Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd

Thomson Reuters reported that Murata Mfg. President Murata Murata, president of Murata Mfg, a global leader in laminated ceramic capacitors (MLCC), said in an exclusive interview on the 4th that the company originally expected the first quarter of this year (April-June 2011). After the end of the electronic parts order recovery rate is expected to show a gradual acceleration, but the actual response rate is not as strong as expected. Murata noted that the company’s capacity utilization rate is 94% from July to September this year, and the estimated capacity utilization rate for October to December will also be maintained at this level (94%), and will not increase.

Murata said that in order to catch up with the demand of the end of the year, electronic components orders are often very hot in July-August each year, but this year, they did not feel such a sense of hotness, but did not feel the trend of decline, the overall A flat state was exhibited; among them, the demand for smart phones and related parts for vehicles continued to be strong, but parts orders used in AV products and PCs lacked recovery power.