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Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Following marginal growth of 1.0% YoY in 2022, the global PCB market declined by 15% YoY in 2023 to US$69.5bn, due to subdued demand across end markets and the digestion of excess inventory.</li><li>The quarterly revenue of the top 40 PCB suppliers fell YoY consecutively in 2023, but managed to grow QoQ in 3Q/4Q, suggesting the industry is bottoming out gradually.</li><li>For 2024, we expect the PCB sector to have a modest recovery, following its emergence from the trough in 2H23. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Following marginal growth of 1.0% YoY in 2022, the global PCB market declined by 15% YoY in 2023 to US$69.5bn, due to subdued demand across end markets and the digestion of excess inventory.The quarterly revenue of the top 40 PCB suppliers fell YoY consecutively in 2023, but managed to grow QoQ in 3Q/4Q, suggesting the industry is bottoming out gradually.For 2024, we expect the PCB sector to have a modest recovery, following its emergence from the trough in 2H23. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China PCB Sector - Modest Growth in Global PCB Sales

Japan

SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. designs, manufactures, and markets advanced electronic materials, such as semiconductor packages, including leadframes, and PLP(Plastics Laminated Packages).  The Company markets its products worldwide through a network of sales offices in such places as the Philippines, Germany, and Hong Kong.

Shinko Electric Industries (6967 JP)

China PCB Sector - Modest Growth in Global PCB Sales

Following marginal growth of 1.0% YoY in 2022, the global PCB market declined by 15% YoY in 2023 to US$69.5bn, due to subdued demand across end...

CMB International