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Today, the 3 of June the acquisition of B&B Leiterplattenservice is closed, and the company now is part of the NCAB Group.

NCAB Group Interim report January-March was published today.

The company had net sales of around 150 MSEK in 2024 within the PCB trading with an EBITA exceeding SEK 20 million.

Our Annual and sustainability report for 2024 has been published. Read it in English or Swedish.

NCAB Group today published their Year-end Report for 2024.

EcoVadis is an independent sustainability rating service, that assesses a company’s sustainability management through its policies, actions and results.

NCAB Group today released their Interim report for January-September 2024.

The acquisition of DVS in Italy was signed and published on July 22. The financial structure has been finalized and NCAB will close the deal as from today, the 10th of October.

Our Factory Management team will be manned the entire Chinese New year. Still it can be good to plan for the Chinese new year to avoid disruption in your production.

Print Production AS was originally a factory producing PCBs, but since 2023 it is a pure PCB trading company sourcing mainly from China.

This year the Chinese National week will take place October 1st – October 7th. As this is a national holiday it affects all production in China and Taiwan.

DVS was founded in 2003 and has its headquarter in Bassano del Grappa, Italy, as well as offices in Switzerland, Hong Kong and China. The annual turnover of the PCB division in 2023 amounted to SEK 230 million with 31 employees.

NCAB acquires the former PCB division of EPI Components Trade in Lieserbrücke, Austria.

NCAB Group has today aquired Icom Industrial Components AG in Switzerland.

During the first quarter, we noted a weak, but distinct, increase in order intake after the flat development over the past two quarters

NCAB Group has today acquired 100 per cent of the shares in Cumatrix BV, based in Lommel, Belgium.

NCAB Group has today appointed Tim Benjamin as its new CFO. He succeeds Anders Forsén who plans to retire in 2024.

Arjan Sinoo, currently Managing Director of NCAB Group Benelux, has been promoted to the position of VP Global Sales.

Howard Goff, currently VP Sales for NCAB Group and earlier President of the Europe segment, has been appointed President of NCAB North America.

Despite the weak market, we are satisfied that we continued to deliver strong financial figures and cash flow. We also successfully offset the falling prices and lower prices to customers through a higher gross margin.

NCAB Group has today signed an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Electronic Advanced Circuits S.L. based in Madrid, Spain.

The Chinese National Day /Golden week will take place September 29th – October 6th. As this is a national holiday it affects all production in China and Taiwan.

NCAB has appointed Peter Jensen, MD for NCAB Denmark, to be the new VP for the region Nordic, as Rikard Wallin has assumed the responsibility as Sales Director Aerospace and Defense earlier in 2023.

NCAB Group has today acquired Phase 3 Technologies, based in San Jose, California, USA located in the Silicon Valley region.

NCAB Group has today acquired the German db electronic, based in Waldshut-Tiengen in southern Germany, the db electronic AG in Switzerland and the db electronic SAS in France.

NCAB Group Sweden welcomes Martin Danielsson as new Managing Director.

Customer demand remained favourable during the quarter. The number of contracts for new articles won and new customers secured during the quarter were at very good levels.

Today NCAB Group released their Annual Report & Sustainability Report for 2022.

We remain confident about the future. We have a strong financial position, an excellent result and good cash flow. Most of our customers are positive about their order situation and future growth opportunities. We have a good mix of countries, regions and industries and generally speaking, low market shares.

During the December and January time period, we have seen across our factories an infection rate of 75% to 95%. The vast majority of employees have recovered and we are now seeing attendance levels of 95% on average, noting that in some instances we see lower and in others we have full staffing levels.

We are seeing China change its policies relating to how they handle COVID. This change is leading to a rapid increase in infection rates and we are seeing in China, now, changes in rates that the rest of the world experienced during 2020.

Bare Board Consultants provides customers with PCB-solutions in the HMLV (High-Mix-Low-Volume) segment, mainly in the industrial and medical sectors.

NCAB Group today released their interim report for July – September 2022.

NCAB Group has a long successful track record of profitable growth. This is partly due to a strong business concept, but also the continuous development of NCAB’s ability to cater for customers’ needs and sell value to them.

Visit our booth at electronica and listen to our PCB experts talking about the PCB industry’s most relevant topics of our time. You will find us in hall B1, stand 24315-18 November in Munich. Learn more about the speeches and what you can expect from visiting our booth! We are looking forward to seeing you!

