Dr. Hayao Nakahara has been the leading analyst of the global printed circuit board market for three decades. He visits more than 200 PCB shops each year, and compiles an extensive list of the 100 largest companies for PCD&F.

• Can Thailand Pad its PCB Gains?," (2023 list, published October 2024)
• Will IC Package Substrate Makers be Next to Rule?," (2022 list, published October 2023)
• NTI 100: The Unsinkable, Unstoppable PCB Market," (2021 list, published July 2022)
• "Big Gets Bigger and Faster’: The Annual NT1-100 Largest PCB Fabricators," (2020 list, published August 2021)
• "A Not-So-Fabulous Year for Fabricators," (2019 list, published September 2020)
• "5G Build-Out Will Speed PCB Fabricators’ Gains," (2018 list, published September 2019)
• "In the World PCB Rankings, Flex Shows Its Muscle," (2017 list, published September 2018)
• "Automotive Driving Fabricator Gains," (2016 list, published September 2017)
• "Driven to Profitability," (2015 list, published Aug. 2016)
• "China in Charge," (2014 list, published Sept. 2015)
• "A Two Team Race?" (2013 list, published Aug. 2014)
• "The Changing Fab Landscape" (2012 list, published Sept. 2013)
• "The 90-10 Split" (2011 list, published Sept. 2012)
• "The Asian Persuasion" (2010 list)
• The NTI $100 Million Club" (2007 list)
• "A Familiar Picture" (2006 list)
• "The Big Get Bigger" (2005 list)
• "NTI 100: Flex Makes Its Move" (2003 list)
• "A Formula for Prosperity" (2001 list)
• "Microvias Come of Age" (world PCB markets 2001)