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Demand Drives PCB Makers to Expand HDI Board Production
Written by Philip Buonpastore
Wednesday, 02 January 2008
Demand for high-end handsets, notebooks, digital music players and GPS is driving
PCB makers to expand HDI PCB production, according to Digitimes Online
Magazine.
The two
leading PCB makers, Hannstar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics both
plan to increase HDI PCB manufacturing to feed the demand. Hannstar
plans to expand
capacity to 200,000 square feet from the present 50,000, while GCE
plans to
invest over US$36 million to double HDI PCB capacity at its Chungli,
Taiwan
site by September.
Unitech's Shanghai subsidiary plans to double its current 1.5 million units per month HDI PCB capacity during early 2008.
Plotech's has plans to focus volume HDI PCB production at its
Kunshan, China plant in the fourth quarter of this year. The company
anticipates that capacity will
increase from the current 180,000 square feet to 230,000 in the second
half of the
year. Investors suggest that sales from Kunshan may account for half of
the
company's total sales in 2008.
Tripod
Technology said its HDI PCB expansion in China is fueled by handset and
notebook demand, and the company has allotted its fifth plant at Wuxi, China
solely for HDI PCB production. The company will have a monthly capacity of
10,000 square feet in the first quarter of the year increased to 40,000 square
feet by year-end. Including its HDI capacity in Taiwan, Tripod estimates that
total capacity will hit 70,000-80,000 square feet by year’s end.
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