PCB Tech - Emerging applications bring business opportunities to PCB

On February 4, 2017, the National Development and Reform Commission announced the "Guiding Catalogue of Key Products and Services for Strategic Emerging Industries" (2016 edition), which includes a new generation of basic information industries, high-end PCB equipmentmanufacturing, new materials industries, biological industries, new The energy industry, energy saving and environmental protection industry, digital creative industry, new energy automobile industry, including 5 major sectors and 8 industries, involve nearly 4,000 subdivided products and services. Compared with the version three years ago, the number of subdivided products and services has increased by nearly 900 items, among which artificial intelligence and digital creative industries have entered the guide catalogue list for the first time. The sub-category of new energy vehicles has also expanded from the original "pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles" to "new energy vehicle products", "charging, replacement and hydrogenation facilities" and "production test equipment". Three items.

At present, automobiles are developing toward intelligence, and the automobile industry is expected to relay smart phones to become a new type of smart terminal. With the continuous expansion of the market share of electric vehicles, intelligence + new energy, the number of electronic components used in automobiles has increased significantly, and automotive electronics will be an important market for PCBs. However, the automotive industry has high requirements for product safety and reliability. Therefore, the PCB industry should prepare technology and production reserves before the full blowout of smart cars and new energy vehicles.

According to a statistical report released by the Bureau of Operation Monitoring and Coordination of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in May, in the first quarter of this year, the overall operation of my country's electronic information manufacturing industry continued its steady and positive development since the second half of last year. Among them, the production of the communication equipment industry maintained a double-digit high-speed growth. In the first quarter, the output of smart phones alone reached 358.66 million units, an increase of 11.4%; the growth rate of production in the computer industry continued to pick up, with 39.03 million laptops, an increase of 10%. These areas are usually large demanders of PCB. According to the current performance of the consumer electronics market, smart phones, wearables, portable medical equipment, health equipment, etc., have a large market capacity, rapid product upgrades, and products that are becoming lighter, thinner, and smaller. The PCB industry has long been prepared for technology and resources in response to these needs.

Artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing are strategic emerging industries supported by the state. From the perspective of product technology and process requirements, they belong to the category of high-end manufacturing and have extremely high requirements for PCB manufacturing equipment and talent teams. The transformation and upgrading of the PCB industry provides a good opportunity.

Now, in many fields such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, new energy vehicles, smart cars, communications, consumer electronics, health care, and wearable devices, China has a huge market and a large number of new consumer demands have been born. Specific to the PCB industry, as an indispensable part of the electronic system, the rapid development of these industries has also brought unlimited business opportunities to the PCB industry. This also proves from another side why China’s PCB output can occupy half of the world’s total and become the largest PCB supply base.