Flex makes its move: buoyed by incessant demand for consumer devices, flex makers dominated the top of the 2003 NTI 100.The latest incarnation incarnation, the assumption of human form by a god, an idea common in religion. In early times the idea was expressed in the belief that certain living men, often kings or priests, were divine incarnations. of the NTI NTI NewTech Infosystems (software company, Irvine, California) NTI Nuclear Threat Initiative NTI National Transit Institute (New Brunswick, New Jersey) NTI Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated 100 is notable for its Asian flavor. The top five makers in 2003 were Japanese Japanese (jăp'ənēz`), language of uncertain origin that is spoken by more than 125 million people, most of whom live in Japan. There are also many speakers of Japanese in the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Taiwan, parts of the United States, and , with combined revenue of $4.57 billion, equal to 13.3% of the total world output of $34.5 billion. The top 10 were all from Asia, with a combined output of $7.06 billion (20.5%). Nippon Nippon (nĭp`ŏn, nĭpŏn`), name for Japan, derived from Dai Nippon, meaning Great Japan. The expression comes from the Chinese ideograph for the place where the sun comes from, or Land of the Rising Sun. Mektron (No. 1), Unimicron (6) and Samsung Electro-Mechanics  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . (7) are growing at the rate of 20% this year. At that pace, the top ten's share may exceed 22% in 2004. In 2000 Sanmina-SCI reported revenue of over $1.5 billion and Viasystems Group's was $1.25 billion. In the past few years, however, the top spots have changed dramatically in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor Asian firms. It gets harder each year to compile To translate a program written in a high-level programming language into machine language. See compiler. an accurate list of the world's top PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. makers. Continuous globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation , involvement in board assembly--particularly by flex circuit See flexible circuit. makers, for which separating bare-board output from the total revenues is nearly impossible--and fluctuating fluc·tu·ate v. fluc·tu·at·ed, fluc·tu·at·ing, fluc·tu·ates v.intr. 1. To vary irregularly. See Synonyms at swing. 2. To rise and fall in or as if in waves; undulate. v. currency exchange rates: all conspire con·spire v. con·spired, con·spir·ing, con·spires v.intr. 1. To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action. 2. to make the development of the annual NTI 100 a tremendous undertaking. Furthermore, some manufacturers such as 3M and Mitsui Mitsui: see zaibatsu. Micro Circuit System (MCS (1) See Microsoft Cluster Server. (2) (Microsoft Consulting Services) The consulting arm of Microsoft which offers support for installation and maintenance of Microsoft applications and operating systems. ) of Japan do not disclose any data at all. This author had to look at these companies from various angles and make calculated guesses. Nonetheless, most large makers have been extremely accommodating and helpful. However, some errors are unavoidable. Any errors in revenues or missing companies are the responsibility of this author. Because accuracy is always a foremost concern, please submit corrections and suggestions to him. The exchange rates used to convert output to U.S. dollars were: Yen: 110 Won: 1,183 Taiwan dollar Noun 1. Taiwan dollar - the basic unit of money in Taiwan dollar - the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents : 34 RMB RMB Right Mouse Button RMB Regional Management Board (USACE) RMB Rolf Maier Bode (musician, band) RMB Ren Min Bi (currency of People's Republic of China) : 8.3 Singapore Singapore (sĭng`gəpôr, sĭng`ə–, sĭng'gəpôr`), officially Republic of Singapore, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,426,000), 240 sq mi (625 sq km). dollar: 1.75 Baht: 40 Euro: 0.885 The 2002 numbers were reconverted into U.S. dollars using the exchange rates above in order to show growth trends. Note that the 2002 revenues are different from those in last year's NTI 100. A word of warning. Readers should not consider this list as an absolute authority. PCB makers may use the list as a "relative" positioning. Their rank may well be different from the one given in the list due to various factors such as exchange rates or this author's errors. Flex circuit manufacturers are noted with an asterisk (1) See Asterisk PBX. (2) In programming, the asterisk or "star" symbol (*) means multiplication. For example, 10 * 7 means 10 multiplied by 7. The * is also a key on computer keypads for entering expressions using multiplication. (*). Approximately 20% of the firms on the list are flex makers, most of which are flex board specialists. This year's list identifies 124 companies that generated at least $50 million in revenues from PCBs. Some comments on specific companies: Nippon Mektron has been growing steadily and has finally ascended to the top position. At its rate of growth this year, it will probably defend its position in 2004. Its total output, including assembly, was $1.29 billion. Fujikura's total revenue including assembly business was $487 million. Of Korea Korea (kôrē`ə, kə–), Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. Circuit Group's $310 million in revenues, $175 million came from its affiliate, Interflex, a flex specialist now also operating in Tianjin Tianjin or Tientsin (both: tyän`jĭn`), city (1994 est. pop. 4,720,500), NE China. In E central Hebei prov., it is a politically independent unit (4,400 sq mi/11,399 sq km) administered directly by the central government. , China. Nitto Denko Nitto Denko Corporation (日東電工株式会社 has a beautiful new flex plant in Suzhou Suzhou, Soochow (both: s  `jō`), or Wuxian (w .
