The focus of the PCB Fabricators and Suppliers Group

Issues surrounding recruitment and skills shortages, health and safety and environmental regulation. It also considers opportunities for new markets and discusses innovations in product design and manufacturing processes.

Key focus areas of the PCB Fabricators and Suppliers Group

• providing insight into relevant Government policy and producing action-plans to raise the profile of the PCB industry and manufacturing in general
• collation, and discussion of definitive key market performance indicators
• identifying opportunities for the PCB industry to develop relationships with key stakeholders in new markets both at home and abroad
• ensuring members are well briefed on technological advances that benefit the industry as a whole

Recent activties of the PCB Fabricators and Suppliers Group

The PCB Fabricators and Suppliers Group has produced a guide and flowchart aimed at improving communication between PCB manufacturers and product designers, PCB data design guide and PCB flowchart.  

The new guide, which takes the form of a checklist, will help to avoid some of the common difficulties that occur when the designs are passed from designer to fabricator, helping to ensure that the design data provided for PCB manufacture is as clear, accurate and comprehensive as possible.

While it is not possible to completely standardise PCB design, it is hoped that this guide will help make the process of producing PCBs more efficient, saving companies time and money, and leading to the production of high quality products. We recognise that it is simply a guide and that in some cases other formats or methodologies will be preferred, but by providing some degree of clarity it is a contribution that we trust will benefit the industry.