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Exhibition Shanghai: our successful participation

PCB Connect participated in one of the largest exhibitions in China.

At the beginning of July, our team in China participated in Electronica China in Shanghai, one of the largest innovative electronics manufacturing exhibitions in the world.

According to the exhibition’s sponsor, this year saw almost 82000 visitors. The world is in a different place at the moment due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the whole team were prepared to meet visitors with all safety measures in place. “Everyone, visitors included, were required to show a green QR code to prove their health status, ID cards and body temperature were checked when entering the hall. During the exhibition we all wore face masks and kept a safe distance apart”, said Clare Zhang, Sales at PCB Connect China.

Visitors were able to discuss PCB Connects products, PCB production capabilities, their own products as well as meet our sales representatives. The exhibition was a great success!

Check the photos below:

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PCB Connect Group COVID-19 Update: Major Airlines imposing unprecedented freight surcharges.

PCB Connect Group Manufacturing Operations.

Updated July 1st:

The PCB Connect Group supply network across Asia remains operational, with capacity recovered and normalized. We continue to work to reduce post shut down backlogs and delays.

The Manufacturing capability has been fully recovered, but transports are still affected. Still we see that this disruptive effect is now “post-peak” due to a combination of slowly recovering capacity and reduced load.

We keep monitoring logistics capacity from Asia due to Covid-19 and will continue to select the most appropriate mode of transportation and best deliveries ways for all products working in agreement with our customers.

Please, contact your sales representative if you have any questions.

Updated March 24th:

• The PCB Connect Group continues to follow all relevant domestic legislation & guidance across all of its businesses to ensure the safety of its employees and their families as its primary responsibilities.
• The PCB Connect Group supply network across Asia remains operational, with capacity continuing to recover and normalize. Our factory based FQC and management teams have returned to work and are working to reduce post shut down backlogs and delays.
• We are moving to flexible work arrangements worldwide outside of Greater China. All team members are working remotely wherever possible, and in those instances where work requires them to be on-site should we are following all guidance to maximize personal space.
• The PCB Connect Group is in the process of identifying opportunities to increase resilience within its global PCB Supply Network to minimize supply chain disruption from future global pandemics.
• We continue to monitor imbalances of logistics capacity from Asia due to Covid-19 and will continue to select the most appropriate mode of transportation for all products working in consultation with our customers.

Updated March 18th:

In light of the continued spread of COVID-19 exponentially across Europe, the PCB Connect Group is monitoring all aspects of its supply chain operations in ensuring a safe as possible environment for its employees and extended partners as its highest priority.

Our manufacturing network across Asia continues to recover from the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, and available capacity and lead times are continuing to normalize. We will continue to follow the recommendations of the local authorities in China working in conjunction with our partners during this time.

Our factory management team in China continue to report available capacity within our core facilities daily against the backdrop of our total order book, and total capacity needs, and we are working with our partners to increase productivity and throughput on an ongoing basis.

PCB Connect Group Operations.

As a global business, we are following the advice as set out by national authorities and governments. This has meant that we have implemented a work from home policy in some cases, and we have moved to strengthen our IT infrastructure to enable seamless operations as far as possible. We will continue to act prudently and cautiously in ensuring that our employees and their extended families' health remains our number one priority. As of today, our ability to support customers with the level of communications and services you have come to expect of the PCB Connect Group remains unchanged.

As the Coronavirus continues to spread outside of mainland China, we are starting to see the first impact on logistics movements and routes into Europe.

Air Freight

As is being reported in the media, many airlines have or are in the process of canceling flights from mainland China & other major hubs across Asia.

This reduction in cargo capacity has led the majority of airlines to announce today, that they are imposing extraordinary freight surcharges on all new shipments from these origins.

The PCB Connect Group is currently working to understand the implications of these surcharges.

We are working with our logistics partners to enable full transparency in addressing the requirements of our customers and will continue to select the most appropriate logistics solution, balancing timely customer deliveries against the backdrop of these unprecedented increases in freight cost.

Sea Freight

Key terminal operations in China are continuing to normalize, however, our partners are still managing high levels of congestion due to COVID-19 and the Chinese New Year shut down. Whilst the situation for shipping electronics hasn't been as affected as for those who are shipping refrigerated goods, the decline in manufacturing output within China has seen carriers continue to announce so-called “blank sailings” or cancellations. The PCB Connect Group has a long-held strategy of shipping sea freight products out of Hong Kong, which has thus far not been as badly affected as some ports in mainland China.

Express Air Freight Shipment.