Since 3M does not breakout its flex data, $270 million is a calculated guess. Its total output is said to be about I million [m.sup.2] per annum Per annum Yearly. , a very large portion of which is flex for printer cartridges
v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. value resides in bare flex boards. Hence, 95% of its output of $183 million probably comes from bare-boards. MFS is also engaged in rigid board manufacture in Changsa (Guangdong Province Noun 1. Guangdong province - a province in southern China Guangdong, Kwangtung ), China, where it is finishing construction of a flex plant. For Innovex and MFlex it is difficult to separate bare-board sales from total revenue. Since even a wild guess at the bare board output for these makers is difficult, no effort was made to separate bare-board portion from the total output. Probably, at least 30 to 40% of their output comes from assembly. That said, it should be understood that their true rankings in the NTI 100 should be lower. A similar argument applies to the cases of Hutchinson Hutchinson, city (1990 pop. 39,308), seat of Reno co., S central Kans., on the Arkansas River; inc. 1872. It is a commercial and industrial center in a grain (especially wheat), livestock, and oil region. and Parlex. Generally speaking, all flex makers grew by at least 15% last year and they seem to be gaining again this year. After two consecutive years of losses, CMK CMK Consumer & Market Knowledge CMK C. M. Kornbluth (Lemony Snicket) became profitable last year. Ibiden's growth slowed due to the higher value of the yen, though it still turned a reasonable profit. Hitachi Hitachi (hētä`chē), city (1990 pop. 202,141), Ibaraki prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Kashima Sea. The city is a leading producer of Japan's electrical equipment. Chemical combined all its PCB subsidiaries into a single unit, Hitachi Chemical Electronics. Shinko Electric Industry, a specialist in IC substrate The base layer of a structure such as a chip, multichip module (MCM), printed circuit board or disk platter. Silicon is the most widely used substrate for chips. Fiberglass (FR4) is mostly used for printed circuit boards, and ceramic is used for MCMs. , shares with Ibiden a large portion of Intel's flip-chip PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. and BGA substrates. Unimicron and SEMCO SEMCO Southeastern Michigan Computer Organization, Inc. SEMCO Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. SEMCO Systems Engineering and Management Company SEMCO Salisbury Engineering Manufacturing Company (Missouri) are on pace to pass the $1 billion revenue mark. Compeq COMPEQ Manufacturing Company Limited. The Group's principal activities are manufacturing and selling of multi-layer printed circuit boards (PBCs) for computer use, integrated circuits (ICs) for packaging substrate and computer microchips. is finally coming out of the red after being hurt by failed Intel business. It aims to manufacture 90 to 95 million cellphone (CELLular telePHONE) The first ubiquitous wireless telephone. Originally analog, all new cellular systems are digital, which has enabled the cellphone to turn into a smartphone that has access to the Internet. boards this year (up from 63 million in 2003), 15% of the total cellphone boards expected to be made this year. Unimicron bought into Taiwan's Uniflex UniFlex is Unix-like operating system developed by Technical Systems Consultants (TSC) for multitasking, multiprocessing for the Motorola 6809 family. It was released for DMA-capable 8" floppy, extended addressing hardware, Motorola 6809 based computers. and is now in the final stage of completing a FPC fpc - A translator from Backus's FP to C. ftp://apple.com/comp.sources.Unix/Volume20. plant in Kunshan Kunshan (Simplified Chinese: 昆山; Hanyu Pinyin: Kūnshān , China. Nan Ya is concentrating on IC substrate and high layer-count MLB MLB Major League Baseball MLB Minor League Baseball MLB Middle Linebacker (football) MLB Motor Life Boat MLB Matt Leblanc (actor) MLB Mother Love Bone (band) in Taiwan and shifting all lower-layer-count products