All our efforts are always focused on your production, and our Factory Management team will be manned during the entire Chinese new year.

NCAB Group will attend the Electronica Fair in Munich 15-18th November. Welcome to meet us and discuss reliable PCBs!

Today NCAB Group presented our Interim report for the second quarter 2022.

Kestrel is a leading supplier of value-added PCB solutions with annual net sales of SEK 125 million, mainly in the UK.

NCAB Group is represented at the Global Industry in Paris with two seminars: IPC and Ultra HDI PCBS and PCBs for Automotive/Harsh environments.

Today NCAB Group presented our Interim report for the first quarter 2022.

NCAB Group Annual Report and Sustainability Report for 2021 were published today.

After taking into consideration future opportunities and risks, NCAB has now decided to completely cease its operations in the country.

Due to increased cases of Covid in the region, the local government in Shenzhen has decided to stop activities in the area between 14th-20th March.

NCAB Group donates 1 million SEK to UNHCR to support their work in Ukraine.

Russia’s war and invasion of Ukraine is a significant breach of international law and has been widely condemned by the international community.

NCAB Group today announces the departure of Elmatica CEO Didrik Bech. Elmatica was acquired by NCAB Group in October 2021.

NCAB Group is the top organization in the Construction, Manufacturing and Industrials sector that now can call themselves Employer of the Year in Brilliant Awards – Employee Experience.

NCAB Group today presented their Year-end report 2021. “We can look back on another strong quarter with substantial growth in sales and improved profitability compared with previous year”, says Peter Kruk, CEO NCAB Group.

After five successful years leading NCAB Group USA, Martin Magnusson will leave his role as VP North America and President of NCAB Group USA and hand over the reins to Robert Balson who joins from January 1st.

The Devizes based company has been awarded the prestigious Investors In People accreditation – an international accolade.

META, founded in 2000, serves customers in Germany and expects to reach net sales of about SEK 85 million in 2021 with an estimated EBITA of SEK 4.5 million.

We wish all of you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Today NCAB Group presented our Interim report for January – September.

NCAB has today acquired 100 percent of the shares in the Norwegian company Elmatica AS.

Commodity prices generally stabilized in Q3, albeit at a high level. PCB raw material prices remained high, with increases observed post summer. Recent price pressure mainly reflects supply-demand mismatches resulting from post pandemic growth coupled with remaining material availability issues.

The current electricity shortages are affecting manufacturers across virtually all mainland China, with up to 44% of China’s industrial activity affected with many factories introducing mandatory worker vacations to counter the stops in production.

The public Chinese New Year holiday 2022 is January 31st through to February 6th. As this is a national holiday it affects all production in China and Taiwan. We have made a list of a number of proactive measures to think about.

NCAB Group, has on the 2 of September signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in RedBoard Circuits, LLC in the USA.

The Chinese Mid-Autumn festival and National day are upcoming. Since these holidays affect production in China in various degrees, we always prepare action-plans together with our factories to find different ways of working around any disruptions.

Peter Jensen will be the new Managing Director for NCAB Group Denmark.

NCAB Group today launched our Interim Report for January – June 2021.

Sas–electronics is a family business which serves customers in Germany and Austria and had net sales of about SEK 30 million in 2020.

Commodity prices have continued to increase, with JP Morgan speculating that we are witnessing the start of a new super-cycle, driven by a post-pandemic recovery.

Today NCAB Group presented their Interim report for the first quarter 2021. Message from the CEO: Strong first quarter for NCAB in a turbulent market.

NCAB Group Annual Report and Sustainability Report for 2020 were published today. Today we published both our Annual report and our Sustainability report for 2020. The sustainability report is in English, and the Annual report is available in English and Swedish.

NCAB Group released their year-end report as of today. “Strong end to 2020 and positive trend moving into 2021”, says Peter Kruk, CEO NCAB Group.

NCAB Group has today acquired 100 per cent of the shares in PreventPCB based in Vergiate outside Milano in Italy.

NCAB Group listed on Nasdaq Midcap in 2021.

Since spring 2020, NCAB Group Sweden has been sponsoring the KTH Formula Student project. It is a non-profit project run by students at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.

