Ceramic capacitors and the development of the automotive industry

With the popularity of smartphones, cars have become smarter. In the global demand for multilayer ceramic capacitors in 2016, the automotive electronics industry accounted for 12%. Although it is still very low in terms of proportion, from the perspective of future development, automotive electronics is expected to become the fastest growing area in the multilayer ceramic capacitor industry, as new energy vehicles and driverless technologies are also developing wildly.

According to relevant information, the demand for multi-layer ceramic capacitors for a gasoline-burning car is 3,000, the amount of a hybrid electric vehicle is 12,000, and the amount of a pure electric vehicle is 18,000. There is a lot of growth.

According to statistics, in 2017, the global car sales growth rate was about 5.1%, while the sales growth of pure electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles reached 62.9% and 49.2%, respectively, driving the growth of multi-layer ceramic capacitors in the overall automotive industry. 9%. And due to increasing environmental awareness, the output of hybrid electric and pure electric vehicles will continue to increase, and will replace fuel vehicles in the near future.

In a ceramic capacitor, direct material costs account for 60% of the total cost. Direct materials mainly include ceramic powder, internal and external electrodes and packaging materials, of which ceramic powder is the main component of raw materials. Since 2017, the overall cost has risen by 15% due to the overall increase in raw material prices. The price of raw materials for ceramic capacitors has risen all the time. The price of ceramic powder has increased by 15%, the price of electrode materials has increased by 15%, the price of packaging materials has increased by 17%, and the labor force has risen, which has directly led to the increase in the price of ceramic capacitors. Due to the above factors, the price of ceramic capacitors is expected to rise, but because of the wider application and more usage, the demand is still increasing.