PCB manufacturer in Europe you recommend  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Irilia
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2024, 05:18:53 am
content: I'm looking for a PCB manufacturer in Europe that have competitive price compared to (jlcpcb or PCB Way), and a good web interface for PCB prototypingBeing in the EU I want to try to work with European company as much as possible.Your experience is welcome 😊 thanks.

author: Doctorandus_P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2024, 09:10:59 am
content: What sort of quantities do you want to order?For small orders, the chinese are very likely going to be cheaper but once you go over a 100 pcb's the difference becomes quite small.Here in Europe there is this annoying fact that a lot of companies don't want to deal with private persons, but only with other companies. So add that to your post too.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2024, 09:51:03 am
content: Quote from: Irilia on August 31, 2024, 05:18:53 amIn prototype quantities, no European manufacturer comes even distantly close.At work, I use Multi-CB, but as Doctorandus_P said, they only want to sell to business customers. (I don’t know if they will sell to a sole proprietorship, which I would imagine is easy enough to pretend to be.)

author: Sorama
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2024, 11:04:18 am
content: A few decades ago I use to work with eurocircuits.com (formerly Europrint).Begian company

author: Irilia
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2024, 03:05:40 am
content: Ok thanks I will consider that 😊

author: jc101
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2024, 09:17:10 am
content: I use Eurocircuits from time to time. They are not as cheap as the likes of JLCPCB, though they now do PCBA and some mechanical stuff. Their online viewer for looking at how the board will come out is very good.There is a UK rep, so on the rare occasion where something wasn't right I ping him an email and it just gets sorted.

author: woody
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2024, 08:19:48 am
content: I useAisler. Don't know how their prices compare to JLCPCB cs. Quality is good enough, when I have a problem it is dealt with swiftly and they do have a working web interface.

author: Ice-Tea
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2024, 08:31:06 am
content: Eurocircuits has a good webinterface that offers a lot of feedback. If you can stick to their pool specifications prices aren't terrible but nowhere near chinese prices. Sadly, IMO, their pool specifications are out of touch with modern requirements.I also have used their assembly service. The webinterface is ok, the process works a lot better / is more transparant if per example your BOM includes digi-key or farnell references. But again, prices are a lot higher and they are often slower than their chinese counterparts even if you take communciation delays, chinese import and export delays and everything else into account.

author: jfiresto
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2024, 09:29:04 am
content: Quote from: woody on September 03, 2024, 08:19:48 amI stopped using Aisler a couple years ago, after the second time they blamed the customer for their manufacturing failures, but your experience may be different.