World test equipment market momentum is maintained

With the development of electronic measuring instrument, electronic measuring instrument after another, electronic measuring instruments in the world currently on the market, competition is intensifying. In the past, the major test equipment manufacturers of high performance products will be the instrument as a competitive advantage, manufacturers to develop what the user what to buy. Now already into what equipment you need, what vendors to develop, and the cheaper, better, faster, easier to use test instruments as the goal.

First, Western Europe

Electronic measuring instruments in Western Europe in 1998 is $ 2.88 billion of sales, up 30% over the previous year, of which the value of communications test equipment sales doubled over the previous year, reaching $ 662 million. In addition to the oscilloscope sales decreased slightly over the previous year, the value of other instruments than the previous year's sales increase.

Second, the United States

In 1998, U.S. sales of electronic measuring instruments of approximately $ 9.6 billion. In foreign trade, electronic measuring instruments is $ 2.147 billion in import and export value of $ 6.249 billion, a surplus of $ 4.098 billion. 10 major U.S. trading partners, electronic measuring instruments of export value of $ 3.48 billion, imports $ 1.012 billion, a surplus of $ 2.468 billion, an increase of many. China's first electronic measuring instruments the United States 10 largest trading partners, China's exports to the electronic measuring instruments for the $ 93 million. HP's excellent performance of the Department of electronic measuring instruments, annual growth rate of 20%. Currently, in the aerospace, defense, communications systems maintenance, communications equipment, test and production areas are in the market leading position. In order to improve pre-and after-sales service, Hewlett-Packard's Electronic Instruments Division established the 'user voice' to collect and respond to user feedback, has opened pre-and post-sales technical support free advice telephone service, to further strengthen cooperation with users, and to system integration to provide users with comprehensive services. China Hewlett-Packard also increased research and development efforts, and its electronic components business unit sales growth in 1998 reached 73% in 1999, China will set up a communications technology center, and major domestic research institutions in optical communications and RF, microwave communications build the field laboratory. U.S. acquisition of Tektronix Communications measuring instruments known to the CTE of the company (a subsidiary of Siemens, Germany). According to statistics, the communications test equipment accounted for 32% of the market, the communication protocol analyzers communications test equipment market accounted for 21%. The company in the communications protocol analyzer is a world leader in the acquisition of the communications test equipment, Tektronix developed the strength has been further strengthened. ATE-Teradyne's integrated circuit test equipment sales up 20% over the previous year, the introduction of 800MHz IC test equipment, printed circuit board test equipment sales also good. Another FLUKE company on the basis of the original product, followed by the development of computer networks, the introduction of a variety of portable network testing new equipment, such as new product 683/686 Fast Ethernet enterprise-level tester.

Third, Germany

German electronic measuring instrument sales in 1998 increased over the previous year 8.l%, up to $ 538 million, is expected in 1999 will continue to maintain growth. Electronic measuring instruments in the market, the largest share of communications test equipment, accounting for 27.4%, followed by the oscilloscope, accounting for 16.9%. In addition, the microwave test equipment accounted for 14.7%, 7.5% of the signal analyzer, signal generator, 4.7%, 3.1% of the logic analyzer. Electronic measuring instrument is technology-intensive, knowledge-intensive products, is all electronic products research, production, testing, maintenance of the basic conditions and means, but also many major projects supporting economic development and an important and indispensable part. People generally believe that electronic measuring instruments market outlook remains positive.

Fourth, Japan

In 1998 Japan's annual output value of electronic measuring instruments 487.6 billion yen, compared with the previous year 18.l%. Semiconductor devices and integrated circuit tester's output value reached 269.8 billion yen, up 34 percent over the previous year, the total output value of electronic measuring instruments 55%. In other words, this type of test equipment has become the electronic test equipment market, Japan's mainstay products. Transmission characteristics tester Japanese GDP in 1998 reached 39.1 billion yen, up 20.5% over the previous year due to increased demand for network testing. In order to meet the enterprise LAN expansion and speed requirements and extend the application of urban cable network needs some time to come, the transmission characteristics tester will maintain significant growth. Although Japan's Anritsu affected by the downturn in domestic investment, but Europe, the U.S. synchronous digital hierarchy. Optical communications test equipment demand, so that Europe and Asia fell up. In addition, the switch tester, logic analyzer, component materials tester and fast Fourier transform analyzer output are more substantial growth. Spectrum analyzer continues to sell well, but the value has decreased. Oscilloscope market stable, output fell, mainly due to increase in imports. In foreign trade, Japan's electronic measuring instruments in 1998 the export value reached 236.7 billion yen, up 35.9% over the previous year. In a variety of instruments, the largest increase in export value in communications measuring instrument, an increase of 65.8%. Is the largest export value of integrated circuits and discrete devices test equipment up to 146.8 billion yen, the total export value of electronic measuring instruments 62%. Japan's import value of electronic measuring instruments ¥ 95.479 billion, up 10.4% over the previous year. The value of imports is the largest instrument test equipment integrated circuits and discrete devices, imported a total of 23.13 billion yen, the total value of imports of electronic measuring instruments 24%.

In the information driven world test equipment market will continue to maintain growth momentum.