With the reality being that there is no “drop-in” replacement for the manufacturing capacity and technology of China, what’s a board buyer to do with all of today’s 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...
*𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵! The “tariffying” news continues: 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: * • 25% Section 301 (unless excluded; exclusions...
I recently sat with Shane Whiteside, president and CEO of Summit Interconnect, in his capacity as president of the Printed Circuit Board Association of America (PCBAA), to discuss the state of the...
Why aren’t young men and women entering the printed circuit board industry in the numbers they did in the past? There is an IPC video of me from 15 years ago (with much...
PCB tariff updates and a cost-cutting solution, plus more in the latest edition of the Better Board Buying newsletter. Check it out on LinkedIn!
IN FEBRUARY 2017, I wrote a column titled “An Afternoon with Naka” in which Hayao Nakahara (or Naka to his friends) – a true PCB veteran embarking on his 60th year...
All printed circuit boards manufactured in China, regardless of layer count, are subject to the additional 20% duties effective March 4th, 2025. While 2 and 4-layer printed circuit boards...