The size of terminal equipment is decreasing to meet the needs of users for portability, but board level functions are becoming more and more complex, and more and more high-speed signal applications, resulting in more and more crowded PCB space, the above electronic products in multiple development directions need PCB miniaturization. Methods for reducing PCB size, or improving PCB "integration," are generally broken down into three categories: increasing the number of layers, reducing the line width, line spacing and aperture diameter, and using new materials.
PCBS (printed circuit boards) have become the dominant industry in Asia Pacific, especially by Chinese companies.
According to the IPC, Greater China accounted for 63.6% of the global PCB production capacity in 2017 (of which the mainland accounted for 52.7%). If Korea and Japan are included, East Asia accounts for more than 80% of the global PCB production capacity.
PCB in Europe and the United States has gradually become a sunset industry, the overall trend of decline, but there is a PCB company headquartered in the United States has been concentrating on the PCB industry in recent years, and the momentum is good, not only in terms of sales in the world's third largest, but also in 2018 growth of more than 10%, sales of more than 2.8 billion dollars, and in the electronics industry is expected to be pessimistic when said, The company still expects to achieve positive growth in 2019.
A PCB manufacturer from the United States
The company is U.S.-based TTM Technologies. At the 2019 International Intelligent Manufacturing Eco-Chain Summit, Tom Edman, CEO of Schindler Technology, delivered a keynote speech, and accepted an exclusive interview with TechSugar after the meeting, telling readers about his understanding of the PCB industry.