To find a suitable printed circuit board manufacturer is not that easy. Especially because these manufacturers are mostly found in Asia whereby China is by far the largest producer of printed circuit boards in the world.
Manufacturing a printed circuit board is not that easy. The steps in a pcb fabrication process are steps which can not be corrected and mistakes are very likely hard to find. Mostly when a pcb board is not working it shows up when the consumer starts to find out his device is not working the way it should.
Therefore those steps in the production process are so important. And therefore finding a suitable printed circuit board manufacturer is one of the most important steps a company needs to make when they need a printed circuit board.
One of the most common problems in the production of printed circuit boards in China is the communication problem. Chinese do not have the level of English which is needed to communicate and their culture is also much different as the culture in the west. Therefore it is a big value to have a local westerner living in China and able to guide the production of a printed circuit board to eliminate most of the problems in the production of a printed circuit board.
Rod Thomas is such a foreign pcb expert living in China. With over 20 years experience in producing a printed circuit board and he has build up a large network of suppliers and his knowledge of manufacturing pcb boards is enormous.
A big value for western companies in need of a proper pcb board.