Our key express shipment partners continue to operate as close to normal schedule at this moment and we are continuing to monitor cargo availability closely.

Reducing the impact to Customers.

The spread of COVID-19 has and will continue to impact on the PCB Connect Group's ability to meet some of its previously stated commitments to customers. As a business, we are fully focused on minimizing these disruptions, utilizing our global production network, as well as assessing and acting upon the most effective method of delivering products to customers. We anticipate that these disruptions will continue during March, and we are committed to continuing to keep customers updated regularly.

We are encouraging customers wherever possible to increase their supply chain planning horizons through this period by continuing to place orders, and we will work with customers to balance out these supply chain disruptions as far as possible.

If you have any questions, please contact us!

PCB Connect Group

www.pcbconnectgroup.com

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PCB Connect at Electronica China Exhibition in July 2020

PCB Connect will attend Electronica Exhibition in Shanghai in July 3 to 5

Electronica Shangai is one of the biggest exhibitions in the world for innovative electronics manufacturing.

Visit PCB CONNECT at the booth 6.2 D216!

International Trade Fair for Electronics Development and Production
July 3–5, 2020

Check our Exhibitor Page here in Electronica website.

Address:
National Exhibition & Convention Center (Shanghai)
North Gate: 333 Songze Avenue; West Gate: 1888 Zhuguang Road; South Gate: 168 East Yinggang Road; East Gate: 111 Laigang Road

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PCB Connect expands with new office, new employee and open new Company in Denmark

Due to PCB Connect’s successful growth in Denmark, we now decided to invest further in the Danish Market. We are very glad to announce both new employee, new and bigger office location as well as that we will have a Danish company PCB Connect A/S registered.

We see it very positive that we now have taken the step to open a registered company in Denmark. The new office, located near the center of Aalborg, is very suitable for the organization, both based on our current team as well for further expansions in the future.

PCB Connect welcome and present a new Internal Sales Engineer to the team in Denmark, Casper Michelsen. Casper has a solid background within Internal sales positions and that combined with his technical experience makes him a very good fit for the position.

“We have been searching for a new team member, so we are very happy to have Casper on board. We strongly believe in our potential and possibilities to expand further in Denmark, so even if the future is extra hard to predict due to Covid-19, we still decided to expand and invest in the Danish market", say Johan Larsson, Managing Director from PCB Connect.

“I am very happy about our new office here in Denmark, and it’s a great place to work. Even with the Covid-19 situation, there are many orders and requests coming in and the PCB market in Denmark didn’t stop” Says Casper Michelsen.

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PCB Connect collaborates with the medical area

PCB Connect does not just produce printed circuit boards, we allow great discoveries, connect people, and most important: contributing to save lives.

When we say that we want to be part of the most important technologies in the world, we are talking about changes, progress and the future.

PCB Connect does not just produce printed circuit boards, we allow great discoveries, connect people, and most important: contributing to save lives.

The world is facing an unexpected strain due the COVID-19 situation. Some countries are recovering and others are still experiencing this difficult time. As a result, the increased demand for orders for medical equipment has led us to a new challenge: to attend and deliver, with high priority and quality, orders in the health area. Our quality teams constantly works to secure that all PCBs are produced according to and comply with all related requirements, standards and regulations.

Today we have several major customers that use our technology to produce their medical equipment, such as respirators, x-ray machines (MRT or ordinary), analysis machines for blood analysis, sample analysis of cancer and other samples, control units for room ventilation, EKG machines and other types of monitoring displays.

In a hospital, today, you are surrounded by new technologies and all kinds of electronical devices that allow people to keep breathing and surviving. PCB Connect is proud to be part of delivering printed circuit boards to keep the medical area growing and improving their equipment with high tech to keep saving lives.

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PCB Connect proud of collaboration with Topro and Playfinity

PCB Connect AS, in Norway, and electronics manufacturer Topro Elektronikk are proud of their work, and their collaboration with Playfinity.

Playfinity are the company behind the activity meters that were first launched in a ball.

The purpose was to get the children away from the computer screen and to go out and play. Now the products have been expanded to include activities such as a trampoline - in the form of a bracelet. It is manufactured at Topro with pcb’s delivered from PCB Connect AS.

- This is an exciting product to be a part of, as it is targeting the consumer market with a certain volume.
Wøien explains that the board itself which is supplied by PCB Connect AS is quite simple, but at the same time the manufacturing process is challenging, partly because the battery holder is on one side of the board, and the component are on the other side. The design is nevertheless flexible, which makes it more easy now that we are about to change the battery holder.

