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Report: Major PWB Production in Hands of Few
Written by Administrator
Friday, 15 August 2008
MONTREAL — HannStar and Gold Circuit Electronics dominate the global laptop PCB market, taking a 75% share, while the rest is divvied among Unimicron, Compeq and Unitech. Moreover, the threshold for entry is very high, which keeps new players on the sidelines.
So says a new report on global PCB production, released by Electronics.ca. Among the findings:
HDI laptops currently make up 10% of laptop shipments and HDI designs won't be introduced completely to the laptop market due to cost, Electronics.ca contents.
The global leading memory PCB board manufacturers are Simmtech and Tripod, which combined own more than an 80% share. The barrier for entry for memory boards is also high. Gross profit margins are very low, at most about 10%, and profit will be a single digit, given deduction of related operating expenses. Only large-scale production of memory board can be profitable, especially considering equipment depreciation.
The entry threshold for auto electronics PWBs is even higher. Major players include Viasystems Group, CMK, Meiko, Jinghua and Unitech. The market has maintained its layout for many years.
In 2007, China's mobile phone output exceeded 600 million units, 90% of which used HDI. Calculating that one sq. square meter of HDI board is the production equivalent of 180 units of mobile phones, China's demand for HDI board for cellphones is 3 million sq. meters. Yet its HDI production capacity cannot meet the market demand, although some manufacturers have expanded capacity. Major players include Multek, Compeq Manufacturing Co., United Powerm (Unimicron), AT&S, Ibiden, Shanghai Meadville, Shantou Goworld, Huafeng Weixian, Meiko and Shanghai Unitech Electronics.
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