to its Kunshan plant, near Shanghai Shanghai (shăng`hī`, shäng`hī`), city (1994 est. pop. 12,980,000), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows into the Chang (Yangtze) estuary. . Daeduck has a plant in Tianjiu in addition to its successful Philippine plant. Viasytems Group's emphasis is in China. Multek has no plants in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Like Viasystems, Multek emphasizes China. Austria's AT&S is the largest maker in Europe. Its output will come more from its subsidiaries in India and China (Shanghai) in the future. Like Unimicron and SEMCO, AT&S's goal is to reach $1 billion. Maco (Matsushita Electronic Components) had a very good year for its ALIVH ALIVH Any-Layer, Inner Via Hole (Matsushita Electronics Components Company) products ($173 million) thanks to strong demand for "filled via" circuit boards in Japan. CMK also did very well with ALIVH products. Kyoden purchased Nippon Elec and reorganized re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. its operation, closing Nippon Elec Malaysia. In addition to its PCB business, Kyoden has a department chain in Japan. LG Electronics (DMC DMC Devil May Cry (video game) DMC Detroit Medical Center DMC Darryl McDaniels (rapper) DMC Destination Management Company DMC Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, TX) Division-Digital Micro Circuit) is expanding its HDI HDI Human Development Index (UNDP yardstick of human welfare) HDI Help Desk Institute HDI Humpty Dumpty Institute (New York, New York) HDI High Density Interconnect microvia capacity as LGE LGE LG Electronics LGE Local Government Employers (UK) LGE Laser Guided Energy LGE Louisville Gas & Electric LGE Loop or Ground-start, Exchange (Newbridge) aims to make 100 million cellphone handsets in a few years. It is also pursuing high layer-count products for domestic use and exports. Elec & Eltek is expanding capacity from 2.6 million [ft.sup.2]/month to 3.8 million [ft.sup.2]/month, including its Thailand operation. Wus is pushing more products to its plant in Kunshan. Meiko is the only Japanese maker expanding "Taiwan Style." When its third plant is built and outfitted out·fit n. 1. A set of tools or equipment for a specialized purpose: a welder's outfit. See Synonyms at equipment. 2. A set of clothing, often with accessories. 3. , its production capacity will reach more than 2.5 million [ft.sup.2]/month. Gold Circuit Electronics is moving toward higher layer-count MLBs in Taiwan and making lower layer-count products at its 8uzhou plant. In Taiwan, more than 70% of PCB revenue is now derived from MLBs of 10 or more layers. FICT FICT Federazione Italiana Comunita Terapeutiche (Italian) FICT Free Internet Conferencing Tools FICT Forest Industry Council on Taxation (Fujitsu Interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. Technologies) is expanding its high layer-count capacity at its Nagano plant and making more HDI microvia boards at its Vietnam plant. Unitech just completed a second plant in Shanghai and will boost its cellphone board capacity from the current 1 million pieces per month to 2 million pieces by the end of this year. Daisho Denshi steered its direction toward IC substrate and rigid-flex boards. Now it is one of the largest rigid flex board suppliers in Japan. Meadville Group's PCB operations are in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. (OPC (1) (OpenGL Performance Characterization) A project group within GPC that manages OpenGL benchmarks. OPC endorses the Viewperf and GLperf benchmarks. Viewperf was created by IBM and OPC provides viewsets for it, which are combinations of tests using specific ), Shanghai (SME (1) (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) See SMB. (2) (Subject Matter Expert) An individual who is well-versed in the policies and procedures of a particular department or division. and SMST SMST School of Medical Science & Technology SMST Sustainable Molecular Science & Technology SMST Smaragd Studios (gaming) ) and Dongguang (Shenyi Electronics and Meadville Circuit). It has been collaborating with Tyco and Toppan-NEC. DDi