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Rockville, MD , Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — According to Fact.MR, a market research and competitive intelligence provider, the global Heat Staking Machine Market is estimated at US$ 419.5 million in 2023 and is expected to expand at an impressive CAGR of 9.7% during the forecast years of 2024-2034.

Heat staking is a heat-joining technique for bonding two or more pieces when at least one component is plastic. This process takes in deforming the plastic material through a controlled application of force and heat during certain predetermined periods.

The result of such deformation forms a bond, securely joining these pieces with minimal mechanical stresses. It is especially effective in sensitive and hard-to-process thermoplastics from industries like medical, automotive, telecom, and consumer goods. These industries generally operate best within small windows of temperature, requiring very accurate and precise control.

Heat staking has numerous applications in the medical field, such as attaching adhesive patches onto portable meters and medical dispensers. Due to these factors, the heats taking machine market expected to grow roughly 2.5X during the forecast period, owing to increased adoption due to advancements within the packaging industry and other key sectors.

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Factors Contributing to Market Growth:

The demand for electric vehicle manufacturing and higher automotive componentry requires super-accurate heat stake processes in today’s time. This segment reinforced with huge investment in manufacturing technology and infrastructure.

Heat staking plays an important role in putting together plastic parts within the electronics industry, especially regarding smartphones, tablets, and wearables. The continuous advancement and proliferation of consumer electronics are creating strong demand for efficient and reliable heat staking solutions.

With the innovation in heat staking technology, increased automation, precision, and efficiency are furthering the applications that use these machines across many industries. In particular, improved machine design and control systems continue to make the heat staking solution more appealing and versatile.

Key Takeaways from Market Study:

• The global heat staking machine market is projected to grow at 9.7% CAGR and reach US$ 1,161.4 million by 2034
• The market created an opportunity of US$ 701.3 million growing at a CAGR of 9.7% between 2019 to 2024
• East Asia is a prominent region that is estimated to hold a market share of 32.3% in 2034
• Predominating market players include Dukane Corp, Emerson Electric Co, Sonitek Corporation, Plastic Assembly Systems & Bdtronic
• Automatic Heat Staking Machine type are estimated to grow at a CAGR of 11.2% creating an absolute $ opportunity of US$ 411.2 million between 2024 and 2034

“Investing in cutting-edge heat staking technologies, such as automation and precision control, will be key to staying competitive in the market. As industries demand more efficient and reliable solutions, adopting these innovations will boost market position and meet evolving standards,” says a Fact.MR analyst.

Leading Players Driving Innovation in the Heat Staking Machine Market:

Some of the key players operating in the Heat Staking Machine market include Dukane Corp, Emerson Electric Co., Sonitek Corporation, Plastic Assembly Systems, Bdtronic, Ambrell, Ferriot Inc., Telesonic Ultrasonic & Thermal Press International Inc.

Market Development:

The Heat Staking Machine market is witnessing a concerted effort towards developing efficient, versatile, and application-specific designs to cater to the evolving needs of construction industries.

The key players in the market are seen to actively invest in research and development activities, collaborate with industry partners, and also venture into new market opportunities.

• In 2024, Vertex introduced its new model, the Vertex Basic Series heat staking presses. These compact systems provide precision and versatility for small bench-top applications.

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Heat Staking Machine Industry News:

• The Vertex Basic Series heat staking presses were Vertex’s new model, which debuted in 2024. These tiny-sized devices offer adaptability and accuracy for modest bench-top applications.

More Valuable Insights on Offer:

Fact.MR, in its new offering, presents an unbiased analysis of the global Heat Staking Machine Market, presenting historical data for 2019 to 2023 and forecast statistics for 2024 to 2034.

The study reveals essential insights on the basis of the Type, (Benchtop & Standalone, By Technology (Automatic Semi –Automatic & Manual) across major regions of the world (North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, East Asia, South Asia, and Pacific, Middle East & Africa).

Segmentation of Heat Staking Machine Market Research:

• By Type :
• By Technology :
  • Automatic
  • Semi-Automatic
  • Manual
• By Force Range :
  • Up to 100 Kg
  • 100-300 Kg
  • 300-500 Kg
  • Above 500 Kg
• By Stroke Length :
  • Below 5″
  • 5″ – 10″
  • Above 10″
• By End Use Industry :
  • Automotive
  • Aerospace & Defence
  • Electronics & Electrical
  • Healthcare & Medical Devices
  • Packaging
  • Food & Beverages
  • Consumer Products
  • Textile
  • Others

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US stocks retreated on Tuesday as investors digested a recent bond-market selloff and braced for the next wave of earnings reports.

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped more than 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) dropped more than 120 points, or around 0.3%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) slid roughly 0.6%.

