TOKYO -- Total order value at six Japanese electronic components producers jumped 15% on the year to an all-time high in the October-December quarter as the growing sophistication of smartphones and video game systems gave Japanese technology a chance to shine.
Murata Manufacturing, TDK, Kyocera, Nidec, Alps Electric and Nitto Denko logged orders totaling roughly 1.58 trillion yen ($14.3 billion) for the quarter, according to calculations by The Nikkei. This beat the record set just a quarter earlier and marked a fifth consecutive quarter of year-on-year growth. Sales were used to approximate orders in some cases.