crawled out of Chapter 11. Tripod has nearly completed its second plant in Wuxi, China. Two more plants are to be built. Ruwel and Fuba have allied to give themselves a better chance of survival in the future. Shirai Denshi now has a JV with Techwise, Techwise-Shirai in Fo Gang, Guangdong Province. Aspocomp's sales from its Asian plants are reaching 40% of overall revenue. Vertex of Taiwan has a flex subsidiary, Global Flex, in Suzhou. Topsearch is building another plant in Guangdong Province. Taiwan's IC substrate makers, Nan Ya, Unimicron, PPT, ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. and Kinsus, are growing by leaps and bounds. ASE is now making PBGAs and CSPs in Shanghai. Unicap is in Chapter 11. Its China operation in Kunshan was sold to J-3, the Taiwanese mass lam maker. (J-3 has retained the well-known Unicap name.) Hitachi Cable Hitachi Cable, Ltd. (日立電線株式会社 is making two-metal flexible BGAs for Intel. Gul gul n. A stylized octagonal motif in Oriental rugs. [Persian, rose; see julep.] Technology is building huge plants in Wuxi in addition to the existing Suzhou plant. It is collaborating with Maco for ALIVH products. Clover clover, any plant of the genus Trifolium, leguminous hay and forage plants of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). Most of the species are native to north temperate or subtropical regions, and all the American cultivated forms have been introduced from Electronics is the largest maker of B2it products. Zincocelere is working with CST CST abbr. 1. Central Standard Time 2. convulsive shock treatment CST Central Standard Time Noun 1. . Circatex (formerly ISL ISL - Interface Specification Language. Xerox PARC. Interface description language used by the ILU (Inter-Language Unification) system. Includes descriptions of multiple inheritance, exceptions and garbage collection. E-mail: Bill Janssen <janssen@parc.xerox.com>. and then Viasystems) has shrunk shrunk v. A past tense and a past participle of shrink. shrunk Verb a past tense and past participle of shrink shrunk, shrunken shrink considerably of late, but as this is written, it is an ongoing enterprise with 180 employees. Pentex-Schweizer in Singapore with one plant in China is to be acquired by Sanmina-SCI. Rumors For other uses, see Rumor (disambiguation). Rumors is a farcical play by Neil Simon. At its start, several affluent couples gather in the posh suburban residence of a couple for a dinner party celebrating their tenth anniversary. had been floating for some time about this. Of the 124 makers listed, 46 are Japanese, 27 are from Taiwan, 16 from North America, 10 from South Korea, nine from Hong Kong and Europe, respectively, four from ASEAN ASEAN: see Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ASEAN in full Association of Southeast Asian Nations International organization established by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in countries and two from China. Japan: 46 (37%) Taiwan: 27 (21.8%) U.S.: 16 (12.9%) S. Korea: 10 (8.1%) Hong Kong: 9 (7.3%) Germany: 4 (3.2%) Singapore: 3 (2.4%) The revenue distribution shows a slightly different picture. Although the Japanese entries make up 37% (46 makers), their combined top output was 46% (TABLE 2). This is because many top Japanese makers are in high-ranking positions. But Taiwan and the U.S. correspond well in terms of number of entries (as a percentage) and output (again, as a percentage). China now accounts for 17.3% of the world output in 2003 yet only two "Chinese" makers are in the list. The reason: 80% of China's output is made by foreign transplants Transplants are an American punk rock/rap rock supergroup. They formed in 1999 when Tim Armstrong of the band Rancid played his friend and roadie Rob Aston some beats he had made using Pro Tools and asked Rob if he would consider contributing lyrics. , provided Hong Kong makers are categorized cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat as foreign (although both Hong Kong and Taiwan are Chinese provinces, as far as Beijing is concerned. 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2003 NTI 100 (TABLE 1)
