Category:PCB PCB Industry Information
This Group provides continually the latest information on the most recent trends, forecasts and analysis in the printed circuit board space.
October marks the time of year that many U.S. and Uk companies make their way to Hong Kong and China to walk the tradeshow floors. We all know this routine well as we have done it so many times. ...(view more)
PCB Industry Growth Rates and Book-to-Bill Ratios Announced Rigid PCB shipments were down 10.2 percent and bookings were down 17.0 percent in July 2011 from July 2010. Year to date, rigid PCB shipm...(view more)
There is a buzz in the air regarding the “Reshoring” of American’s manufacturing base. The rise or appreciation of the Chinese Yuan, labor costs increasing in China and the wild card of fuel, shipping...(view more)
A dangerous trend we see in our industry is the amount of information shared through the supply chain. In today’s modern world, technology is so easily passed from one vendor to another. ...(view more)
No one can ever comprehend what an incompetent supplier can do to wreck a relationship with a good customer until you have experienced it firsthand. As many in the manufacturing world know, a quality ...(view more)
Flexible circuits can be found in many devices where space and weight considerations are dominant in the design of electronics: in cars, in cameras and video equipment, in mini-computers for athletes ...(view more)
As the global economy recovers, the international financial market goes stable, Orders shift crisis also comes to PCB industry for many PCB makers in China. On one hand, the middle-small PCB makers re...(view more)
As I have noted in other blogs on our site, the SOXX index decent indicator of demand for PCBs. Printed Circuit Board demand will typically follow 3-5 months behind the index. We see a decent demand f...(view more)
Middlemen have not always had a good name. I have often wondered why until I became one. In the mind of most businesses, typically, a middleman stands between the buyer and supplier when it comes to t...(view more)
The tremendous decline in U.S. manufacturing in favor of foreign manufacturing in Mexico, Eastern Europe, and Asia has been fueled by the presumption that lower costs are achieved in those locales. Mi...(view more)