Business is now sufficient to justify a local warehouse, Lien says. Polyclad Technologies, one of the world's three largest laminates suppliers, has a plant in northern China, though its chemicals come from Hong Kong. Visitors swarmed the Intex Convention Center during the first two days of the show. Pudong is the latest hub to be called the New Silicon Valley. In this case, however, the region might live up to the hype.
China is now the fourth-largest PCB market.
Fast and Furious Nanya is expanding fast and furious. However, shipments to Chinese manufacturers are low thus far. Its leading customers are OPC, Astron, and TopSearch, with others in Japan. While it offers a halogen-free material, it has no orders for it. A new factory is opening in Shanghai in the coming year.