Kramer has announced a global customer commitment to maintain price stability and improve product availability across its portfolio through the remainder of 2026, as the company forecasts continued supply chain uncertainty driven by semiconductor market volatility.
The company will hold current pricing across the majority of its product range through the end of the year, though PC-based products including VIA collaboration devices, Control Brains and Management devices are excluded due to continued volatility in processor, memory and operating system licensing costs. Kramer is also increasing inventory levels across key, high-demand product families to reduce delivery uncertainty and support faster deployment.
Gilad Yron, CEO of Kramer, said: “We understand the pressures our customers and partners are facing, with many of them working within budgets that were approved months ago, even as market conditions continue to change. While costs continue to rise across our industry, we’ve made the strategic decision to maintain pricing across the vast majority of our portfolio through the remainder of 2026 while investing in greater product availability.”
Yron said he expected supply chain volatility to continue for at least another year, driven by demand for semiconductor technologies supporting AI infrastructure and data centre expansion.
He added: “The AV industry is closely tied to the wider semiconductor ecosystem. Demand for silicon-based components continues to outpace supply across multiple industries. We expect that imbalance to continue before capacity gradually catches up over the next twelve months.”
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