The lack of semiconductors is hitting the technology industries and in the news reporting it has been possible to read about a semiconductor crisis.
For private individuals, it leads to longer delivery times and higher prices and in industry to production stoppages, which has affected the giants Scania and Volvo cars.
Affects everyone
Of course, it is not just the large companies that have been affected by the component shortage.
Because regardless of whether you are a global giant company or whether you operate at a local level, you are a speculator in the same parts of the market.
Want to see investment in Europe
The semiconductors are primarily produced in factories in Asia and Mikael Joki wants Sweden and the EU to work to become self-sufficient when it comes to this type of component.
- These are long-term investments, no quick fix.
And it is required that you have perseverance in such an investment when it comes to this type of factory construction, he says.
The Minister of Trade and Industry answers
Minister of Trade and Industry Ibrahim Baylan says in a written statement to SVT that he hopes that a proposed EU project on research and innovation can lead to Sweden's dependence on markets outside the EU decreasing in the long run.
But at the same time, he continues, there is a shortage here and now and that such a project will not solve the acute shortage that the industry is experiencing now.