This is the forecast of global consumption and technology trends of fiber optic connectors and mechanical splices. The publisher believes clients will find this report useful for planning of product and market development. Historical estimated data are presented for 2020, plus the year-by-year forecast through 2030.
This analysis and forecast and of America, EMEA and APAC regional consumption is presented for selected fiber optic connector and mechanical splice used in selected communication applications. The forecast for each connector type, in turn, is segmented into each geographical region.
The information is presented in easy-to-follow illustrations and text. A global summary also is provided. The report also outlines the market research methodology followed. There are over 120 vendors competing for the global fiber optic connector/mechanical splice market, which the publisher tracks in a product matrix showing participation in the following: connectors, cable assemblies, optical backplanes, and fiber optic installation apparatus; however, is dominated by a few companies that have a broad base in various interconnect products.
Connectors and Applications Covered in this Study
The connector market forecast is built up from specific segments. The three major categories: single-mode, multimode and mechanical splices are further broken down as shown in Table 1.
The end applications for the selected fiber optic connectors discussed in this study report are itemized in Table 2.
Table 1
Fiber Optic Connector Product Category List
- Single-mode Fiber Optic Connector
- ST and FC Simplex
- SC Simplex
- Small Form Factor (SFF) Simplex Connector
- LC Simplex
- SFF Other Simplex
- Adapter
- Multichannel/Multifiber Connector
- MT / Other
- SFF Duplex Connector
- SFF Duplex LC
- SFF Other Duplex
- MIL-SPEC/Harsh Environment and Other
- Multimode Fiber Optic Connectors
- ST and FC Simplex
- SC Simplex
- Small Form Factor (SFF) Simplex Connector
- SFF LC Simplex
- SFF Other Simplex
- Adapter
- Multichannel/Multifiber Connector
- MT / Other
- SFF Duplex Connector
- SFF Duplex LC
- SFF Other Duplex
- MIL-SPEC/Harsh Environment and Other
- Mechanical Splices
Note: In previous market forecasts, the publisher counted all small form factor (SFF) connectors (LC and “other) as simplex units; however, in this forecast they have added separate line items for LC and OTHER (SFF) duplex units. (In previous forecasts, they counted one SFF connector as two simplex connectors).
Table 2 - Fiber Optic Connector Application Category List
Telecommunications
- Apparatus
- Modules/Components
Private Data LAN/WAN
- Apparatus
- Modules/Components
Military/Aerospace
- Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Value-Added Connectors
- Military Specified/Standard (MIL-SPEC)
- Aircraft/Spacecraft
- Shipboard
- Other Military/Aerospace (Base Stations, Tactical Ground, Vehicles, Missile Systems, Other)
Specialty
The Specialty applications category, which includes automotive/vehicle, medical, sensors, industrial, energy/oil/gas, and harsh-environment, as well as non-specified (miscellaneous uses)
This report presents the market forecast for using fiber optic cleavers and strippers. This report provides the consumption by the following functions:
- Value (US$, million)
- Quantity (number/units in thousands)
- Average Selling Prices (ASP $, each)
Information Base for the Market Forecast
Primary Research
This study is based on an analysis of information obtained continually since 1985, but updated through the end of April of 2023. During this period, the analysts performed interviews with authoritative and representative individuals in the fiber optics industry plus telecommunications, datacom, military/ aerospace and other communication industries, instrumentation/ laboratory - R&D, and factory/manufacturing, from the standpoint of both suppliers and users of 40/100GbE MPO (and other) fiber optic connectors. The interviews were conducted principally with:
Engineers, marketing personnel, and management at manufacturers of fiber optic connectors, couplers/splitters, isolators, OADMs, DWDM, photonic/ Ethernet switches, modulators, collimators, mechanical splice, attenuators, transceivers, and receivers, as well as laser diodes and photodiodes, application-specific ICs, packages, ferrules and cables, substrate materials, AWGs/optical waveguide and other components used in the fabrication of optoelectronic transceivers, cable assemblies, test/measurement equipment, splice equipment, and installation apparatus
Design group leaders, engineers, marketing personnel, and market planners at major users and potential users of cable, cable assemblies, connectors, installation apparatus, passive devices, and transceivers, such as telecommunication transmission, switching, and distribution equipment producers, data communications equipment producers (switches, hubs, routers), computer and workstation producers, weapon system, aircraft and spacecraft electronic equipment producers, optical instrumentation system producers and others
Other industry experts, including those focused on standards activities, trade associations, and investments
The interviews covered technology, R&D support, pricing, contract size, reliability, documentation, installation/maintenance crafts, standards, supplier competition, and other topics. Customers of Fiber optic connectors & splices also were interviewed, to obtain their estimates of quantities received and average prices paid, as a crosscheck of vendor estimates. Customer estimates of historical and expected near-term future growth of their application are obtained. Their views of use of new technology products were obtained.
The analyst then considered customer expectations of near-term growth in their application, plus forecasted economic payback of investment, technology trends and changes in government regulations in each geographical region, to derive estimated growth rates of quantity and price of each product subset in each application. These forecasted growth rates are combined with the estimated baseline data to obtain the long-range forecasts at the lowest detailed level of each product and application.
