Passive devices are in short supply, South Korea's Amotech intends to enter the MLCC market

According to Korean media reports, South Korean company Amotech is optimistic about the MLCC market is in short supply, the opportunity to climb the market, decided to enter the MLCC market, the company is scheduled to mass production in the first half of 2019, the production capacity is expected to be 4 to 5 billion per month.

It is understood that Amotech mainly produces special resistors, which has a certain market position in the field of electrostatic protection components (Chip Varistor) for protecting IT equipment lines. Now Amotech intends to cross the MLCC field.

In response to this news, the response of MLCC related manufacturers and distributors in Taiwan is that Amotech has limited status in the MLCC industry. In the case that the market is in short supply, the company is not easy to get the equipment, and the current estimated capacity of the company is Look, the impact on the supply of MLCC market is not great.