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June 05, 2025
Evertiq has previously reported on the long-term decline of the European PCB industry. Back in the 1990s, the EU accounted for around 20–30% of global production. Today, that figure stands at just 2%. But who are the champions still holding strong in the storm?

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March 02, 2023
The recent arrival of ChatGPT has generated a lot of buzz across the industry sectors related to cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI).

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January 03, 2023
Bloom Energy has entered into an agreement with chip substrate and PCB maker Unimicron, to deploy up to 10MW of fuel cells at Unimicron plants in Taiwan.

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November 02, 2022
Unimicron Germany, based in Geldern in North Rhine-Westphalia, has invested a further EUR 12 million in new infrastructure, equipment and buildings in 2022.

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Prevailing obstacles since the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 have manufacturers reassessing their supply chain strategies. The following major disruptions that occurred entering 2022 added to existing setbacks, or created new ones altogether:

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April 07, 2022
Unimicron says in a filling with the Taiwanese stock exchange that the company has suspended its operations in Kunshan, China as the local government extends the city-wide lockdown in an attempt to halt the spread of Covid-19.

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March 14, 2022
As a response to the recent increase of COVID-19 cases in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, the government has decided to shutdown the southern business center of the city.

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August 24, 2021
In 2020 there were 128 manufacturers with revenue exceeding USD 100 million included in the list, up 6 from 122 in 2019, with a combined 10.3% growth rate from USD 62.342 billion to 68.789 billion.

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August 24, 2021
Compared with last year's list, the number of companies in each region is 56 in China (+4), 25 in Taiwan (-2), 21 in Japan (+3), 14 in South Korea (+2), 4 in the United States (same), 5 in Europe (same), and 3 in Southeast Asia (-1).

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May 04, 2021
PCB manufacturer Unimicron has obtained funds (EUR 70.6 million) from the local government in Kunshan, China for relocating its manufacturing operations locally.

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February 05, 2021
A fire broke out at Unimicron’s Shanying plant in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, at noon on February the fourth.

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September 16, 2020
At about 10:50 am on September 7th, a fire occurred at the PCB company’s China subsidiary, Unimicron Technology (Kunshan) Corp.

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August 25, 2020
The corona pandemic has brought forth a difficult market environment, but even during this time, the provider of horizontal wet systems succeeded in keeping a tight project schedule and supplying Unimicron Germany with a new Höllmüller system.

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October 14, 2019
As we enter the conventional peak season for electronic products and despite the fact that many uncertain factors remain in the global environment, PCB manufacturers’ revenue are still able to continue at a sustainable level.

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April 27, 2018
"We had to work very hard these past 479 days. We have finally completed the entire rebuild of our Inner-layer factory that was completely destroyed by fire on December 28, 2016.", describes Rico Schlüter, CTO at Unimicron Germany, the emotional rollercoaster.

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January 23, 2018
ASS Luippold and Taiwanese SAA (Symtek Automation Asia) signed a contract with Unimicron Germany to supply automation solutions for the new innerlayer factory in Geldern (Germany).

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August 30, 2017
Equipment manufacturer Orbotech secured a multi-million-dollar contract to supply Unimicron Germany (formerly RUWEL International) with industry 4.0-compliant DI, AOI and AOS PCB production solutions for the new production facility in Geldern (Germany).

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August 17, 2017
Now it's official: Unimicron Germany – formerly Ruwel – has received the building permit for its large-scale investment in the city of Geldern.

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July 04, 2017
The Unimicron Germany GmbH, formerly Ruwel International, has started with the rebuilding of its inner-layer production facility in Geldern (Germany). The factory was completely destroyed in a fire at the end of 2016.

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March 02, 2017
After comprehensive and positive discussions with all local authorities and Unimicron, the manufacturer decided to rebuild both innerlayer and outerlayer facilities in an industrial area in Geldern (Germany).

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March 01, 2017
Leoben-based PCB manufacturer AT&S participates in key industry consortia to develop GaN processes and panel-level packaging.

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January 18, 2017
As of now, Ruwel International GmbH is no more – the company still exists, so don’t worry, just under a different name.

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January 03, 2017
The fire that raged PCB manufacturer Ruwel on December 27 completely ruined the company’s plant where it produce the innerlayer for masslam boards. And looking at the pictures that the company has provided – it’s clear; there is nothing left.

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December 30, 2016
As bad as the news from Ruwel in Geldern may be, there are still positive things to report. But let's start with the beginning.

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November 23, 2015
PCB manufacturer Unimicron is planning to spin off its rigid-flex PCB business into a separate company.

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March 25, 2015
2014 was a good year for majority of PCB companies, as output value of PCB industry touched USD 59.6 billion, rising 3.7% against 2013, the fastest growth rate since 2011. Here is the Top 20.

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March 25, 2015
2014 was a good year for majority of PCB companies, as output value of PCB industry touched USD 59.6 billion, rising 3.7% against 2013, the fastest growth rate since 2011.

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February 24, 2015
As usual, Apple (and in turn Evertiq) is publishing a list of their 200 top suppliers as part of their Social Responsibility Report.

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November 06, 2014
Quietly and out of sight, the German PCB manufacturer Ruwel has fought its way back into the market. Now, the company is slowly venturing back into the public eye.

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April 02, 2014
RUWEL - a history-charged name within the PCB industry – is getting back on its feet. More so, the company is looking towards the future. And a bright one it seems.

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March 19, 2014
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturer Unimicron is planning to set up a new manufacturing facility in central China.

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February 13, 2014
Since a few years back, Apple has been providing the names of its 200 largest suppliers. Although it is a long list, there are some interesting names to be found. See below.

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