foils and organic polymer cathode materials.

DC Film Capacitors: Outlook There is no question that DC Film capacitors are facing difficult market conditions on multiple fronts. AC Film Capacitors: Market Outlook Like most segments of the passive component industry, AC film capacitor shipments suffered during last year's global economic downturn. New Metallized Polypropylene Film Capacitors for Resonant Applications in the Lighting Industry The benefits of electronic ballast for lighting are well documented, and include high efficiency, energy saving and longer lifetime. Radial Lead Film Capacitors Testing/Sorting Machine Capacitors with...

In this issue of Passive Component Industry we take a close look at the development of soft terminations to increase the performance of ceramic chip capacitors; we also look at ESR trends in tantalum capacitors and the strategy of manufacturing polymer based cathode systems for capacitors. The unique issues facing solid capacitors are also discussed in this groundbreaking edition.

In This Issue of Passive Component Magazine we explore the global circuit protection component market with emphasis upon Electrostatic discharge suppression component required for protecting sensitive BUS systems against the effects of ESD. This issue also contains an essay on the advancement of metal oxide varistor technology.

Passive Components in Automotive Electronics-Past, Present, Future; including a specialty essay on electrolytic type capacitors in automotive applications.

In this issue Passive Component Industry addresses capacitance impedance for future computer microprocessors; including the latest trends in capacitor technology to addresses equivalent series resistance issues in electrolytic type capacitors.

In this issue of Passive Component Industry we focus on the "Giant Step" in miniaturization of electronic products in multiple end-use market segments driving demand for greater volumetric efficiency in electronic components. The issue also looks at the next step of putting electronic components inside the printed circuit board as an integral substrate material.

This book is designed as a template for success for those who wish to sell high technology components and materials into the complex and fragmented European market. This book breaks down the European high tech economy into serviceable regions and countries and describes key customers, factories and end-users of electronic components and materials in the European region.