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- November 20, 2022
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Top 10 FPC manufacturers in the world
FPC stands for Flexible Printed Circuit. FPC is a modern technology which was introduced by the United States in the 1970s. This is made of thin polyester which has high flexibility. This circuit type can be twisted, stretched, lightweight, small, has high heat management, is easy to install, and bypasses standard connection technologies.
In this article, we will be trying to give you some information about the Top 10 Asian FPC PCB manufacturing companies.
Nippon Mektron
Profile: Nippon Mektron Ltd. produces electrical goods. Single-sided and double-sided circuit boards are designed, manufactured, and sold by the company. Nippon Mektron sells its goods in both local and foreign markets.
Established time: Nippon Mektron Ltd is an electronic manufacturing company which was founded in 1969.
Product list:
- Multi-Layer FPC
- Automotive FPC
- FPC with waterproof function parts
Location: The headquarter of this company is in Okubarachou, Ibaraki, Japan.
Website: https://www.mektron.co.jp/
Revenue: Around $7M.
Nippon Mektron produces flexible printed circuit boards (FPCs) or Flex PCBs.
Recent news:
- Mektron has announced the release of a revolutionary FPC architecture in mass manufacturing that uses MPI FPC in addition to LCP FPC.
- Nippon Mektron obtained transmitting qualities like LCP FPC by mixing MPI and lower dielectric adhesives.
Zhen Ding Technology
Profile: Chairman Charles Shen leads ZDT’s seasoned leadership team. They collaborate with world-class customers and use innovative technologies to build production locations with low costs and high efficiency.
They encourage four modernized industrial engineering procedures constantly: economy, simplification, digitization, and autonomous production.
Location: This company is in Taiwan. They have around 1000 employees.
Products: Zhen Ding Technology is a specialized manufacturing company who are producing:
- Flexible Printed Circuits (FPC),
- Substrate-like PCB,
- Rigid PCB,
- High-density interconnect PCB,
- IC substrate
Established time: 2007
Website: https://www.zdtco.com/
Revenue: $50,004 Million
Recent news: A prominent worldwide PCB maker Zhen Ding Technology Holding Limited published its third-quarter 2022 comprehensive financial results. Its 3rd sales of $ 50 million and net income of $7,100 million, in addition to its 1st turnover of $120,000 million.
According to Zhen Ding, the final quarter is traditionally a prime season for newly introduced Computers and Mobile devices & Consumer Technology products.
InterFlex
Profile: Interflex Co. Ltd is a manufacturer of FPCs. They are also suppliers and distributors of their products. The company is in Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
The company was founded in 1994 and they have about 360 employees.
Website: www.interflex.co.kr/en
Established time: 1999
Product list:
- Single-side flexible PCB
- Double-side flexible PCB
- Multi-flexible PCB
- Rigid flexible PCB
- Build up flexible PCB
Revenue: $446,995m
Recent news: FPC is found in smartphones, tablet computers, sophisticated wearable devices, and a variety of other items. In industrial operations, SLP can be used for chip packing.
Its applications include mobile phones, computers, wearables, virtual reality and augmented reality, smart homes, other consumer electronics, data centres, base stations, networking, automotive and industrial, and so on.
It has five production facilities and twenty sales offices spread around the country.
Sumitomo Denko
Profile: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd (Sumitomo) is a researcher, producer, marketer, and distributor of electronic, information-communications, and energy products.
Wiring harnesses, automobile hoses, vehicle electrical equipment, communications wires and hardware, optic and radio devices, electronic wire goods, flexible printed circuits, and other items make up most of the company’s product line.
Established time: Sumitomo Electric was created in 1969 to manufacture flexible printed circuit boards. Since then, the company has globally expanded its business.
Location: The head office is in Kouka-shi, Shiga, Japan.
Revenue: $29.33 Billion
Website: www.sumitomoelectric.com
Products list:
- Highly flexible FPC
- Ultrasoft FPC
- Highspeed transmission FPC
- High heat resistance FPC
- Shape-keeping FPC
- Double-sided FPC
Recent news: Sumitomo Electric Group pioneered FPC research and development in the mid-1960s, much ahead of other Japanese businesses, and launched its FPC business in 1969.
Since then, the company has been developing products to fulfil market demands, and in the 2000s, to the demand for lighter, cheaper, short, smaller, and more complex electronic equipment.
Nitto Denko
Profile: Nitto Denko Corp produces and distributes a wide range of industrial and technology goods. The firm provides tape items such as adhesive tape for paint and printed circuit boards, double-sided tape, sticky tape, and building sealant products.
Nitto Denko also provides film goods such as surface protection film, fluoroplastic films for sealing pipelines and air filters, and porous film that enables air to pass through while sealing water and other liquids.