Exiting product

What makes it even more exiting is the commitment Playfinity have been putting down to make this an all norwegian made product. Anders Løbben points out that it’s also very exciting because the product is targeting the consumer market with a certain volume.

Significant Testing
The ball is meant to cope with hard shocks, obviously, since its meant be thrown around. Therefore, Topro has purchased a flexible and manual test jig. The jig is very convenient and it is very easy to change the test module. The modules are like a cassette that can be easily removed and replaced with another – Even Karstein Myhre explains.

Educational
PCB Connect and Topro Elektronikk agrees that jobs like these are educational. You get to work closely with the customer, and we get to shown that it is possible to produce an advanced consumer product in Norway, says Løbben and Wøien. It also lies in the fact that they learn a lot about their own competence and how to set up an optimal process in order to be competitive.

Source: elektronikknett.no/ 

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Updated: Information about current situation for CNY due to Coronavirus

UPDATED INFORMATION about current situation for CNY due to Coronavirus

19-02-2020 News:

Dear customers,

Now all of our suppliers have started their production.

The capacity is still affected by the lack of workers, but a steady increase in available capacity is expected over the coming weeks.

Don’t hesitate to contact your local PCB Connect contact if you have any questions.

17-02-2020 News:

Dear customers,

As you might know, a majority of our suppliers has started production. Our capacity is still affected by the lack of workers, since many are still tied up in quarantine procedures, but a steady increase in available capacity is expected over the coming weeks.

If you have any questions, please, get in contact with us or with your PCB Connect sales contact.

Thank you for your understanding!

10-02-2020 News:

Dear clients, we received a new update about the factories in China.

We now have some suppliers that get back to work today, February 10th, and started the production. 

Some other suppliers are still waiting for new instructions from the Chinese Government to get back to the activities.

Please, note that the main information about the current situation will be updated officially in our website. We are in constant contact with our suppliers.

For more, please, find it here or contact your PCB Connect sales manager.

29-01-2020 News:

Dear clients, we inform that the government extended the holiday with another 7 days until February 9^th.

We have suppliers outside China that can support you upon request. Please, get in contact with your PCB Connect sales manager for that service.

If and when we have more updated information we will share here, on our homepage

27-01-2020 News:

Dear clients and friends,

We are experiencing a delicate situation for our colleagues and manufacturing partners in China. Due to the health situation and the country's concern with the spread of the Coronavirus, the Chinese government has decided to extend the Chinese New Year holiday period with 3 days (updated - until February 9^th).

PCB Connect are in close contact with our manufacturing and logistics partners and we are monitoring new instructions from the Chinese government.

We also like to inform that PCB Connect do not have any of its main suppliers located in the directly affected area in the Hubei Province, and depending on how the situation develops we also have suppliers available outside China, both in Asia as well as Europe, from where we can support you with your needs. Please contact us for any of your urgent needs, and already take into consideration to place orders well in time to meet your coming needs.

If and when we have updated information we will share on our homepage.

Thank you for understanding and we make ourselves available to support you in whatever you need.

Don’t hesitate to contact your local PCB Connect contact if you have any questions.

Best Regards, PCB Connect Group.

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PCB Connect open new office in United Kingdom

Robert Keyser and Justin Olejnik

PCB Connect, expands to United Kingdom.

PCB Connect, the Swedish PCB supplier, opened a new office in United Kingdom, located in Devizes Wiltshire. Jonas Pettersson, CEO of PCB Connect says that “it was in our plans to expand to United Kingdom, once that is a great market to reach. We are very happy to announce the new market and our next steps towards continued growth”.

The company is pleased to announce the appointment of two new managers, Justin Olejnik and Robert Keyser, both who join us with previous experience in the global PCB market. “As the complexities of the global electronics market continues to increase, the need for reliable, secure and robust supply chains becomes ever more critical. At the PCB Connect Group we have found a business that is structured to grow at a similar pace to our customers needs, has global market presence along with a local will do mentality”, says Justin Olejnik, Managing Director, PCB Connect Limited.

Robert Keyser, Sales Director, PCB Connect Limited commented “I am delighted to be joining the PCB Connect Group, who over the last 16 years have shown unprecedented growth and commitment in delivering customers with exceptional products and service. I am pleased to be able to continue the great work that PCB Connect have been doing, and upholding their core values of making a difference to our customers supply chains."

Since last year, PCB Connect opened new offices in Turkey, United States, Estonia and Germany, and expand existing markets, such as in Brazil, Poland and Swedish.

PCB Connect UNITED KINGDOM
+44 7 568 536 751
sales.uk@pcbconnectgroup.com

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