By Greg Papandrew I recently visited Thailand with my business partner, Clement Yuen, to check out the PCB manufacturing environment there. My first visit was in 2023, when ground...
Itโs getting closer, but not there yet... By Greg Papandrew, DirectPCB co-founder QUOTING PRINTED CIRCUIT boards โ especially for high-mix, low-to-medium volume requirements โ can be extremely time-consuming and, at...
Want to know more about PCB sourcing decisions and strategies? Check out my SMTA training course, Successful PCB Purchasing 101. The course (free to SMTA members) is designed for...
The reciprocal tariff of 10% that was set to expire today, July 9th, has now been extended to August 1st. There are currently 3 types of tariffs in play:...
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…