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Security of supply for PCBs: why vertical integration is becoming more important
When input materials become scarce, the structure of a supply chain comes more sharply into focus. Who controls the glass fabric supply? Where are laminates manufactured? How are available volumes distributed among customers? Vertical integration can make coordination between such manufacturing stages easier. Whether this results in an advantage for a particular PCB project depends, however, on which materials and capacities are actually accessible.
Read →Dual sourcing alone is not enough: why input materials have to be part of the picture
Two PCB suppliers can make supply more flexible. They do not, however, automatically create two independent material chains. If both purchase the same lami...
Read →HVLP4 copper foil: why AI hardware places new demands on PCB input materials
In fast electrical connections, the copper surface influences how well a signal reaches its destination. This is becoming increasingly relevant in high-per...
Read →Copper foil under pressure: can production keep pace with AI demand?
A new production line does not increase the available supply volume immediately. With demanding copper foils in particular, there are several steps between...
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Quality is no accident: how LEXINGTON® makes process capability measurable
Statistical process control and CpK assessment, using a press-fit hole as the example. Author: Abbas Ashkan | LEXINGTON®
Read →PCB procurement 2027: why early material planning is becoming more important
Anyone planning PCBs for 2027 has to deal with different market scenarios. The Lexington documents from the summer and September 2026 describe continuing p...
Read →It is not the PCB that runs short first: the bottleneck begins with the input material
A PCB manufacturer can have free production time and still be unable to start an order on time. The reason may then lie with the right laminate, a prepreg...
Read →When AI competes for the same materials as automotive
A vehicle control unit and an AI server perform different tasks. In their manufacture, they can nevertheless depend on related input materials and shared p...
Read →The underestimated cost drivers of a PCB
When the price of a PCB rises, attention often turns to copper first. The raw material is visible and its price development is regularly discussed. The pri...
Read →Electronic glass fabric is becoming a bottleneck: why the input material for PCBs is growing scarce
Glass is an everyday material. This easily gives the impression that the glass reinforcement of a PCB must also be available at any time. Electronic glass...
Read →AI is changing the PCB market – why the data centre boom is reaching other industries
Anyone procuring PCBs for an industrial control system does not automatically think of AI data centres. Nevertheless, both applications can be affected by...
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EFX 2026 in Stuttgart: find us in hall 9, stand C29
Electronics manufacturing has a trade fair of its own again: EFX runs in Stuttgart for the first time from 6 to 8 October 2026. We are exhibiting — hall 9,...
Read →Why electronic glass fabric affects the entire PCB supply chain
The squeeze starts with an input that appears on no bill of materials: the glass fabric inside the base material. What is behind it, why it will not pass q...
Read →LEXINGTON® in the spotlight of Leuze Verlag | Six Sigma PCBs
LEXINGTON® is featured on the Leuze Verlag reference page and on the cover of the latest PLUS magazine — with our Six Sigma quality philosophy and the PCB...
Read →Ceramic PCBs in demanding applications: when they are the right choice
Ceramic PCBs offer high temperature resistance, excellent heat dissipation and reliability in difficult conditions. The real question is not whether cerami...
Read →LEXINGTON® on the cover of PLUS magazine — ceramic technology in focus
The March issue of PLUS carries LEXINGTON® on its cover. The subject is the ceramic PCB — and the question of when it is technically needed and when FR-4 r...
Read →Ceramic PCBs: redefining the limits of performance
Conventional base materials like FR-4 are reaching their limits. High-performance applications in e-mobility, 5G, aerospace and industry increasingly turn...
Read →Electronics that move things: what sets an automotive PCB apart
PCBs sit in a vehicle in sensors, the powertrain, lighting and infotainment. What separates such a board from an industrial one is written less into the st...
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