PCB market competition pattern and trend analysis

PCB products made in the United States are mainly high-layer, HDI and flexible boards, and most of the other low-end PCBs have been transferred to China Asia Pacific

The competitive advantages of American products are mainly reflected in high-end products and some specific product fields, such as aviation and military PCBs, high-level PCBs for medical electronics, etc; Europe is dominated by high-value and small batch PCB products, which are mainly oriented to the European market and serve European industries such as industrial instrumentation and control, medical treatment, aerospace and automobile industry; Japan is also one of the global PCB production bases, with leading technology. Its market presents a tripartite situation of multi-layer board, flexible board and packaging substrate. Manufacturers mainly use high technology to provide value-added services. At present, Japan is dominated by large-scale manufacturers such as Qisheng and Sumitomo Electric, leading the global medium and high-end FPC market; In addition to Europe, the United States and Japan, Taiwan mainly produces high-end HDI, IC carrier, class carrier and other products, and occupies a certain position in the global PCB market.

At present, the global PCB production is mainly concentrated in Chinese mainland, Japan and Taiwan. Chinese mainland is currently the largest area of PCB production in the world. Japan is the world's largest high-end PCB producer, and its products are mainly high-order HDI boards, packaging substrates and high level flexible plates. The PCB capacity in the US and Europe has basically shifted to Chinese mainland and Taiwan.

The reserved capacity in the region is mainly R & D, and the products are mainly high-tech model and allegro. At present, the overall technical level of China's local PCB manufacturers is similar to that of the United States, Japan and Taiwan

However, with the transfer of global PCB production capacity to China and the rapid improvement of R & D strength of Chinese local enterprises, Chinese local enterprises have achieved rapid improvement in production technology and production capacity of high-end products such as high-end HDI boards, packaging substrates and high multilayer flexible boards.

There are many kinds of PCB products, wide application fields, high degree of customization, and the competition pattern of downstream industries is relatively scattered. In terms of product types, there are many PCB market segments. All kinds of PCB products are different in use scenarios, performance, materials, electrical characteristics and functional design. Basically, no manufacturer can occupy a leading position in each product line; As for the degree of customization, each manufacturer needs to adjust the substrate thickness, material, linewidth and aperture; In addition, the downstream industries of PCB industry are very scattered. All electronic related fields such as consumer electronics, computer, communication, automobile, industrial control and medical treatment need PCB, which is not particularly concentrated in a certain field.