Today NCAB Group presented their Interim report for January – September. July – September 2020 Net sales increased by 22% to SEK 536.7 million (439.8). The increase is a result of the acquisitions of Flatfield and Bare Board Group. In USD, net sales increased 34%. Growth excluding acquisitions was -9%, but in line with the […]

We are preparing action plans together with our factories to find different ways of working around disruptions.

Ari-Pekka Tenko will be the new Managing Director of NCAB Group Finland.

After 17 years as CEO of NCAB Group, Hans Ståhl will retire from his position October 1st and Peter Kruk will be the new CEO as previously announced. We thank Hans for his successful years at NCAB and welcome Peter to his new position. Hans Ståhl has a long career in the PCB business – […]

NCAB Group Benelux chose to make their NCAB Give Back Day a group activity and helped out in a natural reserve.

NCAB are one of three proud winners of the best sustainability report 2019 amongst small-cap companies.

This year the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival and National day takes place during the same week; 1st – 7th October.   Since these holidays can affect the production in China in various degrees we always prepare action-plans together with our factories to find different ways of working around any disruptions. Together with NCAB Group, plan your […]

NCAB Group today launched our Interim Report for April – June 2020.

From July 1st you can follow NCAB Group on Instagram.

Information update 0527 regarding operational status of our factories, visitor and employee policies.

Today NCAB Group released our Interim report for January- March 2020.

NCAB has today signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares in the US-based company Bare Board Group (“BBG”) located in Largo, Florida, with offices in Canada and Taiwan.

Today we have released our Annual Report for 2019.

The Board of NCAB Group has today appointed Peter Kruk as new CEO. Peter Kruk will assume his new role at the latest in the beginning of October 2020. Hans Ståhl will remain as a Board member and will continue to be a large owner in NCAB.

NCAB Group has on the 12 of March 2020 signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Flatfield Multiprint International B.V. Based in Tiel, Netherlands.

Today, we have published our year-end report for 2019. The fourth quarter continued in line with the third in terms of sales, while order intake was weaker.

We are once again very proud to be awarded one of the top Employers of the Year in the Professional Services industry. This year we have climbed from 3rd to 2nd place! It is a pleasure to have such engaged employees in our company, who are everyday making a difference for our customers. The annual […]

Current situation: China’s Central Government has extended the national Chinese New Year holiday for an extra three days, meaning that it will now end on February 2nd, however power has been given to local provinces to extend as they fit to minimize risk of spread with large scale public movement. For example, Guangdong, where majority […]

Altus-PCB (“Altus”) is a full-service supplier of PCBs based in New Jersey, USA, that has a business model similar to NCAB’s. Altus has a high level of technical expertise and sells mainly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Altus-PCB reported SEK 43 million in sales in 2018 with good profitability. It has six employees in the […]

Since October 2019, Benjamin Klingenberg is Managing Director at NCAB Group Germany and responsible for the DACH-Region. Benjamin Klingenberg has an extensive background in the electronics industry and deep knowledge about PCBs. After his apprenticeship as mechatronic technician, he joined different namable electronics companies – always with a focus on Asia and PCBs. He is […]

Today, we have published our Interim report for the third quarter 2019. NCAB continues to grow even if the pace has slowed down. Order intake is still increasing at healthy levels and we noted a rise in gross margin and EBITA margin. Net sales increased 5% to SEK 439.8 million. EBITA was SEK 46.3 million, […]

NCAB Group Germany participated in the FED-conference in Bremen with a seminar about sustainable business. The FED-conference (FED = “Fachverbands für Design, Leiterplatten- und Elektronikfertigung”) is an important event in the German electronic market to exchange knowledge, do networking and stay updated about future topics. This year over 300 people participated and had the opportunity […]

In 2020, the Chinese New Year holiday is between January 24th through to January 30th. Our Factory Management team will be manned during the entire Chinese New Year. But despite all the precautions we are taking, it could be good to think ahead and plan for the Chinese New Year to avoid disruption in your […]

Join our free seminar at NCAB Group Benelux in Netherlands the 13th November.

“It was a good quarter for NCAB despite raised tariffs. There was a somewhat weaker growth in the quarter in both sales and order intake, however earnings remained strong – up 17 per cent year-on-year”, said NCAB’s CEO Hans Ståhl.

Benelux is one of the few white spots in Europe where NCAB is not present. The electronics market is interesting with many potential customers within the high mix low volume segment.

