Raw material prices, out of stock, PCB board brewing prices go up 10-20%

The increase in raw materials has affected people’s expectations for the prices of electronic components (including PCBs) this year. Prices of copper, nickel, aluminum, gold and other metal raw materials have risen, and the labor costs of factories have also increased. This is all due to the increase in product prices. signal. There are still many factories that have underemployment and can not meet the demand for orders, which may affect the delivery of products to a certain extent. For PCB manufacturers, there is still a critical level that needs to be broken, that is, the lack of board from the beginning of spring. In the case of goods, plates that can be delivered within the previous week have now been extended to about 10 days.

“This market condition of the plate may continue into May and June of this year.” Shenzhen Yang Wenrong, marketing manager of Jindian Precision Circuit Co., Ltd., told reporters. During the IIC-China 2011 exhibition, Jindian Precision Circuit and its peers demonstrated their products in the Components Zone.

Headquartered in Shenzhen, the main production work of Jindian Precision Circuits is concentrated in Fujian, which has a full-process PCB business with a production capacity of 50,000 square meters per month. Due to underemployment, the current production capacity is 15,000 square meters. "The advantage of the whole process is that all the links can be held in our own hands, from orders to design to manufacturing, all the links are controllable, which will facilitate the control of delivery. Our batch delivery of double-sided panel is 6-7 days, the four-layer board is 8-10 days. If it is a sample, it can be delivered within 1-2 days.” Yang Wenrong introduced that our PCB products are suitable for automotive electronics, digital communications, instrumentation and other fields, and for LED The high heat dissipation requirements of the lamp have led to the development of corresponding aluminum substrate PCBs.

After several years of development, Jindian Precision Circuits has had its own market position in the industry, including BYD Automotive, Changhong LCD TVs and Lenovo mobile phones. According to Yang Wenrong, the company's orders this year are increasing, but the business is limited by the factory operating rate.

The gap in production capacity is also affecting other PCB manufacturers. However, due to factors such as scale and region, the gap varies. The factory site staff at Shenzhen Shibo Boxin Circuit Board Co., Ltd. said that the monthly demand of our factory is about 20,000 square meters and the production capacity is 15,000 square meters. In response to the difficulty of recruiting employees, in addition to raising wages for workers, Zhi Boxin also played emotional cards and organized a team of consultants to understand the workers’ ideas and strive for workers to stay.

Zhiboxin produces 2-30-layer PCB boards, and its main application areas are security, power supply, and military products. It is capable of manufacturing 2 to 30 layers of high-level multilayer, HDI, buried/blind holes, high frequency, and metal (aluminum, copper, etc.) Iron) base, high Tg, thick copper power supply, and other circuit board process capabilities.

The factory in Meizhou has a capacity of 20,000 square meters per month for Granville Circuit Board. Now its production capacity is about 80%. When talking about their competitive advantages, the company’s booth staff said that the cost of human resources is still low in Meizhou. On the coast, their products are also relatively more competitive in terms of price. Granovo produces 1-8 layers of circuit boards, mainly covering communications, cash register systems, smart meters, etc. The business mainly comes from foreign orders.

PCB board industry brewing prices due to rising raw materials, labor costs and other reasons, PCB manufacturers have been brewing prices. However, due to the reasons for customer acceptance, the rate will not be large, and the buyers and sellers will negotiate with each other to finally determine a mutually acceptable price. Zhibo letter staff said that customers can accept up to 20% price increase. This rate is considered more optimistic in the industry, Jindian Jindian precision circuit Yang Wenrong is expected to rise less than 10%. Granovo staff revealed that since the end of last year, Granvo was negotiating with the customer about the price increase issue, and it has not yet been finalized.