The United States Trade Representative (USTR) is inviting public comment on whether any of the current exclusions from the 301 tariffs should be extended beyond November 29, 2025. That...
TRADE SHOWS AREย great for business, providing valuable contacts and permitting your company to build industry exposure and credibility. Yet many firms attend shows haphazardly and sporadically, lacking a strategy...
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...
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...
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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