Due to a variety of factors, the global Circuit Board Assembly
industry production volume dropped by 1.7 percent year on year to $61.3 billion in 2019.
Despite the effect of COVID-19 on the market, the accelerated growth of 5G has allowed the PCB Fabrication sector to expand. The global PCB export volume is expected to hit $62.5 billion in 2020 and $79.2 billion by 2025.
Flexible circuits and Quick Turn PCB Assembly are expected to rise much faster than rigid PCBs in the global economy since the former will reduce form factor and replace connectors. However, in most cases, PCB Prototype Manufacturers concentrate on single-sided, double-sided, and multi-layered PCBs with a four to six-layer count.
Courtney Silver, president of Ketchie Inc. and plant manager Terry Smith were able to present a customer with an annual savings of $30,000 last year largely due to the shop’s advanced Mazak machining technology.
In 2008, when Courtney Silver (who has background in finance and supply chain management) decided to help her husband Robert “Bobby” Ketchie manage his manufacturing business, she never thought that she’d end up running the Concord, North Carolina-based machine shop. Together, the couple operated and grew Ketchie Inc. until Mr. Ketchie passed away in March 2014. Ms. Ketchie-Silver became the president and sole shareholder, and within a year, her shop became a Certified Woman Owned and Operated Business Enterprise. Today, Ketchie continues to grow with capital investments in new equipment and technology.
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Lincoln County Commissioner Bill Blodgett watches as Sheriff Todd Brackett assembles a new flagpole for meetings at the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission building. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register
Since December, Wiscasset has negotiated with Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission about entering into a consulting contract. On Feb. 4, negotiations culminated with a deal as the county commissioners voted 2-0 to enter into an agreement. Under the contract, LCRPC will provide assistance in six planning projects. The contract calls for commission assistance to the town’s comprehensive planning committee’s work on the new comprehensive plan, working with municipal officials and committees developing a renewable energy plan, planning for certain town-owned properties’ reuse and projects, site planning for redevelopment options for the former Mason Station power plant, seeking project funding and grant writing, and general
Gov. Eugenio Lacson, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer and other provincial government officials with farmer-beneficiaries of the Quick Turn Around/Early Planting
SunStar NegOcc farmers get P11M in cash incentives
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (left) speaks at the distribution of P11 million worth of checks to local farmers who are beneficiaries of the Quick Turn Around/Early Planting Incentives Project at the Provincial Capitol s Social Hall in Bacolod City on Friday, January 8, 2021. (Richard Malihan photo)
+ January 10, 2021 THE Provincial Government of Negros Occidental has distributed P11 million worth of financial support to local farmers who are beneficiaries of the Quick Turn Around/Early Planting Incentives Project of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA).
Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer with Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino led the distribution of checks held at the Provincial Capitol s Social Hall in Bacolod City on Friday, January 8, 2021.