Market & Strategy

The PCB world market

The global production volume of printed circuit boards was around USD 78.6 billion in 2022 (2021: around USD 77.4 billion) - a moderate increase of 1.5 percent*. Current forecasts assume annual growth rates in the mid-single-digit range until 2027. 

For SCHWEIZER, the automotive sector was again the largest customer group in 2022, with a 67 percent share of sales (2021: 71 percent). The positive trend for SCHWEIZER of the increasing share of electronics in passenger cars will continue in the future.

*Source: ZVEI (Nov. 2022), SCHWEIZER
 

SCHWEIZER Value Chain

Our core business is the production of PCBs, manufactured according to customer specifications and requirements. SCHWEIZER supports the entire product life cycle, from the prototype stage to mass production. The provision of a comprehensive range is essential to the company's strengthening of its market position. For this reason, the company's portfolio extends beyond the mere manufacture of products to include services that provide the customer with extensive support and advice.

 

Together with its partner Infineon Technologies AG, SCHWEIZER plans to jointly tap the chip embedding market in future.

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Division Systems

The set-up of the new division Systems is the logical consequence of increasing customer requirements, experience, know-how and our new solution possibilities for Embedding-Technologies (Technologies for integrating active components into a PCB).

A comprehensive solution-portfolio and excellent production skills enable SCHWEIZER to increase the added value and thus to improve the performance of systems. Customers benefit from system solutions with regards to tailored form factors, improved electrical- and thermal performance, the possibility of active IP protection and increased reliability. All these advantages are targeted at further reducing the system’s cost.

 

Particularly in the automotive industry, for applications in the field of electric motors, there is an increasing demand for such solutions. The same applies to high power applications, which are increasingly in demand in the target market Industry. Target applications primarily include converters and inverters as well as drive controls for electric motors. To complete its product range, SCHWEIZER is also working with manufacturers of semiconductors and electric motors as well as with a number of technical institutes.

Division Electronic

The division Electronic continues to focus on the development, production and sale of high-quality PCBs. Its commanding position as a leading manufacturer of printed circuit boards and provider of innovative solutions and services for automotive, solar, industry and aviation electronics is ideal foundation for stability and future growth.

This division possesses recognised core competencies, has gradually established an excellent customer base and is synonymous with the SCHWEIZER brand. For more than 165 years, customers have been benefiting from the company's quality, reliability and advisory skills.

In Schramberg, the company has created a technology site in which a high level of development expertise goes hand in hand with rapid and flexible production. While the R&D division forms the basis for the company's innovations, the size and capacity of the production facilities enable rapid and flexible processing of small to medium output volumes, which constitutes the best possible utilisation of this location's capacities. SCHWEIZER is able to put innovations into series production at a very swift rate, and has thus established itself as a first-choice supplier for a multitude of customers.

 

SCHWEIZER entered into a partnership with MEIKO in order to support the entire product life cycle and to be able to offer solutions to customers requiring high delivery volumes. With MEIKO, SCHWEIZER has joined forces with a competent, owner-operated company, which not only assumes responsibility for the manufacture of high-volume PCB orders, but also has technology plants in Japan covering a range of key innovations.

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