Research firm IDC puts the 2014 electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry at revenues of $406 billion. For 2015, we should see EMS industry revenues increase by 4 percent , to $423 billion on the rising strength of consumer electronics, servers and storage, networking equipment, automotive electronics, and medical electronics.

Electronics original design services (ODM) are included in total revenue figures, above. IDC forecasts the EMS market at $505 billion in revenues by 2019 with a CAGR of 4 percent.

EMS / ODM Industry Forecast, 2014-19

CAGR for 2014 through 2019, by sector:
EMS 5 percent
ODM 3 percent
Total 4%

Market share per sector for 2014:
EMS sector, 62 percent
ODM sector, 38 percent

Forecasted market share per sector for 2019:
EMS sector, 64 percent
ODM sector, 36 percent

Consolidation among electronics OEM companies will put increasing pressure on both EMS and ODM firms.

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