Bjarne Nielsen, Managing Director NCAB Group Denmark retires after 12 years at NCAB and is suceeded by Jan Kronholm Thomsen.

Employees have had the opportunity to support local charities, organisations, schools and events, or any other kind of voluntary work. More than 150 employees from over ten different countries have contributed to society with their Give Back Day.

Among 170 Swedish listed companies that Carnegie analyzes annually, three companies have been recognizes with a new established sustainability award.

Our Annual Report for 2018 is now available in Swedish and English.

Sustainability at the core of our business. Read about our actions and achievements during 2018.

“Overall, we are pleased to present another strong quarter that concludes our first year as a listed company. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our committed and competent employees for their contributions over the past year”, says Hans Ståhl, CEO of NCAB Group

We are extremely happy to join forces with Multiprint, says Hans Ståhl, CEO of NCAB Group. The combined NCAB Denmark and Multiprint will create a clear number one PCB supplier in Denmark with increased ability to offer our customers superior service.

We see interesting growth throughout Southeast Asia, primarily in Malaysia where domestic demand is increasing and thus the need for high-mix low-volume.

Wayne Antal, Key Account Manager NCAB Group USA discusses supply chain issues, the effect he sees on PCB fabrication channels, and how his customers are adapting to the new business dynamics.

Learn all about the sustainability work carried out in our factories.

On the 16th November, we released our Interim report for January – September 2018.

The public Chinese New Year holidays 2019 are February 4th through to February 10th. We have made a list of a number of proactive measures to think about to avoid disruption in your production.

Congratulation to NCAB Group UK that won the category Environmental Leadership.

We have set our sights on a future scenario that will see us deliver PCBs for another 100 years! Find out how, reading this article on Italian PCB Magazine of September.

The program that NCAB Group Poland supports is called “Pajacyk” (“Puppet”) and founds hot meals for children from poor families.

“We have continued to grow in the second quarter. Net sales increased by 11 per cent in SEK and 14 per cent in USD”, says our CEO Hans Ståhl.

The Managing Director of NCAB Group Italy, Pascal Lequerré, gives his view on the NCAB way of working.

NCAB Group was listed at the Stockholm Nasdaq Exchange today June 5th.

Our sustainability work is important and key to our long-term success. In our new film we tell you about how we run our business in a sustainable way.

NCAB Group plans to be listed at Nasdaq Stockholm on June 5th.

During 2017 we continued our exciting and important sustainability journey together with our customers, factories and employees.

The award was presented in recognition of NCAB’s professionalism, their outstanding relationship management, and the extraordinary service they provide to Speedboard.

We have put together a list about the Chinese Holidays, when they occur and for how many days they last. We have also made a list of a number of proactive measures for you to think about.

NCAB Group is nominated in the category “Best service company” in the Netsurvey award ”Powered by People”.

There are two key factors for the successful production of HDI PCBs: first, making the right choices at the design stage, and then carefully choosing the factory that can support the specific technical demands of the project. Chris Nuttall, Chief Operations officer at NCAB Group writes about this in the November issue of “The PCB Design Magazine”.

All our efforts are always focused on your production, and our Factory Management team will be manned during the whole Chinese New Year. But despite all the precautions we are taking, it could be good to think ahead and plan for the Chinese New Year to avoid disruption in your production.

NCAB Group Denmark one of 2017´s Gazelle companies in Denmark.

Listen to John Piccirilli, Operations/Quality Manager at NCAB Group USA discussing markets trends with iConnect007.

NCAB Group UK, proud winner of the global Quality award at Stoneridge Supplier summit in Detroit, Michigan.

FIBS – Finland’s leading corporate responsibility network is hosting a virtual Business 2030 – bulletin board where NCAB Group is one of the godparents/moderators.

As one of 10 companies out of totally 108 partcipants, NCAB Group was nominated in the award ”Powered by People”.

We want to encourage you to learn more about our achievements, challenges and opportunities in being a responsible and sustainable organization. In our third Sustainability Report you can read about our progress and challenges during 2016 and also our way forward.

We have for a longer time looked at expanding in Italy, and we are happy to finally start marketing the start-up of our new NCAB company.

