PCB boards characteristics can be introduced from 3 respects as below:
1-1.Periodicity
With the development of electronic information industry, PCB boards industry downstream application fields are also more and more diversified, applications involving communications electronics, consumer electronics, computer, automotive electronics, industrial control, medical equipment, defense and aerospace, etc. all of the social economy, so the PCB industry of periodic less affected by single downstream industry, Its periodicity is mainly reflected in the fluctuation of macroeconomic and the change of the overall development of the electronic information industry.
1-2.seasonality
At present, the main downstream application products of HDI industry are concentrated in the fields of communication electronics and consumer electronics such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops. In the field of consumer electronics, HDI manufacturers’ production and sales volume in the second half of the year generally is higher than that in the first half of the year due to the comprehensive influence of downstream customers’ holiday consumption and peak consumption season.
Also, 65% more circuit boards are exported to North America and Europe where there are summer holidays, so during the period the demand will decrease much while after the holiday, the demand will resume. So you can see the seasonality is very clear.
1-3.Regional
Globally, as Asia especially China in such aspects as Labour, low plants cost,policy guidance, industry gathered the advantage of global PCB board centre of gravity is constantly shift to Asia, especially south China, gradually formed in the other parts of Asia as the center, the new pattern of auxiliary, Asia especially China become the world’s PCB(printed circuit board) and its main production base of high-end products of HDI.
In China, PCB manufacturers are mainly concentrated in the pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, Bohai Rim and other regions with high economic level, like Jiangxi province, Sichuang province. However, due to the influence of cost and other factors, domestic PCB manufacturers tend to gradually shift to the mainland.
