After years of taking a backseat to mobile device fabs, multilayer manufacturers stand to reap the rewards.

The West Coast-based fabricator is turning boards up to 30-layers as fast as they get them.

As trade battles between the US and China have heated up, Ventec USA has had a front seat. Ventec USA president Jack Pattie talked with PCD&F editor-in-chief Mike Buetow in August about how the laminate manufacturer is coping with US tariffs, capacity constraints, and his advice for designers of short-supply materials.

This is part four of my observations from the JPCA Show.