MAKER NATIONALITY
1. Nippon Mektron * Japan
2. CMK Japan
3. Ibiden Japan
4. Hitachi Chemical Japan
5. Shinko Electric Industry Japan
6. Unimicron Taiwan
7. Samsung Electro-Mechanics S. Korea
8. Compeq Taiwan
9. Nanya PCB Taiwan
10. Daeduck Group S. Korea
11. Viasystems Group U.S.
12. Fujikura * Japan
13. Sanmina-SCI U.S.
14. Multek U.S.
15. AT&S Austria
16. Tyco PCB U.S.
17. MACO (Matsushita) Japan
18. Kyoden Group Japan
19. Korea Circuit Group ** S. Korea
20. LG Electronics S. Korea
21. Toppan-NEC Japan
22. Nitto Denko * Japan
23. Elec & Eltek Hong Kong
24. 3M * U.S.
25. Wus Taiwan
26. Sumitomo Denko Printed Circuit * Japan
27. Meiko Japan
28. Mitsubishi Gas Chem. Japan
29. Micro Circuit System * Japan
30. Gold Circuit Electronics Taiwan
31. Daisho Denshi Japan
32. Photocircuits U.S.
33. FICT (Fujitsu Interconnect) Japan
34. Shindo Denshi * Japan
35. Unitech Taiwan
36. Chin Poor Taiwan
37. Meadville Group (OPC etc.) Hong Kong
38. Sony Chemical * Japan
39. DDi U.S.
40. Tripod Taiwan
41. Sumitomo Bakelite * Japan
42. Rowel Group Germany
43. MFS * Singapore
44. TTM Technologies U.S.
45. Elna Japan
46. NTK Japan
47. Shirai Denshi Japan
48. Aspocomp Finland
49. Innovex * U.S.
50. Shinko Mfg. Japan
51. Vertex ** Taiwan
52. Topsearch Hong Kong
53. Ya Hsin ** Taiwan
54. M-Flex * U.S.
55. Airex Inc. Japan
56. Pou Chen Group (GBM) Taiwan
57. Career * Taiwan
58. PPT Taiwan
59. EPC (Eastern Pacific Circuit) Hong Kong
60. KCE Electronics Thailand
61. Sanwa Denki Japan
62. Broad Technology Taiwan
63. HannStar Taiwan
64. Hutchinson * U.S.
65. ISU/Petasys S. Korea
66. Merix U.S.
67. ASE Taiwan
68. Fuba Germany
69. Young Poon * S. Korea
70. EIT (Endicott Interconnect) U.S.
71. Itabashi Seiki Japan
72. Yeti Taiwan
73. SI Flex * S. Korea
74. Wuerth Group Germany
75. Techwise Circuits Co. Hong Kong
76. Kyosha Group Japan
77. Schweizer Electronics Germany
78. Eastern Japan
79. Yamamoto Mfg. Japan
80. Maruwa Mfg. * Japan
81. Kyocera SCL Technology Japan
82. Casio Microelectronics * Japan
83. Unicap Taiwan
84. Yamanashi MEW Japan
85. APCB Taiwan
86. Santa Light Metal ** Japan
87. Parlex * U.S.
88. Hitachi Cable * Japan
89. Gul Technology Singapore
90. CCTC China
91. DTCT(Dainippon/Toshiba) Japan
92. Cosmotech S. Korea
93. Eurocir Spain
94. Clover Electronics Japan
95. Kyoei Sangyo Japan
96. Nippon Auto Giken Japan
97. Sakai Denshi * Japan
98. Ellington Hong Kong
99. Simmtech S. Korea
100. Cire Group France
101. Yufo Taiwan
102. Zincocelere Italy
103. Teradyne U.S.
104. High Tech S. Korea
105. Kinsus Taiwan
106. ESTEC Group Hong Kong
107. Red Board Ltd. Hong Kong
108. JVC Japan
109. Pentex-Schweizer Singapore
110. Biloda Taiwan
111. Uni-Circuit Taiwan
