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Report: Major PWB Production in Hands of Few

Published: 15 August 2008
 by Staff
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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