On September 10, it was reported that Murata Manufacturing, a leading company in the MLCC industry, recently issued an official notice outlining plans to initiate product line optimization in the 2026 fiscal year. This will involve discontinuing certain MLCC products and expanding capacity for others. The company has requested that customers provide written responses by the end of 2027 and submit their final orders by the end of March 2028. The discontinuation affects specific part numbers within consumer-grade regular series and automotive-grade series, including the GRM, GRJ, GRT, GXM, GXT, GCM, GCJ, GCG, and ZRA series.
