Newsletter

Our newsletters are published four times a year and they are an effective way to spread and share the collective knowledge that we have within the NCAB Group. Today, these newsletter are published in 10 languages and reach approximately 40 markets and 3000 customers worldwide. We are constantly striving to keep both a technical and […]

By taking a firm and comprehensive grip on its sustainability work, the NCAB Group is declaring its intention to assume responsibility for the social and environmental consequences of its operations. It also encompasses a desire to hand over a healthy world to future generations, but NCAB’s management also maintains that it is good for business. […]

Modern electronic products are expected to offer more and more advanced functions, while the products themselves are becoming smaller and smaller. This puts greater demands on the PCB design and also the aspects relating to the PCB manufacturing process. There are two key factors for the successful production of high quality advanced PCBs; firstly, making […]

The NCAB Group continuously maps events on the PCB market. Its findings are compiled and presented in the quarterly NCAB Group Market Watch report, used both internally, within the organisation and also made available to NCAB’s customers. DOWNLOAD PDF (ENGLISH) » NEWSLETTER IN OTHER LANGUAGES Chinese Dansk Deutsch Español Français Polski Русский Suomeksi Svenska

Every year, NCAB group invites a number of its customers to participate in a Production Insight Trip to the city of Shenzhen in China. As the name suggests, these trips are designed to give participants a broad and practical understanding of the PCB manufacturing process and of NCAB’s operations in China. The programme comprises visits […]

Developments within the components industry are of course of crucial importance for the PCB industry, but they also have implications for the future of the Electronics industry as a whole. In order to get a picture of how developments in the components industry is progressing, we turned to Anders Pettersson, Technical Marketing Manager at ST […]

During the past ten years the quantities of PCBs on purchase orders placed with PCB manufacturers have gradually lessened, while the number of different designs per order have increased. This has come about as a result of shorter product life cycles, customers’ need for greater flexibility, more rapid time to profit and a reluctance to tie-up capital. This trend is becoming more pronounced each year, with the entire supply chain now having to adapt, this applies to systems, as well as the choice of factories.

Prototypes play a decisive role on the road from the drawing board to finished PCB. We asked Mark Tomba, in charge of PCB purchases at Stoneridge Electronics, to describe their approach with regard to PCB prototyping and what is important for them. He strongly underlines the importance of quality and short lead times.

It took 18 years of negotiations, but in August 2012, Russia became a member of the World TradeOrganisation, WTO. This marked the first serious step towards the integration of this massive federation,the size of a continent and the ninth biggest economy in the world, into the world economy. But what isit like to do business in Russia and what is happening in the electronics sector there? We’ll be taking acloser look at these questions in this issue of ”In Focus”.

As suppliers of key components to the electronics industry, it is extremely important to understand where this sector is heading. This, of course, applies to technical developments, the way suppliers in the industry interact with each other, as well as where and how development and manufacturing takes place. To try and answer some of these questions, this issue of “In Focus” has turned to two interesting names within the Nordic Electronics market: Mikael Joki, Managing Director of Eskilstuna Elektronikpartner and on the board of the Swedish Electronics Trade Association, as well as Mats Andersson, Sales Director at Data Respons.

As NCAB enter the American PCB market, we asked Gene Weiner, a true veteran of the global PCB industry to gain an impartial insider report. Read the interview with him in our newsletter In Focus No 3.

China’s rapid growth during the past decade and the NCAB Group’s desire to manufacture high-qualityand increasingly more technically demanding PCB’s at competitive prices have been instrumental inthe NCAB Group’s continued success within its markets. Since China’s economy has a major impact onus all today, we are devoting this “In Focus” issue to examining the current economic situation in Chinaand looking at possible developments in the future.

Like many things, PCB production leaves a footprint on our global environment as well as the localcommunity. It is therefore crucial that the NCAB Group takes responsibility for sustainability both withinits own organization and at its factories.

Location, location, location..... being where the customer is – that perhaps is the most crucialcomponent in the NCAB Group’s customer offering. With local companies assuming responsibility forcustomer relations and for monitoring orders and deliveries, NCAB is able to guarantee that the needsof each individual customer will be met.

PCBs from the NCAB Group deliver a quality level that can more than pay for itself over time. With anindustry unique product specification that sets exceptional standards and stringent quality control,combined with a high level of purchasing power, ensures the factories do adapt to achieve the NCABGroups requirements.

Chris Nuttall has been in charge of quality and technology issues at the NCAB Group Since early 2011. He believes that attaining the highest possible quality can be only be achieved by focusing on all the individual details – from design input through process improvements and onto delivery. So far, the figures are pointing in […]

The European electronics branch is undergoing major changes in the wake of the financial crisis. The NCAB Group’s Vice President, Martin Magnusson sums up developments and tells about the NCAB Group’s plans for the future and what those will mean for customers. DOWNLOAD PDF (ENGLISH) » OTHER LANGUAGES Dansk Deutsch Español Polski Русский Suomeksi Svenska

Developments in China are having an increasingly significant impact on our branch. The PCB industry there has grown very rapidly since 2000 and today China is the biggest producer of PCBs in the world. In this newsletter, head of the NCAB Group’s operations in China, Jack Kei, gives us his view of developments there. DOWNLOAD […]

The entire PCB industry is undergoing a process of recovery, with the NCAB Group at the absolute forefront in terms of growth, having doubled its turnover during the fi rst half of 2010 compared to the corresponding period last year. This brings new possibilities to build further on the company’s unique concept. DOWNLOAD PDF (ENGLISH) […]

Thanks to China’s expansion of its 3G network, there was no significant drop in the production of PCBs during 2009, despite the deep recession. With the upturn in the economy, full capacity has quickly been achieved right across the manufacturing chain. DOWNLOAD PDF (ENGLISH) » OTHER LANGUAGES Dansk Deutsch Español Polski Русский Suomeksi Svenska

About three years ago we interviewed a number of key customers to build a picture of how our deliveries were experienced in practice. The answers all pointed in the same direction: We want you to keep a better track of our PCBs. We don’t want any middlemen who cause delay, confusion and add costs. The […]