Accelerating Demands Are Driving an Industry Shift to PCB Connectors

摘要

Industry demand for smaller, lighter, thinner, more durable and more powerful electronic devices that can deliver greater functionality and interoperability, coupled with the new economic reality of tighter budgets, condensed design and development deadlines and increased price competition has resonated loudly within the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) connector industry. The result has sparked a subtle, but nonetheless significant, across-the-board shift in the current and future design of PCB connectors. Pressure on PCB connector manufacturers and designers has intensified to keep pace with demands for smaller end products with increased functionality ― PCs, for example ― that can interface with digital cameras, PDAs, digital printers and cell phones and drive down costs and strengthen production efficiencies. Companies with the flexibility to rapidly respond to these increased size, speed and cost demands will grab the greatest market share because they will anticipate, adapt and respond to shifting standards and applications to deliver a high-quality final customer product.