On March 28th, Housheng issued a notice of price increase for resistors, but little did they know that on the same day, Guojus subsidiary Qilixin also issued a notice of price increase for inductors to its agents,
The price increase of Qilis new inductors this time is significant, and according to the notice, the adjustment range is between 45% and 68%.
On March 28th, Qili Xin released a notice of price adjustment for inductors, stating that due to the continuous increase in raw material prices and labor costs, the companys operating costs have significantly increased. The unit price of the CLH1608T series will be adjusted within the range of 45% to 68%, and will be negotiated and adjusted according to the different unit prices of each agent! We plan to request all agent partners to implement it from today!

Qilixin is a subsidiary of Guoju. On January 3, 2018, Qilixin announced that it would merge 100% equity of its peer Meilei through a share swap. After the share swap is completed, Meilei will become a 100% holding subsidiary of Qilixin. In Taiwan, Qilixin is currently the largest inductor factory, followed by Meilei, both with gross profit margins of around 27%. Prior to this, Qilixin had acquired Feici, Wangquan, and Hunan Xianghua.

According to market research agencies estimates, the global scale of inductors is NT $85 billion, and the top three global inductors are: TDK-EPC(13.42%)、Murata(TOKO)(13.78%)、Taiyo Yuden(13.22%)， Chilisin accounts for approximately 7.01% of the market share, while Sunlord accounts for approximately 6.69%. At present, the monthly production capacity of Qili New Inductors is about 500 million pieces, and Meileis global market share is about 4%. After the merger, Qili News global inductor market share will increase to 11%.

Since last year, there have been waves of shortages and price increases in electronic components. The industry is not uncommon to receive notices of price increases, but they are concentrated in resistors MLCC、 Compared to aluminum electrolytic capacitors, the trend of inductor price increase is not obvious. Nowadays, it is rare for Qilixin to increase its inductor price by 45% to 68%. Qilixin has a global inductor market share of 7.01%, and this price increase may have an impact on the overall inductor market.

It is understood that the raw materials for inductors include magnetic cores, wire frames, wires, insulation tapes, strength tapes, sleeves, copper foils, etc. It is reported that copper foils have seen an overall industry price increase in the first quarter of this year.