AR Glasses at 100,000 Units: The PCBA Consistency Threshold On 9 September 2026, AR glasses maker INMO announced the completion of its C3 funding round, bringing cumulative Series C financing to nearly one billion yuan. In March, its self-built smart glasses factory in Chenghua District, Chengdu entered production with an…
CCL Price Increases: Why a 30 Percent Move Reshapes PCB Economics On 6 August 2026, Panasonic Industry issued a price adjustment notice for its electronic circuit board materials, effective from 1 September. Standard multilayer copper clad laminate and prepreg rose by 30 percent. MEGTRON and XPEDION low-transmission-loss materials rose by…
AI Server PCB: Inside the 84 Billion Dollar Forecast On 31 August 2026, a Goldman Sachs flash report substantially revised its outlook for the AI server printed circuit board market. The 2027 forecast was raised by 38 percent to 37.5 billion US dollars, and the 2028 figure was lifted to…
Electronic Glass Fabric: The Quietest Bottleneck in PCB Supply In September 2026, industry media reported a price movement that rarely reaches the attention of electronics engineers. Mainstream 7628 electronic glass fabric, a woven reinforcement used in the core of nearly every laminate, was quoted at roughly 4.4 to 4.85 yuan…
IC Exports Doubled: What Full PCB Capacity Really Means On 5 September 2026, financial media reported a striking set of customs figures: Chinese integrated circuit exports reached 216 billion US dollars in the first seven months of the year, an increase of 99.5 percent year on year, already exceeding the…
Switch Silicon and the PCB: Why a 4.8 Billion Yuan Bet Matters On 31 August 2026, Chinese switch chip developer Centec Networks disclosed a private placement plan to raise up to 4.805 billion yuan, with the entire amount directed at research and industrialisation of next-generation high-performance switch silicon. Switch chips…
Collaborative Robot PCBA: Why 0.02 mm Accuracy Starts at the Board On 6 September 2026, at an APEC media forum in Qianhai, Shenzhen, collaborative robot maker Dobot disclosed that its cobot shipments rank first worldwide, that self-developed content in key components exceeds ninety percent, that its products reach more than…
PCB Equipment Demand: Why Drilling Revenue Doubled First In its 2026 interim results, Chinese PCB equipment maker Han’s CNC reported net profit attributable to shareholders of roughly 960 million yuan, an increase of about 263 percent year on year. Within that figure, drilling equipment revenue reached 3.62 billion yuan, up…
Multi-Layer FPC Materials: A Practical Selection Guide Flexible circuits have moved from a niche interconnect to a structural element of modern devices. Wearables, AI hardware, automotive sensor harnesses, and compact cameras all rely on flex to solve problems that rigid boards cannot: routing around a hinge, following a curved surface,…
Semiconductor Equipment PCBA: What 3nm Etching Demands of Electronics CSEAC 2026 opened in Wuxi on 31 August with more than 1,400 exhibitors, and the technical announcements that followed were notable for a specific reason. Chinese equipment maker AMEC reported 54 high-end semiconductor tools, including an inductively coupled plasma etcher capable…












