CMK to Transfer Domestic PCB Production to SE Asia

Tokyo, Japan�According to published reports, Japanese PCB maker CMK Corp. will consolidate its PWB business by the end of next year, reducing the company's manufacturing costs by 300 million yen. CMK will maintain its global PCB capacity of 1.1 million sq. meters per month; however, it will move its PCB manufacturing to facilities in Malaysia and Indonesia. CMK will reduce PCB production at its Niigata Prefecture facility by half, to 200,000 sq. meters a month, and stop all production at its joint venture with Sumitomo Bakelite Co. in Singapore.