
This study addresses the global market for nickel electrode powders that are consumed in the majority of MLCC produced today. These nickel electrode powders are much less expensive than their predecessor: palladium + silver. They have enabled MLCC manufacturers to construct 1,400 layer parts in X5R dielectrics and 700 layer parts in X7R dielectric. This has been enabled by advanced electrode powder production by such vendors as JFE Mineral, Sumitomo Metal Mining, Shoei Chemical, Umicore, and many others. The market analysis offers the complete database of intelligence that is current to July 2006. This is an area of research for Paumanok so please look for future updates at this site on this subject.