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Challenges of PCB industry from 3G mobile phone

Sharing 2M bandwidth data services is the biggest highlight of 3G cell phone, which enables any user worldwide to achieve the global three-dimensional satellite communications network from land to ocean by small and inexpensive mobile stations, and ensures global roaming users to communicate in any place and any time with proving a wired telephone voice [...]

Taiwan PCB Makers See Dim Sales in Aug.

Taipei, Sept. 11, 2009 (CENS)–Affected by sluggish market demand for mobile phones around the world, Taiwanese PCB (printed circuit board) makers, who together supply over half of the global market for handset PCBs, generally posted moderate sales in August.
Dedicated to production of PCBs for traditional mobile phones, Compeq Manufacturing Co., Ltd., for instance, reported sales [...]

European PCB market better than others

The European PCB market was more stable than other markets in 2008. The market volume in Europe decreased by 0.8% to $6.15 billion, while the American market declined in the same period by 5.6% to $5.9 billion.
The current situation of PCB suppliers is characterized by high production costs and massive demands by customers for lower [...]

U.S. Circuit to Show at Orange County Electronics Exhibition

U.S. Circuit, a manufacturer of bare PCBs, based in Escondido, California, has announced that they will exhibit at the Orange County Electronics (OCE) show in Costa Mesa, California later this month.
Southern California is home to a solid list of military, defense and aerospace OEMs, a market that many North American manufacturing companies have become heavily vested in [...]

PCB Supplier Chin-Poon’s Stock Surges 6.1%

Though Taiwan’s Taiex index sliding 0.82% to close at 6,733.23 in Taipei trading, the fourth straight day of losses and its lowest close since July 14, 2009, according to reports, the country’s electronics market is showing resilience.
PCB supplier Chin-Poon Industrial Co.’s stock jumped 6.1% to NT $20, the highest since July 29, 2008, after spokesman Hsiao Kung-yen said the [...]

German PCB Market Still Not Recovering From Financial Crisis

The global economic recession continues be felt in the electronics value chain. For instance, in May, Germany’s PCB market slid 4.2% compared with the previous month, according to VdL and ZVEI. Compared to May last year, revenues this year are down 42% and cumulative sales for the first five months of the year, down 40% against the [...]

Laminate,PCB Industries Show Smooth Growth

Semiconductor, PCB and laminate demand, unsurprisingly, are ultimately dependent on the production of electronics equipment and, again, BPA monitors the production trends (see the graph below). In addition to canvassing the views of the industry, BPA also uses leading indicators, which, over the last twenty years, have been a good fit with PCB and laminate demand.
The chart below [...]

PCB makers more sanguine of notebook/netbook market

PCB makers HannStar Board, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), Tripod Technology, Dynamic Electronics and Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) all expect to see shipment growth in notebook PCBs driven by demand for netbooks and ultra-thin notebooks this year.
HannStar Board’s notebook PCB revenue share was more than 70% in the first quarter, up from 66% in the same [...]

The awards were presented during a special ceremony during the IPC Expo/Apex trade show.

Many companies are continuing to invest in new product development to benefit the PCB industry. We are pleased to be able to recognize the tremendous research and development efforts that have gone into these products.

Merry’s customers later rejected shipments using Career’s FPCBs, according to market sources

However, Merry’s subsidiary in April 2009 filed with Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court in southern China to demand compensation of 31.16 million yuan (US$4.56 million) from Career for a claimed defect in the FPCBs, the PCB supplier said.