Last week NCAB Group Finland held their first seminar about CSR: “Sustainability and responsibility as part of a business concept”. The event was arranged together with FIBS (Finnish leading sustainability network) and had participants both from FIBS and NCAB’s stakeholders.

We have put together a list of the Chinese holidays, which all have their own interesting history. Since these holidays affect production in China in various degrees, we always prepare action-plans together with our factories to find different ways of working around any disruptions.

9th of February 2017, NCAB Group and FIBS invites you to a seminar in Helsinki – Sustainability and responsibility as part of a business concept

The public Chinese New Year holidays 2017 are January 27th through to February 6th. All our efforts are always focused on your production, and our Factory Management team will be manned during the whole Chinese New Year.

FIBS’ Diversity Charter Finland helps companies develop diversity management practices and FIBS is Finland’s leading corporate responsibility network.

The E-16 exhibition is the largest electronic exhibition in Denmark and was held in Odense 6-8 September 2016.

ISO 26000 is an international standard – Guidance on social responsibility. NCAB passed the audit with excellent result and consequently renewed the ISO 26000 verification.

High Q Electronic Service GmbH, a highly flexible electronics manufacturer with headquarters in Munich, is starting to work together with NCAB Group Germany.

Michal Kopcewicz, Managing Director of NCAB Group Poland is interview in evertiq.pl about dispelling some myths about the PCB from Asia and a few important notes about trends on the Polish market.

The exhibition was well visited and so far the biggest Evertiq event in Poland.

Our new lab will offer better service to our customers both in terms of monitoring the product quality and handling the quality issues.

NCAB Group China was participating at the Shanghai Electronica Exhibition, an international trade fair for Electronic components, systems and application, between 15-17 March 2016.

How will the future of PCB production look like? How can we progress, develop and increase our performance together? This was the main topics of the NCAB Group Factory Day that took place on the 8 March in China.

Our Sustainable Business Report for 2015 is now released and available to download. This is NCAB Group’s second sustainability report and it covers our entire global business.

Congratulations to NCAB Group Poland, winner of the Business Gazelle for local SME fast growing enterprises 2015.

All our efforts are always focused on your PCB production, and our Factory Management-team will be manned during the whole Chinese New Year. As always, thinking ahead and planning is key to avoiding disruption in your production, and we have made a list of a number of pro-active measures you can also take.

Just launched at the website; our PCB portfolio, with a presentation of all our PCBs.

The public Chinese New Year holidays 2015 are February 18 through to February 26. We are preparing action-plans together with our factories to find different ways of working around disruptions and our Factory Management-team will be manned during the whole Chinese New Year. Read more about how to prepare for the Chinese New Year 2015!

The public Chinese New Year holidays 2014 are January 29 through to February 6. We are preparing action-plans together with our factories to find different ways of working around disruptions and our Factory Management-team will be manned during the whole Chinese New Year. Read more about 6 actions that will make your Chinese New Year a happy one!

NCAB Group USA, today announced a restructuring of the organization. Andy D’Agostino has been promoted to Managing Director and David Wolff will assume a role in business development, effective immediately.

NCAB Group USA strenghten its force with Jettie Fross as the new sales representative in Southern California.

Hans Ståhl, CEO NCAB Group and David Wolff, Managing Director of NCAB Group USA, are talking about the US market and NCAB Group´s future plans.

NCAB Group Poland is one of the fastest-growing small and medium-sized companies in Poland, and is very proud to have been awarded the “Gazelle of Business 2012”.

NCAB Group are very pleased with the participation which resulted in a lot of new contacts and interesting meetings with customers and colleagues both from Germany and world wide.

Carol Ouchakoff, Managing Director NCAB Group France gives his view of the entry on the French market.

All your friends at NCAB Group wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
This year NCAB Group Sweden supports Cancerfonden and BRIS.

The NCAB Group’s standard specifications for PCBs requirements stretches to 31 pages, covering more than 100 separate criteria. These have been formulated during the 20 years the company has been producing PCBs, primarily in Asia. The product specification has taken shape in an ongoing process of improvement. This has included taking into account every fault or deviation reported by our customers as a starting point for further improving our product.

To see, hear and feel in real life how high-quality PCB’s are produced will give you the ability to design and produce the best products whilst lowering the total cost. Therefore NCAB Group has arranged several tours to China in order to give customers a better knowledge of PCB manufacturing in the world’s center of PCBs.