PCB ink market analysis

1. PCB ink prices continue to decline

With the rise of China’s PCB status in the world, the price of domestic PCBs has continuously dropped by 4 to 5 times in recent years, and SMEs are the most affected. In the case of falling PCB prices, the prices of raw materials and auxiliary materials used for printing are correspondingly reduced, and the situation of falling prices is basically the same as that of PCB.

2. Application of light-imaging corrosion resisting plating ink

In view of the fact that the price of photoimaging etching resist plating ink is significantly lower than that of dry film (about 2-3 times), and the utilization rate is as high as 95%, and there is no need to increase investment in any equipment and plant, so in recent years, many manufacturers Rapidly using dry film instead of photoimaging resist plating ink. After a period of time, due to the substantial reduction in costs and the shortened production cycle, many multi-layer mills also used this ink to complete the processing of the inner plates and received satisfactory results. Some large-scale double-faced manufacturing plants also use the automatic line production method of double-sided roll-coating into the drying tunnel to obtain a multiplier effect. So far, the application of this ink has basically spread to SMEs. With the inward migration of printing plates factories in Hong Kong and Taiwan, some advanced coating methods (such as spraying, electrostatic spraying, dip coating, etc.) have also been introduced to mainland China, and the application and promotion of photoimaging resist plating inks A great promotion.

3. Commercialization of screen printing resist ink

Ink printers saw a strong business opportunity in China's PCB ink market. They soon introduced screen printing resist inks of various types and different properties to form a printing plate ink market. Hong Kong, Japan, and the United States also pushed our company's PCB screen printing resist ink to China as quickly as possible, and established a joint venture company. These brands of inks have stable performance and are easy to use. The most prominent feature is the fading ink process. There has been a great improvement - the use of alkaline solution to remove ink, eliminating the need for solvent cleaning and solvent pollution.

With the increase of TV boards and recorder boards, UV-cured resist screen printing inks have come out, which has significantly accelerated the production of PCB plating inks. After a period of time, due to the substantial reduction in costs and the shortened production cycle, many multi-layer mills also used this ink to complete the processing of the inner plates and received satisfactory results. Some large-scale double-faced manufacturing plants also use the automatic line production method of double-sided roll-coating into the drying tunnel to obtain a multiplier effect. So far, the application of this ink has basically spread to SMEs. With the inward migration of printing plates factories in Hong Kong and Taiwan, some advanced coating methods (such as spraying, electrostatic spraying, dip coating, etc.) have also been introduced to mainland China, and the application and promotion of photoimaging resist plating inks A great promotion.