Middle East tensions are putting tech supply chains under pressure

About this episode

The episode discusses how the war with Iran is affecting tech supply chains and causing shortages of critical materials for electronics.

The war with Iran has upended supply chains including for materials that are critical to building the electronics we use everyday, such as a certain kind of thermoplastic, copper, and helium. We are now dealing with shortages of all of them. Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with Jeff Janukowicz, an analyst with the research firm IDC, to learn more.

People in this episode

Host: Stephanie Hughes

Guest: Jeff Janukowicz

Topics covered

• Middle East tensions
• tech supply chains
• electronics materials
• shortages
• war impact

Keywords

• Middle East
• supply chains
• electronics
• thermoplastic
• copper
• helium
• shortages

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IDC

Places: Iran

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