Confidee's answer to shortages: full transparency and the freedom to cancel orders
As material shortages push lead times for advanced printed circuit boards towards 2028, four-year-old PCB supplier Confidee has built its strategy around the opposite of locking customers into rigid commitments: complete transparency and a clear policy allowing customers to cancel or rebalance production without damaging the relationship. That is according to board member Didrik Bech.
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AI data centres are consuming PCBs – Chinese lead times stretch to 2028
In an interview with Evertiq, Didrik Bech, board member of PCB supplier Confidee, described how the AI infrastructure boom is creating an unprecedented demand for materials, resulting in supply shortages that could reshape market conditions across several European industries.
Europe's PCB comeback is colliding with a supply chain that isn't ready
Europe's printed circuit board industry is having a moment. Defence spending is up, AI is driving demand, and policymakers are finally talking about electronics as strategic infrastructure. But as I discovered in a recent EMS@C-Level conversation with Vytautas Ilgunas, Chief Commercial Officer at TLT PCB, and Raymond Goh, Chief Operating Officer at Confidee, the comeback is running headfirst into a supply chain that we spent the last two decades hollowing out. The demand is real. The capacity to serve it, particularly in materials, is not.
AT&S expands Kulim with up to €2 billion investment
Austrian PCB and IC substrate manufacturer AT&S is expanding its Kulim manufacturing site in Malaysia, backed by agreements with AMD and another unnamed technology company.
Schweizer Electronic and Ascent Circuits plan PCB cooperation in India
German PCB manufacturer Schweizer Electronic and Indian PCB maker Ascent Circuits – part of the Amber Group – have announced plans for a strategic cooperation in PCBs. The partnership targets automotive and industrial applications and is framed around supply chain resilience for customers in Europe and the United States.
NCAB acquires Board Shark PCB in the United States
NCAB has acquired PCB solutions provider Board Shark LLC, based in Florida in the United States. The company generated USD 17 million in net sales during 2025, with profitability exceeding NCAB's own margins.
TTM Technologies opens Ultra-HDI PCB facility in Syracuse
TTM Technologies has opened a new Ultra-HDI printed circuit board manufacturing facility in Syracuse, New York, in the United States. The USD 130 million investment – including USD 30 million from the US Department of War – is set to create up to 400 new jobs and bring TTM's total workforce in the region to approximately 1,000.
TTM Technologies expands into the Swiss and German PCB markets
U.S.-based TTM Technologies has announced plans to acquire Switzerland’s Swiss Technology Group and Germany’s ILFA GmbH. Both transactions are expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2026.
Principal Mineral acquires Isola, raises $280M for next growth phase
Principal Mineral has acquired Isola Group, a century-old manufacturer of copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepregs, and raised approximately USD 280 million to fund its next phase of growth. The deal closed on June 16, 2026.
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