The circuit board industry in Taiwan released its shipping data for November. The revenue declined 5.61% compared with the previous month and declined 0.29% for the same month last year. Year to date revenue increased 0.29% comparing year over year. Continue reading #1934 / Taiwan’s Circuit Board Industry – Red or Black for 2019 ?→

Five years ago, a material supplier in Japan commercialized a clear polyimide film to use as the base material for heat resistant flexible circuits. Etching companies did not have the capability to produce circuits without copper foils, so they could Continue reading #1932 / Transparent Flexible Circuits→

Japan increased its national sales tax rate from 8% to 10% effective October 1st 2019. The broad based tax affects consumer products as well as medical, cell phone services, and business to business trade. There are products that are excluded Continue reading #1930 / Consumption Tax Increase in Japan→

Electroless plating is a popular method in manufacturing printed circuits or flexible circuits. The Electroless Plating concept is not new and is used to protect conductors against oxidation. However, it is not the default process for printed circuit manufacturing. Many Continue reading #1928 / Electroless Plating for Flexible Circuits→

The subtractive process (an etching process of copper foil) is the primary technology used to build various printed circuits. On the other hand, the printable electronics are making significant progress in this area, and several researchers predict the traditional etching Continue reading #1926 / Polymer Thick Film Circuits – Practical or Not?→

I’ve said this many times, and it is true; the Taiwanese PCB industry is a great barometer for the electronics industry. Taiwan is the global manufacturing center for consumer electronics, and Taiwanese PCB manufacturers have accurate procurement plans from their Continue reading #1924 / Market Trends for Printed Circuit Boards in Taiwan→

This is part four of my observations from the JPCA Show. Many vendors and manufacturers featured test equipment for flexible circuits. It was worth wile for me to take a long look at this equipment that evaluates new functional flexible Continue reading #1922 / JPCA SHOW 2019 (Part 4)→

This is part three of my observations from the JPCA Show. There were many new products related to thick film base flexible circuits introduced at the show. Specifically, these products were screen-printed conductive inks featured by some Taiwanese companies as Continue reading #1920 / JPCA SHOW 2019 (Part 3)→

This is part two of my observations from the JPCA Show. Many new technologies and products related to flexible circuits were introduced by mid-sized manufactures at the JPCA Show 2019. Oki Cable displayed several unique technologies that included stretchable and Continue reading #1918 / JPCA SHOW 2019 (Part 2)→

　The previous edition of DKN’s newsletter focused on the growth for the printed circuit board industry in Taiwan. I was optimistic that sales will continue to be robust as the electronics market gears up for the holidays, and shipments were Continue reading #1830 / Exotic Materials for Flexible Circuits→