Average international copper pricing dropped to US$5,000 per ton on October 15, a 7% decline in a single day. To reflect the falling price of copper, copper foil prices in Taiwan...
Taiwan-based CCL (copper-clad laminate) maker, Elite Material Company (EMC), will add investment worth US$800,000 in Allstar Tech (Zhongshan), an FCCL (flexible CCL) maker based in...
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) is planning to reduce prices by 3-5% in Taiwan and up to 10% in China from October, which will put pressure on the sales of other copper clad laminate...
Japan-based material supplier Hitachi Chemical Company has decided to raise prices on materials used in PCBs by about 10-25% from October in the Japan market. On the other hand, Taiwan...
Recent weakening copper prices does not necessarily mean that copper foil makers will have a potential price revision in the following months, as electricity costs are going to rise...
Weak seasonal demand is not weighing on Elite Material (EMC) at all as the company sees extending synergy from its new Kunshan, China copper clad laminate (CCL) plant. Thanks to growing...
In addition to soft demand, oversupply and rising materials are all weighing on the copper clad laminates (CCLs) industry, with makers having no alternative but to cut prices to clear...
Printed circuit board (PCB) makers may see their profitability improve as soon as the fourth quarter of 2008 as prices of key materials, which include solder paste and copper clad...