Stocks are coming under pressure amid growing doubts that the Federal Reserve will continue to cut rates aggressively — or even hold steady in November. Strength in the economy, cautious Fedspeak, and concerns about the fiscal impact of an election win by Republican nominee Donald Trump are factors in play.

Amid the uncertainty, the 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) steadied around 4.2% after Monday’s sharp gains helped push it above that level for first time since July. The bond selling has weighed on rate-sensitive stocks such as real estate, with rising yields typically a catalyst for stock drawdowns.

On the earnings front, General Motors (GM) raised its guidance for the third time this year as upbeat EV sales helped deliver a quarterly profit and revenue beat. GM shares were up more than 5%. Elsewhere in earnings, GE Aerospace (GE) fell over 7% and Verizon shares fell around 5% on mixed third quarter reports.

At the same time, anticipation is building for earnings from Tesla (TSLA) on Wednesday, as Wall Street debates whether the “Magnificent Seven” tech megacaps will lead stocks’ next leg higher.

Despite higher yields, gold (GC=F) prices rose, on track to reclaim Monday’s record high. The gains came as investors sought safety with the US presidential election looming and Middle East tensions still on the rise.

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Earnings season is officially kicking into high gear. Over the span of roughly six weeks, a majority of America’s most-important publicly traded companies will spill the beans to Wall Street and investors regarding their operating performance over the prior quarter.

While corporate profit growth is vital to the success of a historically pricey stock market, earnings season isn’t the only important data release investors would be wise to monitor.

August 14 marked the filing deadline for institutional investors with at least $100 million in assets under management (AUM) to file Form 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This filing provides investors with a snapshot of what Wall Street’s brightest and most-successful asset managers bought and sold in the latest quarter (in this instance, the second quarter).

Admittedly, 13Fs have a drawback — they’re filed up to 45 calendar days following the end to a quarter, which means they’re likely providing stale information for active hedge funds. Yet in spite of this flaw, they can still offer invaluable clues as to which stocks, industries, sectors, and trends Wall Street’s leading money managers are intrigued by.

Aside from Berkshire Hathaway‘s extraordinary CEO Warren Buffett, one of the most closely followed billionaire money managers is Susquehanna International Group’s co-founder and managing director, Jeff Yass.

Susquehanna ended June with $537 billion in AUM and thousands of holdings, including various put and call options. However, the actions that stand out most in the June-ended quarter, based on Susquehanna’s 13F, is what Yass and his team did within the artificial intelligence (AI) arena.

Yass’s Susquehanna dumped more than 52 million shares of Nvidia

Arguably no public company has been more responsible for lifting Wall Street’s major stock indexes to new highs, or fueling the AI revolution, than Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). Since the end of 2022, Nvidia’s market cap has catapulted from $360 billion to $3.39 trillion, as of the closing bell on Oct. 18.

Despite Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs) being the undisputed top choice by businesses overseeing generative AI solutions and training large language models, not all billionaire money managers are optimistic about its future.

During the second quarter, Yass’s fund jettisoned 52,497,275 shares of Nvidia’s stock, which reduced its stake by 73% from the March-ended quarter. Keep in mind that Nvidia completed a historic 10-for-1 forward stock split following the close of trading on June 7, and the above share count has been adjusted for this split.

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While profit-taking may be a viable and relatively benign explanation behind this selling activity, there are also a few glaring headwinds that could have coerced Susquehanna’s aggressive selling of Nvidia’s shares in the June-ended quarter.

Topping the list of possible sell-side catalysts is history. Since the advent of the internet in the mid-1990s, we’ve witnessed a multitude of game-changing technologies and innovations come along. While many of these next-big-thing trends have offered eye-popping addressable markets, their only certainty has been an early stage bubble-bursting event.

For three decades, investors have repeatedly overestimated how quickly a new technology, innovation, or trend would be adopted and utilized in a mainstream capacity by consumers and/or businesses. When these lofty expectations are, inevitably, not met, the music stops and the bubble bursts. With most businesses lacking a clear plan to monetize their AI investments and generate a positive return, it would appear as if investors have overestimated the early stage utility of artificial intelligence. If the AI bubble bursts, Nvidia would presumably be clobbered.

Regulators aren’t doing Nvidia any favors, either. The U.S. has restricted exports of the company’s high-powered AI-GPUs to China, which is one of Nvidia’s top-dollar markets.

Yass and his team might also be worried about competitive pressures weighing on Nvidia’s pricing power and margins. In addition to external competitors bringing chips to market, Nvidia’s four most-important customers by net sales are all developing AI-GPUs for use in their data centers. With Nvidia’s AI-GPUs backlogged and substantially pricier than these in-house chips, Wall Street’s AI darling could lose out on future orders.

