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Flexible PCB makers both in Taiwan and Japan recorded strong performance in the second quarter indicating that the global FPCB industry is moving forward in a positive direction, according to industry sources. [Source: DigiTimes / 09-02]

[Source: evertiq / 08-31]

Flexible PCB maker Career Technology expects its revenues to grow 10% sequentially in the third quarter on demand from the table PC and touch-panel sectors. [Source: PCB007 / 08-29]

Artist Theo Kamecke has taken vintage circuit boards and transformed them to adorn furniture and sculpture that can be used in homes and galleries. [Source: Wired News / 08-27]

The world market for PCBs is projected to register about $76.2 billion by the year 2015. Though tempered by the economic recession in the last two years, the market is expected to register a substantial increase in its revenue post recession, ably supported by... [Source: Electronics.ca / 08-27]

Flexible PCB maker Career Technology has posted net profits of NT$401 million (US$12.53 million) or NT$1.26 per share for the first half of 2010. The company expects its revenues to grow 10% sequentially in the third quarter, on demand from the table PC and touch-panel... [Source: DigiTimes / 08-27]

[Source: EMSNow - Breaking News / 08-25]

PCB maker Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT), which focuses on optoelectronics boards, expects demand from customers to start picking up in mid-September. Orders have recently slowed down, due to inventory adjustments at panel customers, according to TPT. [Source: DigiTimes / 08-25]

[Source: EMSNow - Breaking News / 08-18]

Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB), which mainly supplies PCBs for notebook peripheral, LCD TV and LED light applications, expects consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2010 to grow by up to 5% sequentially. The modest growth estimate reflects an exceptionally... [Source: DigiTimes / 08-18]

PCB maker Tripod Technology has announced after-tax profits of NT$2.28 billion (US$71.48 million) or NT$4.89 per share on revenues of NT$19.68 billion in the first half of 2010. The first-half net profits represented an increase of 175% from a year earlier. [Source: DigiTimes / 08-18]

[Source: evertiq / 08-18]

Hon Hai Group aims to set up a PCB production lines sometime in September to facilitate its target production of two million NBs in 2011. [Source: PCB007 / 08-17]

Career Technology and Flexium Interconnect, two major Taiwan-based flexible PCB (FPCB) suppliers, both expect shipments for touch screen devices including smartphones and tablets to boost their sales performance during the second half of 2010. [Source: DigiTimes / 08-16]

I-Connect007, the premier online source of news and information for the PCB supply chain, and who recently acquired SMT Magazine, has announced the launch of the first issue of the new, digital SMT Magazine. [Source: PCB007 / 08-13]

In July, the PCB Barometer reported unconsolidated sales of NT $12.54 billion, representing a marginal increase of 0.2% month over month. [Source: PCB007 / 08-13]

As part of its technology roadmap, PCB manufacturer World Mastery Technology Ltd. aims to manufacture 18-layer to 24-layer boards this year, up from 16-layer to 20-layer boards in 2009. [Source: PCB007 / 08-13]

Handset PCB makers Unimicron Technology, Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech Printed Circuit Board, have posted strong revenue gains for July 2010 due to strong demand for HDI boards from the handset sector. [Source: DigiTimes / 08-11]

Supply of flexible PCB boards may fall short of demand for the first time in six years during the second half of 2010 due to strong demand from the smartphone, tablet PC, LCD panel and LED light bar sectors. [Source: PCB007 / 08-10]

Supply of flexible PCB boards may fall short of demand for the first time in six years in the second half of 2010 due to strong demand from the smartphone, tablet PC, LCD panel and LED light bar sectors, according to industry sources. [Source: DigiTimes / 08-09]

TTM Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TTMI), a major global printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer, today reported results for the second quarter of 2010, ended June 28, 2010. [Source: Globe NewsWire / 08-06]

PCB maker 3CEMS Group expects its consolidated revenues to reach US$600 million in 2010 and to reach US$1 billion by 2013, according to the company. [Source: DigiTimes / 08-05]

[Source: evertiq / 08-05]

Engineering support service provider PCB Planet has launched two new services for EMS and design companies. [Source: PCB007 / 08-01]

If you look at our component businesses, [for instance] printed circuit boards, our Asian factories are running at 85 percent to 90 percent right now, but we have one North America plant that is running over 90 percent, and we got another one that is running at... [Source: PCB007 / 07-29]

Rigid PCB shipments were up 25.3 percent while bookings increased 29.3 percent in June 2010 from June 2009. Year to date, rigid PCB shipments were up 19.3 percent and bookings have grown 35.0 percent. [Source: PCB007 / 07-27]

The newly-published Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Industry report provides the most recently updated market research on the industry. Its scope contains analysis on the industry's key financial data, competitive landscape, shipment and inventory data,... [Source: PCB007 / 07-27]

PCB maker Plotech Technology has revealed that its Kunshan, China plant has seen HDI board orders from several brand handset vendors growing. The orders will be its major growth driver in the third quarter of 2010. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-27]

Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEMCO) has recently kicked off volume production at its PCB plant in Kunshan, eastern China, raising concerns that the Korea-based company may pose a threat to Taiwan-based PCB makers that also operate their production bases in China... [Source: DigiTimes / 07-27]