112. Hokuriku Denko Japan
113. Tanaka Precious Metal Japan
114. Dynamics Taiwan
115. Foxconn Advanced Tech. * Taiwan
116. Yang An Taiwan
117. PWC Taiwan
118. Sherman Circuit China
119. Shin Asahi Denshi Japan
120. Plotech Taiwan
121. Tanazawa Hakko Japan
122. Coretec Canada
123. Circatex U.K.
124. Oki Printed Circuit Japan
TOTAL
MAKER 2003 2002
1. Nippon Mektron * 1,175 968
2. CMK 1,049 1,015
3. Ibiden 1,027 1,017
4. Hitachi Chemical 685 613
5. Shinko Electric Industry 636 458
6. Unimicron 609 465
7. Samsung Electro-Mechanics 545 469
8. Compeq 462 515
9. Nanya PCB 453 354
10. Daeduck Group 422 428
11. Viasystems Group 420 410
12. Fujikura * 400 340
13. Sanmina-SCI 360 395
14. Multek 350 380
15. AT&S 345 312
16. Tyco PCB 330 335
17. MACO (Matsushita) 318 304
18. Kyoden Group 315 257
19. Korea Circuit Group ** 310 280
20. LG Electronics 305 265
21. Toppan-NEC 300 298
22. Nitto Denko * 300 254
23. Elec & Eltek 282 238
24. 3M * 270 240
25. Wus 265 254
26. Sumitomo Denko Printed Circuit * 254 231
27. Meiko 250 179
28. Mitsubishi Gas Chem. 250 262
29. Micro Circuit System * 245 210
30. Gold Circuit Electronics 241 158
31. Daisho Denshi 240 200
32. Photocircuits 234 280
33. FICT (Fujitsu Interconnect) 232 281
34. Shindo Denshi * 227 182
35. Unitech 202 197
36. Chin Poor 200 165
37. Meadville Group (OPC etc.) 200 178
38. Sony Chemical * 200 283
39. DDi 195 200
40. Tripod 194 125
41. Sumitomo Bakelite * 191 136
42. Rowel Group 186 195
43. MFS * 183 80
44. TTM Technologies 180 173
45. Elna 179 184
46. NTK 170 160
47. Shirai Denshi 164 122
48. Aspocomp 161 113
49. Innovex * 160 131
50. Shinko Mfg. 153 132
51. Vertex ** 151 140
52. Topsearch 149 133
53. Ya Hsin ** 147 124
54. M-Flex * 146 123
55. Airex Inc. 146 123
56. Pou Chen Group (GBM) 144 103
57. Career * 132 84
58. PPT 131 77
59. EPC (Eastern Pacific Circuit) 130 135
60. KCE Electronics 128 84
61. Sanwa Denki 127 122
62. Broad Technology 126 82
63. HannStar 120 71
64. Hutchinson * 120 110
65. ISU/Petasys 118 110
66. Merix 113 90
67. ASE 110 73
68. Fuba 110 111
69. Young Poon * 110 90
70. EIT (Endicott Interconnect) 110 100
71. Itabashi Seiki 109 91
72. Yeti 102 83
73. SI Flex * 102 65
74. Wuerth Group 99 77
75. Techwise Circuits Co. 98 96
76. Kyosha Group 97 92
77. Schweizer Electronics 95 99
78. Eastern 95 72
79. Yamamoto Mfg. 93 88
80. Maruwa Mfg. * 91 55
81. Kyocera SCL Technology 91 85
82. Casio Microelectronics * 90 70
83. Unicap 89 172
84. Yamanashi MEW 88 83
85. APCB 87 44
86. Santa Light Metal ** 85 72
87. Parlex * 82 89
88. Hitachi Cable * 82 80
89. Gul Technology 79 88
90. CCTC 79 56
91. DTCT(Dainippon/Toshiba) 78 100
92. Cosmotech 75 53
93. Eurocir 73 102
94. Clover Electronics 73 54
