Over the past few months several electronics solutions providers have said demand for electrical wiring harnesses and cable assembly is exceeding their capacity. Customers are asking alternative contract manufacturers to help meet current electrical cable design and assembly needs. This is playing out frequently in Silicon Valley, and elsewhere based on discussions with many providers and their customers.
Electric vehicles (EV) are part of the reason.
Overall, the long-term demand for more cars on the road continues to grow, especially in emerging markets. Research from LMC Automotive, highlighted in a report from International Cablemaker Federation, supports this.
CRU International points to the majority of vehicle wiring consumption coming primarily from China, US, Japan, and Germany. All four of these countries are aggressively moving into EV production and alternative energy and connected devices.
Automotive opportunity
The automotive industry is a large source of demand for cables and wire harnesses supporting vehicle connected technology, electrical vehicle architecture, and software in cars.
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Some of the top automotive wiring harness suppliers in this space, in no particular order, include Aptiv (Delphi), Leoni; Lear, Yura, Furukawa Electric, Yazaki, and Sumitomo Electric, to name a few.
There exists a lot of drivetrain technology, and electrical architecture in the engine room, cabin and doors, further increasing opportunities for automotive connectivity, and needing more and more cables and wiring assemblies to make it all happen.
For years, contract electronics solutions providers have been courting and servicing the coveted automotive industry. (Search our directory of automotive contract electronics manufacturing solutions providers)
Today, many electronics solutions providers serving automotive are scrambling for cabling and wire harnessing capacity to meet demand.
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Cabling demand beyond automotive
Finding electric vehicle charging cable assembly services for automotive charging stations and portable cord sets is only one part of the larger cable and electrical wiring harness capacity challenge, and opportunity.
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Trends in cabling and wire harnesses
Beyond automotive drivetrains, demand for electrical systems comprised of various cables and wiring harness assemblies is also driven by a variety of industry and consumer trends, and markets sectors.
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