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PCB Fab MarkEtS Nitto Denko and Sumitomo Printed Circuit are also difficult to figure. The author believes the estimated figures in tablE 3 are not far from the real numbers because they publish accurate data as “electronic components,” but do not breakout their flex portions. More than half of Shirai Denshi’s revenue comes from sales through its Hong Kong office that sells products made in China (Techwise and Techwise-Shirai). Therefore, its total is not exactly produced internally; however, the author decided to honor its financial report. Naturally, there is a fair amount of double counting between Shirai Denshi and Techwise, a subsidiary of Kingboard Chemical. Techwise was originally built as a captive shop by Legend (now Lenovo), and was later taken over by Kingboard. At one point, M-Flex depended on Motorola for 83% of its revenue. Now its dependence is less than half, and it has started to experience solid growth again. Its messy attempt to purchase MFS of Singapore is in the past. Toppan-NEC ended production of regular MLBs at its Philippines plant, that now seems to be used as a back-end process facility for IC substrates. It is one of the world’s leading fabricators of high layer-count MLBs, as well as sophisticated IC substrates. Sanmina-SCI shut down its plants in Phoenix, AZ, and Germany last year and its Costa Mesa, CA facility just recently. What was once the world’s largest fabricator now has only two PCB manufacturing plants in North America, one in both Owego, NY, and San Jose as well as plants in Kuching, Malaysia; Singapore; and Wuxi, China. The total revenue from these three overseas plants will exceed that of the North American plants in the future. The Kuching plant is going to be a central part of the Sanmina-SCI PCB division. GMB (Global Brands Manufacture) PCB units consists of three separate entities: CMK-GBM, a 49% to 51% JV between CMK and GBM, which is a subsidiary of the shoe-making subcontractor; Pou Chen Group of Taiwan; GBM Chuanyi; and GBM Yuanmao. They are all located in China. The output is published in Taiwan and through TPCA, but the author has no idea what the reported revenue includes. GBM revenue was obtained through each operation directly. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical’s PCB business consists of Japan Circuit Industry (JCI) and Tai Hong Circuit Industry in Taiwan, which has a single-sided board manufacturing plant in Dongguan, China. MGC is better known for its BT laminates than as a PCB manufacturer. (Recently, MGC increased production capacity of BT laminates to 1 million m2 per month in the northern part of Japan.) Unitech of Taiwan expanded its business scope to solar panel manufacture. There will be many PCB manufacturers that will follow by expanding manufacturing into non-PCB related businesses. For example, Ibiden has been involved in the manufacturing of ceramic carbon filters for removing carbon particulates from diesel engine exhaust. This business has grown significantly in the past few years, from $250 million in 2003 to over $1 billion in 2007. Kinsus Technology is a fast-growing IC substrate maker that began operations in 2001. Its first-year revenue was $3.5 million in 2001, but now it has grown to $400 million. Kinsus’s largest shareholder is Taiwan’s Asustek purchased land in Suzhou to build a plant Utilising a unique advanced resin technology developed by Sun Chemical, we are now able to offer a new SMART (SolderMask Advanced Resin Technology) product, which meets the industry needs of tomorrow, today. ImagecureSMART ® OFFERS: Halogen free Meets all current OEM specifications Lower temperature pre-dry window offering a significantly harder tack-free finish One product with increased photospeed allowing exposure by LDI or standard contact printingsystems One product for both Solvent and Aqueous developing Ability to hold fine lines and features Excellent resistance to all current final surface finishes including lead free solder Can be laser ablated for ease of traceability RoHs compliant IMAGECURE SMART® A UNIQUE ADVANCED RESIN TECHNOLOGY Sun Chemical Circuits Norton Hill Midsomer Norton Bath BA3 4RT United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1761 414 471 Fax: +44 (0) 1761 416 609 www.sunchemicalcircuits.com SEPTEMBER 2008 printEd CirCuit dESign & fAB 33 http://www.sunchemicalcircuits.com http://www.sunchemicalcircuits.com

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