FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN -- Two of Meiko Electronics' three printed circuit board fabrication factories in northern Japan have been rendered inoperable due to the effects of the March 11 earthquake, according to multiple industry sources.

TOKYO – As reports emerge of disruption to the electronics supply chain, it remains unclear whether the region’s major printed circuit board fabricators have sustained damage.

Japan is home to three of the world’s largest PCB fabricators: CMK, Ibiden and Nippon Mektron.