Join PCB Connect AB at Evertiq Expo, Krakow
Evertiq Expo is this year's most extensive electronics industry event in southern Poland. This expo is for people who design electronics and are interested in product purchasing. A special guest from the Polish defence industry will be attending: Poland-US Operations, Ron Farkas - WB Group, Remigiusz Wilk. Find PCB Connect AB at stand 63.
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Exhibition Address
Evertiq Expo Krakow
International Trade Fair and Congress Center Expo
Galicyjska 9
31-586
Kraków
Poland
Opening Hours
Wednesday 14 June 2023: 9.00-16.00
Join PCB Connect A/S at EOT, Denmark
EOT – Electronics of Tomorrow will take place on 9th - 11th May 2023. PCB Connect A/S will be exhibiting at the MCH Messecenter Herning. Please visit us at stand M9875. EOT is the knowledge hub for the electronics and technology industry, offering a strong professional conference programme, a unique catering format for exhibitors and visitors, and networking across professions and industries.
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Exhibition Address
MCH Messecenter Herning
Vardevej 1
DK-7400 Herning
Denmark
Opening Hours
- Tuesday 9 May 2023: 9.00-16.00
- Wednesday 10 May 2023: 9.00-16.00
- Thursday 11 May 2023: 9.00-16.00
Join PCB Connect Inc at DMEMS 2023, California
Del Mar Electronic & Manufacturing Show is held in Del Mar Fairgrounds San Diego from 26 to 27 April 2023, showing the companies of the United States and internationals related to Manufacturing technologies and Electronics sectors. Visit PCB Connect Inc at stand 511.
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Exhibition Address
Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd
Del Mar
CA 92014
Opening Hours
- Wednesday 26 April 2023: 10.00-17.00
- Thursday 27 April 2023: 10.00-15.00
Join PCB Connect AB at Elektronik, Gothenburg
Visit PCB Connect AB at Elektronik, Gothenburg, this week at stand D:18.
On April 19 – 20, 2023, Elektronik gathers everything from large key suppliers to hot upstarts to spot trends, launch news and do business. Elektronik's goal has always been to make it as easy as possible for you to meet new and existing customers while ensuring you are updated on the latest developments in the industry. Experience an intensive two-day fair focusing on smart electronics, innovations and innovative technology solutions.
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Exhibition Address
Prioritet Serneke Arena
Krutvägen 2-4
Opening Hours
- Wednesday 19 April 2023: 9.00-17.00
- Thursday 20 April 2023: 9.00-16.00
Join PCB Connect at TEK.day, Wroclaw, Poland
TEK.day is a one-day event dedicated to people professionally involved in the design and production of electronics. This year's TEK.day Wrocław 2023 will take place at the Business Club at the Tarczyński Arena Wrocław. Come and visit us at stand 68.
TEK.day have prepared over 120 stands of key distributors of electronic components, machines used in the PCBA, EMS process and other companies whose services you may need when designing and producing electronics.
Admission to TEK.day is free; you only have to register using this form.
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Exhibition Address
Tarczynski Arena Wroclaw
Wrocław Stadium sp. z o. o.
Al. Śląska 1
54-118 Wroclaw
Opening Hours
The fair will open at 8.00 am. The first lecture starts at 8.45 am; the last lecture will end around 15.00. The fair part will close at 4.00 pm.
Join PCB Connect at AMPER, Brno, Czech Republic
Amper is one of Europe's largest trade events for electrotechnics and electronics. This year's it will take place from Tuesday, 21st March to Thursday, 23rd March 2023, at Brno Exhibition Centre. Come and visit us at stand F 2.06.
The leading companies in the electrical sector take part in offering their product range to a broad audience - including products and solutions from the fields of electrical engineering, automation, facility technology, communications and wireless technology.
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Exhibition Address
Brno Exhibition Centre
Výstaviště 405/1,
647 00 Brno
Czech Republic
Opening Hours
Tuesday to Thursday - 9 am - 5 pm
China Covid Update
With the recent easing of Covid restrictions in mainland China, there has been a resultant increase in the number of daily Covid cases.
The PCB Connect Group continues to monitor this daily to monitor the effect on our team, our logistics network, and manufacturing output at our factory base.
Whilst Covid is taking its natural course, all of our factories continue to be able to meet demand at this moment, with production ahead of schedule as we plan for the Chinese New Year.
We will continue to monitor the Covid situation and report further in due course.
Supply Chain Challenges
As 2023 looms, the global economy faces a third year of unprecedented social and economic challenges.
The PCB Connect Group analyses the year ahead for global supply chains with Global Sourcing Manager Justin Olejnik.
The global impact of coronavirus remains a cause for concern, particularly in China, whose Zero-Covid policy has come under increased criticism from inside the country, with unprecedented civil unrest highlighting the social and economic cost the virus continues to exert on people’s daily lives at a time China tries to energize its economy.
What does 2023 hold for the PCB Industry?
Justin Olejnik, PCB Connect Group’s Global Sourcing Manager –
While China unequivocally remains the global shop floor for electronics manufacturing, the Zero-Covid policy has increased discussions about the country’s ability to limit outbreaks as it heads toward winter and mass mobilization ahead of the new year celebrations. With lower immunity levels than those seen in the west and a growing discourse inside China as to the effectiveness of the current policy, our commitment to monitoring supply chain output and assessing the local conditions to ensure the safety and efficiency of our factory teams remains the PCB Connect Group’s key priority.