95. Kyoei Sangyo 73 70
96. Nippon Auto Giken 73 66
97. Sakai Denshi * 72 66
98. Ellington 72 50
99. Simmtech 72 56
100. Cire Group 71 73
101. Yufo 69 50
102. Zincocelere 68 57
103. Teradyne 68 77
104. High Tech 67 60
105. Kinsus 65 35
106. ESTEC Group 65 54
107. Red Board Ltd. 65 50
108. JVC 64 82
109. Pentex-Schweizer 63 71
110. Biloda 63 60
111. Uni-Circuit 62 59
112. Hokuriku Denko 62 83
113. Tanaka Precious Metal 60 55
114. Dynamics 59 52
115. Foxconn Advanced Tech. * 59 50
116. Yang An 56 55
117. PWC 56 71
118. Sherman Circuit 56 47
119. Shin Asahi Denshi 56 54
120. Plotech 53 34
121. Tanazawa Hakko 53 50
122. Coretec 52 49
123. Circatex 51 62
124. Oki Printed Circuit 50 50
TOTAL 23,599 21,220
MANUFACTURING PLANT
MAKER LOCATION(S)
1. Nippon Mektron * Japan, Taiwan, Thailand,
China, Europe
2. CMK Japan, China, Malay,
Indonesia, Belgium
3. Ibiden Japan, U.S., China,
Philippines
4. Hitachi Chemical Japan, Taiwan, Singapore,
Indonesia
5. Shinko Electric Industry Japan (IC substrate
specialist)
6. Unimicron Taiwan and China
7. Samsung Electro-Mechanics S. Korea, (China?)
8. Compeq Taiwan, China, U.S.
9. Nanya PCB Taiwan, China
10. Daeduck Group S. Korea, Philippines, China
11. Viasystems Group China, Canada, Netherlands
12. Fujikura * Japan, Thailand, China (FPC)
13. Sanmina-SCI U.S., Malaysia, Germany
14. Multek China, Brazil, Germany
15. AT&S Austria, China, India
16. Tyco PCB U.S., Spain
17. MACO (Matsushita) Japan, Taiwan, Thailand
18. Kyoden Group Japan, Thailand
19. Korea Circuit Group ** S. Korea, U.S., China
20. LG Electronics S. Korea
21. Toppan-NEC Japan, Philippines
22. Nitto Denko * Japan, China, Vietnam
23. Elec & Eltek Hong Kong, China, Thailand
24. 3M * U.S., Japan, Singapore
25. Wus Taiwan, China
26. Sumitomo Denko Printed Circuit * Japan, Philippines, China
27. Meiko Japan, China
28. Mitsubishi Gas Chem. Japan, Taiwan, China
29. Micro Circuit System * Japan (Mitsui Metal
subsidiary)
30. Gold Circuit Electronics Taiwan, China
31. Daisho Denshi Japan, China (JV)
32. Photocircuits U.S., Mexico, Costa Rica,
Philippines
33. FICT (Fujitsu Interconnect) Japan, Vietnam
34. Shindo Denshi * Japan (flex substrate
specialist)
35. Unitech Taiwan, China
36. Chin Poor Taiwan, Thailand (JV), China
(JV)
37. Meadville Group (OPC etc.) Hang Kong, China
38. Sony Chemical * Japan, China
39. DDi U.S., Canada, U.K.
40. Tripod Taiwan, China
41. Sumitomo Bakelite * Japan, Philippines, Vietnam
42. Rowel Group Germany, Denmark
43. MFS * Singapore, Malaysia, China
44. TTM Technologies U.S.
45. Elna Japan, Malaysia
46. NTK Japan (collaborates with Nan
Ya)
47. Shirai Denshi Japan, China (JV)
48. Aspocomp Finland, Thailand (JV),
China (JV)
