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Silver prices spike, but King Core holds off on hikes as Japan-Europe orders strengthen into 2026

King Core Electronics said it is watching the passive-component industry’s price-hike discussions as silver costs soar, acknowledging that its own chip beads, inductors, and coils also consume significant volumes of silver paste. But with a far smaller scale than Yageo and Tai-Tech Advanced Electronics, the company does not plan to raise prices in 2025, while leaving open the option to follow peers if raw-material costs continue to climb.