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...
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...
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 buyers, are you keeping your boards dry? Here’s what you need to know…
Both the Trump and Biden administrations have taken significant steps to bring manufacturing back to the United States. But realistically, when will this goal become feasible, and at what...
Starting today, the Trump administration tacked on another 10% for all imports coming from China. That is in addition to the 25% tariff that started under his first term....
PCB buyers sometimes tell me “We don’t want to use China.” Obviously, that’s their right. But I usually probe further on what the buyer specifically means by that statement....
PCB buyers in Europe: Whether you need multilayer, ultrathin, heavy copper, flex, or metal printed circuit boards, we’ve got you covered!
Even with tariffs, China is still the better PCB option Getting high-mix, low-to-medium volume production of higher technology PCBs outside of China quoted in a timely manner, let alone...