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Inside PCBAA's Fight for American Circuit Board Manufacturing

OnTrack · 30 Jul 2025 · 38m · Episode 305

What this episode covers

David Schild, Executive Director of the Printed Circuit Board Association of America (PCBAA), discusses the organization's advocacy for H.R. 3597, the Protecting Circuit Boards and Substrates Act, to secure tax incentives for domestic PCB manufacturing. He highlights the critical workforce shortage, the decline of US PCB production from 30% to 4% of global output, and the strategic importance of supply chain resilience for defense OEMs like RTX (Raytheon) and commercial sectors. Schild explains how PCBAA is educating lawmakers and leveraging partnerships with states like Arizona and New York to reverse the offshoring trend driven by foreign government subsidies.

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Companies
PCBAA, RTX, Raytheon, Intel, SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Denka, Camden Copper, Hewlett Packard, Ford, IPC, PCEA, Altium, TTM
Products
Starlink
Also
H.R. 3597, Chips and Science Act, Chip War, Chris Miller

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