First appeared in Circuits Assembly magazine… An in-person visit reveals unrealized potential. Itโs been almost two years since the authorsโ first visit to Thailand, which occurred just after Covid...
Over the weekend, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the extension of exclusions in the Section 301 Tariffs. The exclusions that were previously scheduled to...
Engineering questions are the number one complaint most PCB buyers have about board manufacturers. And itโs true that we ask a lot of questions before we start building your...
A year and a half after our first visit, hereโs our impression of today’s PCB manufacturing environment in Thailand…
With the reality being that there is no โdrop-inโ replacement for the manufacturing capacity and technologyย of China, whatโs a board buyer to do with all of todayโs PCB tariff...
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Tariffs on PCBs manufactured in China are still holding at 145% for 2 and 4-layer rigid and 170% for all other layer counts and technologies. Contact me to find...
*๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต! The โtariffyingโ news continues:ย All printed circuit boards (PCBs) manufactured in China, regardless of layer count, are at this time subject to the...
All printed circuit boards (PCBs) manufactured in China, regardless of layer count, are at this time subject to the following duties: * โข 25% Section 301 (unless excluded; exclusions...
I recently satย with Shane Whiteside, president and CEO of Summit Interconnect, in his capacity as president of theย Printed Circuit Board Association of Americaย (PCBAA), to discuss the state of the...