Products list:
- Thin-film metal baseboard
- Environment harmony type halogen-free FPC
- High-density and precision FPC
- Ultra-thin double-sided FPC
Revenue: $7.05Billion
Established time: 1918
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Recent news: In anticipation of future expansion in the NVH industry through a strategic relationship with Parker, the Nitto Group has chosen to transfer a piece of its company to Parker.
The company will speed up its portfolio transformation and increase its existence and value in the next mobility industry by concentrating its assets on software solutions and future technologies regions where more growth is anticipated in the CASE domain while growing its NVH company by reinforcing its collaboration with Parker in the future.
Fujikura
Profile: Since Zenpachi Fujikura, the creator of Fujikura Ltd., began making silk and cotton winding for electrical components in 1885, the company has created a wide range of sophisticated wire and cable technologies.
We’ve applied them to goods in various industries, such as IT, electronics, autos, and energy. In every one of these cases, Fujikura products have earned our customers’ confidence in a variety of fields.
Location: Dong Nai Province, Vietnam
Revenue: $180 billion
Established time: 1973 (FPC manufacturing)
Product list:
- Assembled FPC
- Multi-layer FPC
- Double-sided FPC
- Single-sided FPC
Recent news: Fujikura Ltd. has recently announced plans to develop a new optical fibre manufacturing factory. Fujikura hopes to enhance the manufacturing of its optical fibre with a 12-fibre spider web ribbon by around 30% because of this.
The new factory will be erected at Sakura Works, which is already a domestic optical fibre production hub, and will have a plant area of 3,000m2. The facility will be utilized to manufacture unique 12-f SWRR for use with ultra-high dense wrapping tube cables.
Mflex
Profile: Multi-Fineline Electronix provides a wide range of high-quality electronic components. The company, known as MFLEX, manufactures a wide range of FPC boards and circuit components.
These devices are used to link numerous components of electronic devices such as smartphones, laptop computers, medical equipment, and portable barcode scanners.
Products list:
- Single-layer FPC
- Multi-layer FPC
- FPC high-density components
Global headquarter: Irvine, California, United States
Revenue: $625 million
Established time: 1984
Recent news: The largest supplier of sophisticated biometric authentication and identification solutions has signed a deal with Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (MFLEX), a corporation of Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (DSBJ) and the world’s leading supplier of elevated, technically sophisticated flexible printed circuits and ssemblies.
Career
Profile: The company produce devices for a wide range of applications, such as mobile phones, display devices, tablet PCs, flat screens, laptops, GPS, Autotronics, and medical instrument markets.
Given its broad market vision and ambitious expansion goals, it began in Taiwan and has rapidly grown throughout the global market.
Location and established time: Career was founded in 1992 and is based in Shulin, Taipei. Career is regarded as one of the top 10 major makers of flexible printed circuits in the world.
Products list:
- Single-sided FPC
- Double-sided FPC
- Air gap
- Double access Flex circuit
- Multilayer flex
- Rigid-flex PCB
Revenue: $14.67 billion
Website: http://www.careergroups.com/ZH/
Recent news: To participate in the creation of flexible printed circuits, Career has adhered to the philosophy of management of “Creation, Activity, Rapport, Earnest, Efficiency, and Responsibility.”
A thorough awareness of the relevance of energy and resources in the production and management processes. As a result, the organization did possible to satisfy its corporate duties of environmental preservation and nature conservation.
Flexium Interconnect INC.
Profile: Flexium Group has production facilities and a customer service centre in both Taiwan and China. All sales are distributed globally to provide our clients with rapid and timely service.
Flexium has gained the approval of a wide range of clients in a very short amount of time by offering superior technology, high-level quality, and professional service with the constant effort of all workers.
Established time: 1997
Revenue: $1 billion
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Website: https://www.flexium.com.tw/Home/Index?lang=en
Products list: Flexible printed circuits
Recent news: Flexium, a professional FPC manufacturer, announced its formal participation in RE100, the worldwide renewable energy project coordinated by the Environment Forum and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
Flexium has committed to utilizing 100% green energy by 2040 to drive the growth of Taiwan’s green power sector and reduce the effects of climate change to create a sustainable future.
SI Flex
Profile: SI Flex Company Ltd. is a company that designs, manufactures, and sells FPC boards. Consumers in the video or audio, pc, digital camera, and smartphone manufacturing sectors worldwide can purchase the company’s goods.
Product list:
- Cross Section FPC
- Double-sided FPC
- 3 Layer
- 4 Layer
- 8 Layer
- FPCA
- 2 Layer Touch Sensor
Location: Ansan-Si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Revenue: <$5 million
Established time: 1988
Recent news: SI Flex gets up to 80% of its revenues from Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electro-Mechanics.
Last year, the company’s sales total 262.7 billion won, with an operating deficit of 33.5 billion won. Sales were down 31.4% from 2020. Samsung’s reduced smartphone sales in 2020 had a detrimental impact on the corporation.