Secondary Research
A full review of published information was also performed to supplement the information obtained through interviews. The following sources were reviewed:
- Professional technical journals and papers; Trade press articles
- Technical conference proceedings; Product Literature
- Company profile and financial information
- Additional information based on previous market studies
- Personal knowledge of the research team
In analyzing and forecasting the complexities of the North American market for optical interconnect products, it is essential that the market research team have a good and a deep understanding of the technology and of the industry. The publishing members who participated in this report were qualified.
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Companies Mentioned
- ABB Group
- AFL
- Amphenol Corporation (also: Custom Cable Inc and Fiber Systems Int'l/FSI)
- Anixter (WESCO)
- Aptiv Plc (previuoslyDelphi Automotive LLP)
- APT Prosper Technology Co., LTD (Apttek)
- ARIA Technologies, Inc.
- Arrayed Fiberoptics Corporation (AFC)
- Aurora Optics, Inc.
- Bel Fuse Inc. (Cinch Connectors-Bel Group, Fibreco)
- Belden Inc.
- Beyondtech Inc.
- Cablek Industries
- CableLAN Products, Inc.
- Cables Plus USA
- Century Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Clearfield, Inc.
- CommScope / TE Connectivity Broadband Network Solutions (BNS)
- Corning Incorporated (AFOP)
- DAYTAI Network Technologies Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou)
- Dersing Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Diamond SA
- Euromicron Group (Sachsenkabel)
- Fiber Cable Solution Technology Co., Ltd (FCST)
- Fiber Connections, Inc.
- Fiberdyne Labs, Inc.
- FirstFiber (FirstFiber.cn.)
- FiberFox Inc.
- Fiber Instruments Sales Inc. (FIS)
- FiberOptic Resale Corporation (FORC)
- Fibernet
- Fibertronics, Inc.
- Fischer Connectors SA
- FOSTEC
- FS.COM Inc.
- Furukawa/Fitel/OFS
- GAO Tek Inc.
- Glenair, Inc.
- Green Telecom Technology Co., Ltd
- HARTING Technology Group
- Hefei Xingcheng Communications Co., Ltd
- Hirose Electric Company Ltd.
- Hitachi Cable America (HCA)
- Honda Tsushin Kogyo Co., LTD. (HTK)
- Hubbell Incorporated (including Hawke International)
- Huber & Suhner AG
- ILSINTECH
- INNO Instrument Incorporated
- ITT-Cannon, VEAM, BIW
- Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. (JAE)
- Joinwit Optoelectronic Tech. Co., Ltd. (Shanghai)
- JONHON (AVIC Jonhon Optronic Technology Co., Ltd)
- Kaishengda Cable Co., Ltd. (KSD) (Shenzhen)
- KeyFibre (KeyQuick System)
- KITCO Fiber Optics - Marmon Aerospace & Defense/Berkshire Hathaway
- KOC Communication Company, Ltd. ( KamaxOptic Communication Co. Ltd)
- Legrand/Ortronics Fiber Optic Solutions
- LEMO Connectors
- Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Luxshare Precision Industry Co.,Ltd (Luxshare-ICT - Technologies)
- Milnec Interconnect Systems 5-169
- Molex, LLC (Koch Industries, Inc.)
- Nexans S.A.
- Ningbo APC Electronics Co., Ltd.
- NKT Photonics A/S (NKT Group)
- North Optic Communication Co., Ltd.
- Optical Cable Corporation (OCC®)
- Optokon A.S
- OptoSpan
- Optotec -STL (Sterlite Technologies Ltd acquired Optotec S.p.A. in 2020)
- Panduit
- Precision Fiber Products
- Precision Rated Optics (PRO) (FiberOptics.com Inc.)
- Preformed Line Products
- Proterial Cable America, Inc.; Previously known as Hitachi Cable America (HCA) 5-194
- Prysmian Group / Draka
- QPC Fiber Optic, Inc.
- QualitY (Dongguan Qingying Industrial Co., Ltd.)
- Radiall
- Reichle & De-Massari AG (R&M)
- Rollball International Company, Ltd.
- Rosenberger Optical Solutions & Infrastructure (Rosenberger OSI)
- Sanwa Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd / Sanwa Electronics USA Corporation
- Seikoh Giken Co. Ltd.
- Sembanx Electronic Technology Co., ltd.
- Senko Advanced Components (SENKO Sangyo Co., Ltd.)
- Shenzhen Powerlink Electronic Technology Co. Ltd
- Shenzhen YHT Broadband Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Siemon Company (The Siemon Company)
- Sinda Optic Technology Company, Ltd. (Shenzhen)
- Sinus Electronic (Nucletron Electronic)
- Smiths Connectors / Sabritec
- SOURIAU (Esterline)
- Spring Optical Communication Co., Ltd (Shenzhen)
- Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp.
- Sunma International Industry Ltd. (Wuhan Sumna Technology Company, Ltd.)
- Sylex s.r.o.
- Takfly Communications Co., Ltd. (Takfly Industrial Co., Ltd)
- Techwin (China) Industry Co., Ltd
- TE Connectivity Ltd.
- Tempo Communications, Inc. (formerly Greenlee Communications)
- TKH Group - Telecom Solutions; (ACT - The Netherlands)
- Tuolima Network Technologies Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou)
- UNIKIT Optical Technologies Co., Ltd (Jiangsu)
- US Conec Ltd.
- Vitex, LLC.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc (Harsh Environment Fiber Optic Cable)
- XDK Communication Equipment
- YINGDA Photonic Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen)
