PCB Industry Development Features

The full name for a Circuit Board is "Printed Circuit Board" or "PCB", also known as "Printed Wiring Board" (PWB).

There are many kinds of printed circuit board products, which can be classified by substrate material, conductive graphic layer, product performance, application field and other dimensions. According to the substrate structure, the printed circuit board can be divided into rigid circuit board, flexible circuit board, RF board and HDI board.

1. Industry Features

(1) Periodicity

With the development of electronic information industry, printed circuit board industry downstream application fields are also more and more diversified, applications involving communications electronics, consumer electronics, computer, automotive electronics, industrial control, medical equipment, defense and aerospace, etc. All of the social economy, so the PCB industry of periodic less affected by single downstream industry, Its periodicity is mainly reflected in the fluctuation of macroeconomic and the change of the overall development of the electronic information industry.

(2) seasonality

At present, the main downstream application products of THE HDI industry are concentrated in the fields of communication electronics and consumer electronics such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops. In the field of consumer electronics, HDI manufacturers' production and sales volume in the second half of the year is generally higher than that in the first half of the year due to the comprehensive influence of downstream customers' holiday consumption and peak consumption season.

(3) Regional

Globally, as Asia especially China in such aspects as Labour, policy guidance, industry gathered the advantage of global PCB industry centre of gravity is constantly shift to Asia, gradually formed in the other parts of Asia as the center, the new pattern of auxiliary, Asia especially China become the world's PCB and its main production base of high-end products of HDI.

In China, PCB manufacturers are mainly concentrated in the pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, Bohai Rim and other regions with high economic level. However, due to the influence of cost and other factors, domestic PCB manufacturers tend to gradually shift to the mainland.