Harwin has unveiled a new report into the U.S. connector market at this year’s EDS Leadership Summit in Las Vegas. Entitled ‘Connecting with North America’, the report summarizes key findings from the company’s exclusive 2025 survey of connector specifiers from across the United States.
The new survey looked into some of the most important applications for connectors, the technologies being chosen and criteria that engineers and purchasers use to make product and supplier choices. It also examined the importance of online tools in the design and selection process and investigated where specifiers obtain information for making effective design and buying decisions.
Among the key takeaways from the survey are the importance of product reliability – over 60% of respondents expected reliability from five years to beyond ten years – and how the availability of complementary products and rapid sampling are factors when selecting suppliers. The survey results also underline the importance of online tools and how artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to be used for selection, design, qualification and testing.
“Harwin is a well-established player in the U.S. connector market, a market that is expected to exceed USD 14 billion by 2034,” says Peter Schneid, Harwin’s Vice President of Marketing. “We are committed to understanding and anticipating the needs of customers in the region and this new survey provides additional insight that both validates our approach and helps us further evolve our product and service offerings.
“The demand for long-life, high-performance technologies highlighted by the survey, for example, aligns perfectly with our specialism in reliable, high-quality technologies for demanding applications, while our innovative digital tools are already addressing the proven demand for online offerings that speed comparison, design and prototyping.”
Harwin’s survey was completed during April 2025 by a broad cross-section of connector buyers and engineers based in the U.S. Respondent responsibilities ranged from procurement and design to executive leadership and covered key sectors such as industrial, automotive, aerospace, and telecoms.
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The EDS Leadership Summit takes place from May 19th to 23rd 2025 at Resorts World, Las Vegas. For more information visit: https://edssummit.com.
