Market round-up 2009-10 - Signs of Life

Components in Electronics - January 7, 2010

Neil Tyler spoke to a number of leading companies across the electronics space to get their view on what had happened in 2009 and what the coming 12 months could bring.

If we've learned anything over the past 12-18 months it's that forecasting what will happen in th economy over the next 12 months, in the midst of so much uncertainty and financial dislocation, is a challenge. However, according to the EEF manufacturers’ organisation the end of the credit crunch in the UK is within site and the proportion of companies experiencing problems with borrowing or finding it prohibitively expensive has begun to fall back.