The production value of the global PCB industry is expected to grow 12.4% on year to US$46.316 billion in 2010 after posting a decline of 14.8% in 2009, according to Shiuh-Kao Chiang, managing partner at market research firm Prismark Partners. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-16]

Electronic Interconnect provides Design for Manufacturing (DFM) services automatically for new PCB orders, to detect, identify, and fix design problems before they reach the prototype or production stage. [Source: PCB007 / 07-15]

Electronics Digest - EETimes - RS Components is continuing its initiative to get closer to the design community with the launch of DesignSpark which is aimed at providing an online design environment for engineers. It is also launching DesignSpark PCB, a fully... [Source: Electronics Digest / 07-05]

[Source: evertiq / 07-02]

[Source: evertiq / 06-29]

A number of Taiwan-based PCB makers, including Chin-Poon Industrial, Unimicron Technology, Unitech Printed Circuit Board and Tripod Technology, are venturing into the production of automotive PCBs as order momentum from the IT and communications sectors is slowing... [Source: DigiTimes / 06-27]

More Than 35 Years of Experience Separates Sunstone Circuits from the Average PCB Prototype Provider; Sunstone's lengthy heritage makes for a unique position in the marketplace. [Source: Business Wire / 06-27]

[Source: evertiq / 06-22]

Flexible PCB maker Career Technology expects its revenues to move higher in third-quarter 2010 than the level recorded in the second due to strong demand from the smartphone and touchscreen panel sectors. [Source: DigiTimes / 06-18]

AWR Connected for Cadence Allegro Product Family Announced and Released [Source: Business Wire / 06-16]

PCB makers Tripod Technology and Unimicron Technology both saw their consolidated revenues hit record high levels in May 2010, at NT$3.48 billion (US$107.24 million) and NT$5.57 billion, respectively. [Source: DigiTimes / 06-13]

The global production of flexible PCBs is expected to grow by 8-10% in 2010, the first growth in the last three calendar years, according to Walter Cheng, chairman of Flexium Interconnect. [Source: DigiTimes / 06-10]

[Source: evertiq / 06-09]

PCB makers Tripod Technology and Unimicron Technology both are set to expand their production capacity for any-layer HDI boards to meet increasing demand from Apple and other smartphone vendors, according to industry sources. [Source: DigiTimes / 06-08]

IC substrate makers Nanya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) and Kinsus Interconnect Technology both saw their revenues increase in a range of 37-38% on year in May due to strong demand from the smartphone and base station segments, according to the companies. [Source: DigiTimes / 06-07]

Looking to the future of powering mobile devices, Japanese company Oki Printed Circuits recently demonstrated a prototype of a 0.8-mm-thick printed circuit board embedded with a 170-μm-thick rechargeable all-solid-state Lithium-ion battery. The prototype was ... [Source: physorg.com / 06-06]

the component store, a phoenix based sales rep firm that specializes in supplying printed circuits boards for various markets, and associated products and services within the electronics supply chain, has formally announced the official launch of their company... [Source: PCB007 / 06-04]

[Source: evertiq / 06-04]

TTM Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TTMI), a major global manufacturer of printed circuit boards, will participate in the UBS Global Technology & Services Conference on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. The conference is being held at the Crowne P... [Source: Globe NewsWire / 06-03]

[Source: evertiq / 06-01]

PCB maker Unitech Printed Circuit Board has received requests from its clients to tentatively postpone June shipments due to weakening demand resulting from the debt crisis in Europe, according to company president Hsu Cheng-hung. [Source: DigiTimes / 05-27]

eeBulletin - IPC News [Source: EE Bulletin / 05-27]

Nanya PCB has revealed plans to boost its flip-chip (FC) substrate capacity by 5-7 million units for a total of 35-37 million units a month by the end of June 2010, and also expand its HDI board capacity to meet growing demand for consumer electronics products... [Source: DigiTimes (FEE) / 05-26]

Most Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers, including Career Technology, Flexium Interconnect and Ichia Technologies, are expected to see their gross margin rates reach over 25% in second-quarter 2010 due to rising capacity utilization rates, according to industry ... [Source: DigiTimes (FEE) / 05-24]

[Source: evertiq / 05-18]

As a supplier to the European PCB industry for more than 40 years, including 20 years manufacturing mass lamination boards, I am concerned with our future. What is the future of the European PCB industry? Where are we going? Is the future already written in st... [Source: PCB007 / 05-13]

The recent rising quotes for PCBs due to high cooper prices are expected to hurt motherboard makers' profits for the second quarter, according to sources from motherboard players. [Source: DigiTimes (FEE) / 05-11]

PCB makers including Unimicron Technology and Global Brand Manufacture (GBM) have both raised quotes for certain products to reflect higher raw material costs, according to the companies. [Source: DigiTimes (FEE) / 05-10]

TTM Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TTMI), a major global printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer, today reported results for the first quarter of 2010, ended March 29, 2010. [Source: Globe NewsWire / 05-09]

[Source: evertiq / 05-05]

[Source: EMSNow - News Analysis / 04-30]