THAILAND · PCB MANUFACTURING

Thailand rebuilt its board industry in three years.

Of the 39 printed-circuit-board plants in this directory that publish a founding year, 28 were registered in Thailand from 2022 onwards. 22 in 2023 alone. They are not all open yet, and who owns them has changed as much as how many there are.

Plants in the directory
39
Can take work today
25
Still arriving
14
Registered since 2022
72%

When they arrived

One bar per year, by the date the Thai company was registered. The quiet decades are drawn too, because the shape is the point. The lighter part of a bar is the plants from that year that are still being built or ramped.

01122198219851990199520002005201020152020222025

Who is building it

Home country of the parent company, not of the plant. Every plant here is in Thailand.

  • China2154%
  • Taiwan1026%
  • Japan38%
  • Thailand38%
  • Hong Kong25%

Where they went

Province. The eastern provinces and the estates along the Bangkok to Prachin Buri corridor took most of the wave.

  • Prachin Buri1231%
  • Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya923%
  • Chachoengsao410%
  • Pathum Thani38%
  • Rayong38%
  • Samut Sakhon38%
  • Samut Prakan25%
  • Ang Thong13%

What it means if you are buying

25 plants can quote a board today. The other 14 are worth knowing about now, because a plant that is ramping will take work sooner than you can qualify it, and a plant being built is a conversation to have before its order book fills.

The new arrivals are mostly high-layer-count and high-frequency houses following their customers out of China. That is good news if you need those boards and makes little difference if you buy four-layer FR-4, which Thailand has made well for forty years.

Every plant, oldest first

RegisteredPlantParent fromProvinceState
1982KCE ElectronicsThailandBangkokrunning
1987Elec & Eltek (Thailand)Hong KongPathum Thanirunning
1989Autech (Thailand)TaiwanChachoengsaorunning
1989Draco PCB (Chin Poon Electronics (Thailand))TaiwanPathum Thanirunning
1990Apcb Electronics (Thailand) · Victory Giant TechnologyChinaPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthayaramping up
1990Circuit IndustriesThailandSamut Sakhonrunning
1990Shye FengTaiwanSamut Sakhonrunning
1994Mektec Manufacturing (Thailand)JapanPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthayarunning
2001Apex Circuit (Thailand)TaiwanSamut Sakhonrunning
2006CMK Corporation (Thailand)JapanPrachin Burirunning
2010Fujikura Electronics (Thailand)JapanPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthayarunning
2022WUS Printed Circuit (Thailand)ChinaPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthayarunning
2023AKM Meadville Electronics (Thailand)ChinaPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthayabeing built
2023Aohong Electronics (Thailand)ChinaPrachin Burirunning
2023Compeq Technology (Thailand)TaiwanSamut Prakanrunning
2023Dynamic Technology Manufacturing (Thailand) · Dynamic ElectronicsTaiwanPrachin Burirunning
2023First Quality Circuit (Sihui Fuji Electronics)ChinaRayongrunning
2023Gold Circuit Electronics (Thailand)TaiwanPrachin Burirunning
2023Guanghe Technology (Thailand) · DeltonChinaPrachin Burirunning
2023IFOUND PCB (Thailand)ChinaPrachin Burirunning
2023Kinwong Electronic (Thailand)ChinaPrachin Burirunning
2023Multi-Fineline Electronics (Thailand) · MFLEXChinaChon Burirunning
2023Olympic Circuit (Thailand)ChinaChachoengsaoramping up
2023Peng Shen Technology (Thailand) · Zhen Ding TechTaiwanPrachin Buriramping up
2023QuanTech Circuit (Thailand)ChinaPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthayarunning
2023Shengyi Electronics (Thailand)ChinaChachoengsaobeing built
2023Shennan Circuits (Thailand)ChinaPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthayaramping up
2023STARTEAM GLOBAL (Prachinburi STARTEAM, PST)Hong KongPrachin Burirunning
2023Sundell Technology · Aoshikang (ASK PCB)ChinaPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthayaramping up
2023SYKC Circuit (Thailand)ChinaRayongrunning
2023Unimicron (Thailand)TaiwanChachoengsaoramping up
2023Unitech PCB (Thailand)TaiwanAng Thongramping up
2023Well Tek Electronics · WelgaoChinaPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthayarunning
2023WTT Electronics (Zhongfu Circuit · JOVE PCB)ChinaRayongrunning
2024Allfavor Circuit (Thailand)ChinaSamut Prakanbeing built
2024Suntak Technology (Thailand)ChinaPrachin Buribeing built
2024Taihua Electronics Technology · EllingtonChinaPrachin Buriramping up
2024Thai Kun Circuit (ManKun Technology Thailand)ChinaPrachin Buribeing built
2025Advanced Interconnection Technology (AITC) · SVI and CCTCThailandPathum Thanibeing built

Counted from 39 researched plant records. Public sources only: company announcements, exchange filings, BOI approvals and the Thai company register, each cited on the plant's own page. Figures move when the research does.