In PCB Manufacturing sector in 2015, the output value of flexible circuits board went down least in portion, mostly because of a bit fall in flexible PCB market. Going into 2016, flexible circuits sector grows additionally, which is driven by the demand from mobile phones, electronic books, LED panels as well as notebook computers. Actually, any type of thin and also little digital item has strong demand for flexible circuits.
Cellular phone have much more functions, consisting of touch screen, GPS, and WLAN, and so on. At the same time, a variety of special sensing units have actually been included, such as acceleration sensing units, inclination sensing units, gyroscopes, magnetic sensors, stress sensing unit. These added features are incorporated in modules, which must be connected by flexible circuits or Rigid Flex PCB. Additionally, antennas, batteries, sound speakers should also be connected by flexible PCB or Flex-Rigid Boards from consideration for internal layout as well as cubage. Although it is a bar phone, apple iphone employs 10 to 15 pieces of flexible circuits, increasing the requirement of 5 to 7 for basic mobile phone.
E-book market proliferates. The shipment of global electronic book market reached regarding 1 million in 2014 as well as 4.52 million in 2015, and also it is expected to tape-record 12.3 million in 2016. A typical e-book needs 5 to 12 pieces of flexible PCB. Apple’s IPAD uses about 16 pieces or so, which significantly spurs the demand for flexible circuits.
The drive of laptop for flexible circuits can be provided in two aspects. Initially, the revolving shaft of laptop partly puts in flexible circuits. Second, Win 10 system sustains touch screen which has to be attached by flexible PCB. LED panel is mainly the LED light bar as well as mainly outfitted with flexible circuits. LED seen eruptive growth in 2015 and 2016.
Still, Japan holds more than 50% shares of the whole flexible circuits industry inasmuch as the general areas to which flexible PCB gets used, mostly hard disks, optical drives, digital video cameras, DV and also automobile use, are regulated by Japanese manufacturers, and also they likewise strongly occupy the upstream, with complete sector chains. China flexible circuits business merge in mobile phone market and Taiwanese flexible circuits equivalents in cellular phone as well as laptop, while American flexible circuits suppliers concentrate upon mobile phones as well as printers.
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