128 PCB007 MAGAZINE I DECEMBER 2021
Consolidated
revenue rose
by 29.7% to
€ 697.6 million
in the first half
of 2021/22
(PY: € 537.8 million). Adjusted for
currency effects, the increase in
consolidated revenue even amounted
to 34.8%.
In the past few years, the investment by private equity (PE) firms into the
PCB and EMS sectors has been increasing rapidly. Just in the past few
months, APCT and Summit Interconnect have changed PE owners,
American Standard Circuits was acquired by a PE firm, and Lenthor
Engineering was acquired by a PE-backed firm. According to our firm's
data base, out of the top 10 independent PCB manufacturers in North
America, two are public (TTM and FTG) and five are owned by PE firms.
I-Connect007's
Nolan Johnson
catches up with
Anders Forsén,
chief financial
officer at NCAB
Group, to get an
update on the recently announced acquisition of
Elmatica by NCAB. In this audio interview from the
NCAB headquarters in Sweden, Anders details
how he sees Elmatica and NCAB working together
to deliver a stronger solution for customers.
New Methods for Quantifying PCB Design
Weaknesses and Manufacturing Challenges
Gerry Partida explains, "The industry is at a new point in
evolving how we look at building boards. Our industry
has historically built boards and then tried to find a
test for them. Then, when they found a test for it, they
figured out that it needed to be analyzed before they
built the board."
AT&S Continues Strong
Growth Course; Revenue
Up 30% in 1H of 2021/22
Punching Out! What Does Private Equity
See in the North American PCB Sector?
NCAB Discusses Recent Merger
with Elmatica
Tom Kastner
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