Our purchasing department has been complaining about shortages and allocations on tants for several months. It's definitely true here. > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen R. Gregory [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 1:52 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] tantalum capacitors and Y2K > > In a message dated 01/10/2000 3:07:20 PM Central Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > << Hello, Technet, > > > Interphase purchasing personnel are foretelling a world-wide shortage of > tantatlum capacitors. > > Reports are that certain capacitor manufacturers are refusing any new > orders, and that lead times via distribution are as great as twelve > months. > This could cause even more premature (debatable) high contrast hair > follicles at this office. > > I was of course taken aback by these little info-bombs; but I seem to > remember other shortages of this element along with interesting stories > about South African embargoes and other historic intrigue. > > Can anyone corroborate this, or criticize the possible fiction? > > > cheers, > > > Jerry Cupples > Interphase Corporation > Dallas, TX USA > http://www.iphase.com >> > > Hi Jerry! > > You're email really intrigued me. "What? Shortages of Tantalum capacitors? > How silly!" I thinks to myself...so I called a couple of companies. I > won't > name them, but they're big. > > The first one I kept getting transfered from extension to extension, and > finally after the 4th or 5th extension, I was told that I would be called > back by a Mr. so-and-so of investor relations...hmmm, I thinks to myself. > > The next company I called, I got a little more information from the very > first person I spoke with. I basically asked if it was truth or fiction as > to > what you had asked in your email. There was this l-o-o-o-n-g pregnant > pause, > and then I was told that just between me and the other person on the > phone, > that this was starting to come to a head now, and it's been brewing for a > while. I was also asked not to use the company name with this info. I was > told that many other companies probably would not admit this either. The > problem is simple supply and demand, and a lack of foresite. The price of > the > parts had dropped so low that companies weren't making any money on them. > So > they discontinued them...a big reason for the shortage. Also confirmed > what > you heard that many companies aren't accepting any orders for Tantalums... > > Very interesting huh? > > -Steve Gregory- > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > ############################################################## > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with > following text in > the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET > ############################################################## > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for > additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5365 > ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################