But while Susquehanna’s brightest minds, including Yass, were busy dumping shares of Nvidia, they were absolutely piling into another key company in the AI arena.

Yass is piling into the networking company fueling AI-accelerated data centers

Despite Yass’s fund adding to more than 4,600 positions during the second quarter, the one that really stands out is Susquehanna’s sizable addition to its existing stake in AI networking colossus Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO).

During the June-ended quarter, Yass oversaw the purchase of 2,347,500 shares of Broadcom, which increased Susquehanna’s stake by 73% to 5,582,590 shares. Broadcom also completed a 10-for-1 stock split, but did so in mid-July.

There’s no question that artificial intelligence is a big reason Broadcom is expected to deliver 44% sales growth this year. The company’s networking solutions are being relied on by businesses to connect tens of thousands of GPUs to maximize their computing capabilities and reduce tail latency. Broadcom’s solutions are critical to the split-second decision-making that powers AI-driven software and systems.

Although Broadcom’s stock and operating performance would be susceptible to downside if the AI bubble bursts, the big difference between Nvidia and Broadcom is their revenue channels. Whereas an overwhelming majority of Nvidia’s sales and recent growth are tied to its AI hardware, AI still represents a minority of Broadcom’s net revenue.

Broadcom’s bread-and-butter profit driver has long been its ties to the global smartphone industry. It provides an assortment of wireless chips and accessories used in next-generation smartphones. With wireless carriers expanding the reach of 5G, Broadcom has benefited from a steady device replacement cycle.

On top of being a notable player in smartphones, Broadcom develops optical sensors used in industrial equipment and robotics, connectivity and LED solutions for next-generation automobiles, and cybersecurity solutions, to name just a few of its other revenue channels.

Building on this point, the company’s management team hasn’t been afraid to lean on the occasional acquisition to expand its footprint and bolster cross-selling opportunities. Broadcom’s 2019 purchase of Symantec’s enterprise security business opened the door to high-margin cybersecurity services, while its $69 billion buyout of cloud-based virtualization software provider VMware in November 2023 should bolster the company’s private and hybrid cloud strategy.

A considerably more diverse product and service portfolio for Broadcom appears to be the lure that hooked Susquehanna International’s billionaire co-founder Jeff Yass.

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The broadening of the stock market rally has become a crucial theme during the second half of 2024.

Amid the start of rate cuts — and economic data that’s showed the US economy remains in better shape than initially feared — the recent push to new record highs has largely been about companies not named Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Meta (META), Tesla (TSLA), or Nvidia (NVDA).

But the debate over whether the market’s next leg higher will be led by just a few large tech companies — as was the case in 2023 and the early part of 2024 — continues to roll on among investors.

In a note on Friday, data from FactSet showed that earnings for the 493 companies in the S&P 500 outside the “Magnificent Seven” are expected to grow by an average of more than 13% over the next five quarters. Conversely, the Magnificent Seven are expected to see earnings grow by an average of nearly 19% over the same time period.

Notably, this represents a pickup in growth for the 493 from 2024 and a notch lower for the Magnificent Seven. This more positive trend in the 493 is one of the reasons strategists have called for a continued broadening out of the rally. But as our chart below shows, the difference in trend growth is a narrowing race.

And some believe Big Tech could still be the winner.

“The Mag 7 are still expected to post superior (and presumably more reliable) earnings growth than the rest of the index,” DataTrek co-founder Nicholas Colas said.

Colas noted that this data suggests tech “should begin to play catchup into the end of the year,” as the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) has underperformed the S&P 500 over the past month and throughout 2024.

“Going forward, the path to outperformance will be assessing whether Big Tech or the rest of the S&P 500 will exhibit better earnings momentum,” Colas wrote. “If one believes that US GDP growth can be +3% in 2025, then the S&P 493 is likely the better bet. Our own view is that growth will be more modest, giving the edge to Big Tech.”

Part of the tech revival may already be playing out. Nvidia has soared to a fresh record high over the past month, its first since June. Apple stock closed at a record high of $235 per share on Friday and added to those gains on Monday. Netflix (NFLX), the first of the large tech giants to report earnings, saw a massive rally in its stock to a fresh record high after another impressive round of earnings.

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That move in the streaming giant is perhaps the most illuminating when considering the case for Big Tech to lead the market. Even Netflix, which had already seen its stock rise more than 50% on the year before earnings, managed to surprise Wall Street to the upside.

Perhaps this serves as an early reminder that while growth in tech is “expected” to slow from its rapid pace over the past year, that doesn’t mean there can’t be upside surprises — or that it still can’t outperform. You don’t need to look beyond the past 18 months of many tech earnings reports coming in better than expected for the empirical evidence.

Josh Schafer is a reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow him on X @_joshschafer.

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