49. Innovex * U.S., Thailand
50. Shinko Mfg. Japan
51. Vertex ** Taiwan, China
52. Topsearch China
53. Ya Hsin ** Taiwan, China
54. M-Flex * U.S., China
55. Airex Inc. Japan
56. Pou Chen Group (GBM) China
57. Career * Taiwan, China
58. PPT Taiwan (IC substrates)
59. EPC (Eastern Pacific Circuit) Hong Kong, China
60. KCE Electronics Thailand
61. Sanwa Denki Japan
62. Broad Technology China
63. HannStar Taiwan, China
64. Hutchinson * U.S. (HDD suspension)
65. ISU/Petasys S. Korea, U.S.
66. Merix U.S.
67. ASE Taiwan, China (IC substrates)
68. Fuba Germany, Tunisia (JV)
69. Young Poon * S. Korea (FPC specialist)
70. EIT (Endicott Interconnect) U.S.
71. Itabashi Seiki Japan, Philippines
72. Yeti Taiwan, China
73. SI Flex * S. Korea
74. Wuerth Group Germany
75. Techwise Circuits Co. China (also JV with Shirai
Denshi)
76. Kyosha Group Japan, China, Mexico,
Indonesia
77. Schweizer Electronics Germany, Singapore (JV),
China (JV)
78. Eastern Japan, Malaysia
79. Yamamoto Mfg. Japan, China
80. Maruwa Mfg. * Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia
81. Kyocera SCL Technology Japan (former IBM Yasu)
82. Casio Microelectronics * Japan
83. Unicap China plant sold to J-3
84. Yamanashi MEW Japan, China
85. APCB Taiwan, China
86. Santa Light Metal ** Japan, China
87. Parlex * U.S., China, U.K.
88. Hitachi Cable * Japan, Flex substrate
specialist
89. Gul Technology Singapore, China (U.S. plant
sold)
90. CCTC China (Shantou)
91. DTCT(Dainippon/Toshiba) Japan
92. Cosmotech S. Korea, China
93. Eurocir Spain
94. Clover Electronics Japan
95. Kyoei Sangyo Japan
96. Nippon Auto Giken Japan
97. Sakai Denshi * Japan
98. Ellington China
99. Simmtech S. Korea
100. Cire Group France
101. Yufo Taiwan, China
102. Zincocelere Italy
103. Teradyne U.S.
104. High Tech S. Korea
105. Kinsus Taiwan
106. ESTEC Group China
107. Red Board Ltd. China
108. JVC Japan
109. Pentex-Schweizer Singapore, China
110. Biloda China (Elitegroup captive
shop)
111. Uni-Circuit Taiwan, China
112. Hokuriku Denko Japan, Malaysia
113. Tanaka Precious Metal Japan
114. Dynamics Taiwan
115. Foxconn Advanced Tech. * China (Shenzhen)
116. Yang An Taiwan
117. PWC Taiwan
118. Sherman Circuit China
119. Shin Asahi Denshi Japan
120. Plotech Taiwan, China
121. Tanazawa Hakko Japan
122. Coretec Canada, U.S., U.K.
123. Circatex U.K.
124. Oki Printed Circuit Japan
TOTAL 2002-2003 GROWTH: 11.21%
* Flex circuit manufacturer ** Substantially flex manufacturer
Source: NTI Information Ltd.
TABLE 2. PCB Revenues by Region, 2003
COUNTRY 2003 REVENUES SHARE 2002 REVENUES
($MILLIONS) (%) ($MILLIONS)
Japan 10,868 46.2 9,849
Taiwan 4,381 18.6 3,670
U.S. 3,190 13.5 3,182
South Korea 2,126 9.0 1,876
Western Europe 1,259 5.3 1,201
Hong Kong 1,131 4.8 974
Rest of World 588 2.6 426
Total 23,543 100.0 21,178
COUNTRY 2002 GROWTH
(%)
Japan 9.6
Taiwan 19.4
U.S. 0.3
South Korea 13.3
Western Europe 4.8
Hong Kong 16.1
Rest of World 38.0
Total 10.1
Source: N.T. Information Ltd.
DR. HAYAO NAKAHARA is president of N.T Information (Huntington, NY) and consulting editor to PCD&M. He can be reached at 631-673-8571; nakanti@yahoo.com. |
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