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Kazunori Ito

Raising TDK’s FVE to JPY 12,500; Price Hike of MLCC Will Be Higher than Anticipated

In light of the recent news and companies' comments, we anticipate a price hike on multi-layer ceramic capacitors, or MLCCs, as we believe that tight supply-demand balance will continue. As we have previously discussed, demand for MLCC has been robust, driven by the diffusion of 5G communication and auto digitalization, but demand now seems to be much stronger than our original forecast, reaching high teens volume growth per year. Meanwhile, there are only four major suppliers in the industry, a...
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TDK Corporation

TDK is a manufacturer of recording media, ferrite products and recording device products, and a producer of inductor, ceramic capacitor, magnet, HDD head and other components. Co.'s principal business segments are passive components, sensor application products, magnetic application products, film application products and others. Co.'s principal products include ceramic capacitors, aluminum electrolytic capacitors, film capacitors, inductive devices, high-frequency components, piezoelectric materials and circuit protection components, sensors, HDD head suspension, recording devices, power supplies and magnets, and mechatronics.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Kazunori Ito

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