Consumer electronics and communications development will drive FPC flexible circuit board demand

The development of China's consumer electronics and communications industry chain is the basis for China's FPC flexible circuit board demand. The thin and light demand for mobile phones and tablets has boosted the market for FPC. FPC is a flexible printed circuit board. In the intelligent, light and thin evolution of mobile electronic products, FPC is widely used due to its high density, light weight, thin thickness, bending resistance, flexible structure and high temperature resistance. With the application structure of PCB products, there have been corresponding changes. The proportion of flexible circuit boards, HDI boards and package substrates with higher technical content has gradually increased, and the proportion of flexible circuit boards has increased to 17% in 2016.

FPC flexible circuit board application

  LEAPPCB's main product FPC is the most promising segment in printed circuit boards. The global output value exceeds 10 billion US dollars. Most consumer electronic products use FPC flexible circuit boards or soft and hard boards to drive the market demand for flexible circuit boards. The driving force is mainly due to the development of miniaturization, thinning and intelligentization of consumer electronics. However, with the application development and gradual promotion of 5G technology, the domestic electronic information industry will bring a new round of innovation cycle and new growth momentum, and promote the further upgrading of the industrial chain in related fields.

    There is a clear gap between domestic FPC companies and foreign manufacturers. However, in the eyes of industry insiders, with the rapid development of domestic mobile phone brands such as Huawei, OPPO and VIVO in recent years, domestic FPC manufacturers have adopted their own technological innovation, production process transformation and capacity upgrade, technology. The gap between the level and the scale of production and foreign-funded enterprises is shrinking. For example, at least 20 FPCs are needed in the new Apple mobile phone, and the flat products will be further thinner and lighter, which will increase the demand for FPC products. At the same time, domestic leading brands such as Huawei, OPPO, and vivo will also increase the amount of FPC. The FPC flexible circuit board market in China has grown to 31.6 billion yuan. It is estimated that by 2021, China's FPC market is expected to reach 51.6 billion yuan, with a compound growth rate of 10%.