Opportunities and Challenges of China's PCB Industry

Opportunities and Challenges of China's PCB Industry
Although new applications put forward high requirements for raw materials and manufacturing technology, PCB products with low scientific and technological difficulties still account for a high proportion in the market Therefore, improving the rate of finished products is a direct reflection of enterprise competitiveness For example, the reliability of BGA welding, scientific and technological problems in the processing of small size PCBs, process control in the processing of thick copper plates, etc, All problems need attention and solution in the development and growth of PCB companies
The specific market challenges mainly include: First, the challenges brought by emerging technologies and applications to the manufacturing process. Especially for consumer electronic products, the size is getting smaller and smaller, the density is getting higher and higher, and the component lead spacing is shrinking, which puts forward higher requirements for PCB manufacturing and welding processes; second
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The integrated circuit industry is squeezing the high-end PCB market downward New MIS packaging technology and high-end PCB market competition have emerged; Third, it is difficult for the company to become bigger and stronger due to intensified market competition; Fourth, there is a shortage of professionals, and the training of manufacturing talents will also "start from the doll"“
With the transition of the PCB industry from a period of rapid growth to a period of industrial upgrading, the competition in the industry has intensified. Many PCB manufacturers have also started to engage in the production of downstream electronic chips and electronic components. According to statistics, there are now more than 5000 professional patch factories and chip factories of different sizes in China. Foreign buyers buy circuit boards, patches/pieces and final electronic products in the Chinese market, accounting for more than half of their total purchases. It can be seen from the list of top 100 companies that the gap between companies is not large in the whole industry. There are as many as 15 companies with sales revenue ranging from 2 billion to 4 billion yuan. Printed circuit board is still a highly decentralized industry., It is difficult to form a situation where one or several people dominate. This is very different from the development of integrated circuit manufacturing industry.
With the gradual maturity of China's PCB industry, the growth rate of the industry has become stable, and the development will gradually slow down. Finding new market growth points has become the most urgent problem for PCB. At the same time, the environmental protection department will continue to strengthen the supervision of environmental protection governance in the industry, and will have higher requirements on the environmental assessment of enterprises. Deeply understanding the hot spots and requirements of environmental protection policies and adhering to green smart manufacturing are issues that must be paid attention to in the healthy and rapid development of PCB industry. In addition, the price rise of raw materials that has lasted for two years is also an urgent problem for PCB industry. Faced with a series of difficulties, all enterprises are striving for innovation and development.
China's PCB industry has gone through an extraordinary path from catching up to surpassing At present, China's PCB industry accounts for nearly 50% of the world's PCB industry and has become the world's largest PCB supply base This will be best proved from the Shenzhen International Circuit Board Sourcing Exhibition (CSShow 2017).  From August 29 to 31 this year, CS 2017 will be held for the fourth time This PCB themed industry exhibition/FPC procurement, exhibition area and number of visitors have reached new highs, which fully demonstrates that the global PCB development center is shifting to China However, China still has a long way to go to become a real PCB country Previously, industry experts warned that PCB companies should pay attention that China's PCB industry will not continue to grow at a high speed in the future, and PCB product structure will undergo significant changes, with new density and new difficulty Therefore, PCB companies must optimize processes and constantly improve their automation and intelligence capabilities