We continue to monitor the domestic economy, and while China’s productivity has dropped again in recent months, we have a robust supplier risk management process in place, which allows us to identify any potential risk at the earliest stage and take sourcing and management decisions in conjunction with our supply chain partners.
While we anticipate that the challenges inside China will remain throughout the country’s current coronavirus policy, we expect to see the domestic economy recover in the second half of next year with excess capacity reducing, leading to improved factory trading conditions.
Does the PCB Connect Group see opportunities in the supply chain outside China?
For many years the PCB Connect Group has offered a balanced supply chain for its PCB technology, working with key partners in Taiwan, Korea, and across mainland Europe. As the global economy has reacted to a post covid reality, the impact of increased logistics costs and reduced airfreight capacity has increased interest in alternative sourcing geographies.
With supply chains increasingly interconnected and global geopolitical tensions rising, the PCB connect Group has continued its long-held supply chain diversification strategy. We have seen interest in our diversified supply chain increase, notes Justin Olejnik; our customers are looking to balance the use of our factories outside of China as a compliment to the more traditional China factory base.
Increases in freight, greater interest, and an understanding of the need for more sustainable sources of supply have created a corollary whereby alternative sourcing geographies can now compete with China prices when the total cost of supply and supply chain risk management is considered. During 2023, we have added additional supply chain capability in regions where historically, there has been a great investment in PCB technology but where the cost delta with China has never allowed a realistic opportunity for customers.
We expect interest in these regions to grow as customers and consumers continue to reflect on the world they live in and demand greater provenance in the products they use daily.
The PCB Connect Group is a supplier of Printed Circuits Boards serving some of the most demanding applications and industries globally.
Join PCB Connect OY at Evertiq Expo, Tampere, Finland
Evertiq Expo, Tampere, will take place on 30th November 2022 at Tampere Hall. Come and visit us at table 15.
Tampere is one of the most attractive areas in Finland for providers of electronics manufacturing, PCBs, components and other related equipment. Below are some examples of industries, companies, and institutions presented in this region:
- Maritime and forestry Industry.
- Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS), Enics, Scanfil, Kyrel, Sanmina.
- Radio and telecommunications technology, Nokia, Ericsson, Intel, Coriant.
- Technology University of Tampere
- Several start-up companies require electronics design- and manufacturing services.
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Exhibition Address
Tampere Hall
Yliopistonkatu 55
33100 Tampere
Finland
Opening hours
Wednesday 30th November: 9am - 4pm
We are getting closer to the end of 2022
As 2022 begins to wind down, Johan Larsson, Managing Director of PCB Connect AB, reflects on the current market situation and looks forward to 2023.
We are getting closer to the end of 2022, a year of continued disturbances. A more stabilized pandemic has been replaced with a very changed situation in Europe with the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Even if we, as PCB Connect, have not been directly exposed, it is impossible to consider 2022 without mentioning the war between Ukraine and Russia. This is an event that both affects and leaves an impression on us as a company as well as individuals.
Looking at other challenges for the PCB Industry in the Nordics and Europe in 2022, I think it is relevant to point out risk awareness and logistics.
When it comes to Logistics, during recent years, we have been facing and overcoming several challenges, and continuing into 2022, the war between Russia and Ukraine led to a total stop for rail shipments between China and Europe.
This, in combination with continued difficulties related to sea transports, forced an even bigger focus on air Shipments. The Covid situation has also continued to cause difficulties in the logistical process relating to continued lockdowns in China and limitations in the transit between Mainland China and HK, resulting in more uncertain transport lead times.
For PCB Connect, we have, considering the circumstances, still been able to handle this in a good way via our Logistics teams, a network of transport providers, and our warehouses; we have been able to offer a high service and performance level while tackling changing requirements.
Today compared to before the pandemic, it is harder to plan logistical solutions in the long term, and more administration and resources are required to keep up with the same level of service and solutions.
We need to work in a very agile way to tackle sudden changes in conditions on a day-to-day basis. In our warehouse in Sweden, which operates as a central warehouse for distribution to the main part of Europe, we have increased the number of staff related to the extra administration needed in combination with the great growth we have shown in recent years.
During 2022 I think it has also become more relevant to consider the stability of the supply chain based on the type of events we have seen during recent years, which requires not only the consideration of backup solutions but also that there might be a need to plan your supply from different parts of the world to secure the supply chain.
We have seen this topic being raised and considered more often in discussions with our customers, and this also led to that PCB Connect during 2022 started a wider proactive evaluation of PCB producers in also other Asian countries than China to secure our customer's supply chain and enable PCB Connect Group the ability to offer a more diversified supply line.
Along with the continued shortage of semiconductors, demand planning for electronics manufacturing has become increasingly more difficult, and with the cost of rising energy prices continuing to impact manufacturers, having a flexible, adaptable, and responsive supply chain is of paramount importance.
With our factory-based management and inspection teams at PCB Connect, we continue to optimize our customer's production while bringing down the cost and quantity of the inventory they must hold in stock.
As we look forward to the new year, while global supply chains will undoubtedly continue to face pressures from the global economy and geopolitical events, there is much to be positive about, and we look forward to continuing to adapt to the ever-changing global marketplace that we operate in.
For more information on how the PCB Connect Group can become the obvious choice for your PCB requirements, why not contact us at sales@pcbconnectgroup.com