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Focus on PCB - 2024
Focus on PCB is the only European B2B event dedicated to the world of PCB and PCBA. An unmissable opportunity for all the PCB-PCBA stakeholders to share ideas and know-how. The entire Printed Circuit Board supply chain – from designers to end-users, can finally meet up and gain valuable insights into the latest developments, as well as share their values and views. A premium suite of conferences and forums with key industry players and experts will delve deep into the features and potential of this rapidly expanding market.
The demand for PCBs is indeed growing steadily, fuelled by widespread digitalization in several fields: from medical, to aerospace, from automotive, to renewable energy, to mention but a few.
Focus on PCB will allow PCB users to meet and gain an overview of the international producers and assemblers, while technicians and designers, who are constantly on the lookout for innovative solutions, will boost their expertise thanks to the rich programme of workshops and conferences.
Do you design or build products that require printed circuit boards? Are you part of the PCB-PCBA supply chain? Focus on PCB is the event for you!
The purpose of the organizers is to create, for the first time in Italy, an annual event in a large exhibition area where the professionals can come into contact with the national business community of the PCB-PCBA field.
Conference rooms will host several high-level seminaries and workshops which will give to technicians and designers the opportunity to increase their knowledge and learn the new developments and trends offered by the PCB-PCBA industry.
Gruppo PCB was founded in 2019 as part of Assodel, which represent 50% of electronic components in Italy, by the will of the Direction of the Association and the current head of Gruppo PCB, Luca Giovelli, Fineline Italy CEO.
Gruppo PCB currently includes 20 associated companies and over 30 which are participants in the activities, including Italian manufacturers and companies with Italian infrastructures and delocalized production systems.
The aim of Gruppo PCB is to put together all the local realities that are active in the printed circuit boards market, since each of them has special characteristics. It also aims to create a table around which various players in PCB-PCBA sector can sit and give birth to a cohesive network, acting together and communicating the values of their products in the market.
NürnbergMesse Italia has been on the Italian market since 2009 as Italian headquarter of NürnbergMesse Group, one of the 15 largest exhibition companies in the world. It includes NürnbergMesse GmbH and that company’s 15 subsidiaries and affiliates. The Group employs more than 1,000 people at eleven locations in Germany, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Greece, Austria and the USA. It also has a network of international representatives in more than 100 countries. Its portfolio comprises some 120 national and international exhibitions and conferences held in person and as digital events, focusing on five general fields: Retail & Consumer Goods, Building & Construction, Process Technology, Electronics & Security, and Social & Public. Its events safeguard jobs; generate tax revenues as well as billions of euros in purchasing power effects each year, making NürnbergMesse a major economic engine for the Nuremberg metropolitan region and Germany as a whole. As an employer and organizer of major events, NürnbergMesse assumes responsibility for people and the environment. It shapes its corporate actions in accordance with the 17 UN SDGs with the aim of achieving climate neutrality in energy supply by 2028.
Focus on PCB will be held in Pavilion 1 of Vicenza Expo Centre, a modern ground that was upgraded in 2014. It covers an usable area of 80.000 sqm and include conference rooms, refreshment facilities, press and meeting rooms as well as a 8-level multi-store car park.
Five Good Reasons to Exhibit at Focus On PCB
Here are five good reasons to exhibit at Focus on PCB. Contact us for further information on participation opportunities!
1. Uniqueness
Focus on PCB is the only showcase in Europe for the printed circuit board industry, from design to assembly.
2. Business
Due to its nature as a strongly vertical event, thanks to NürnbergMesse Italia’s extensive research strategy and the network of contacts gained by NürnbergMesse with its experience in the organization of international fairs, Focus on PCB has guaranteed the presence of high quality visitors since its first edition.
3. Networking
Focus on PCB is an unmissable is an unmissable meeting and discussion opportunity for all the stakeholders of the PCB supply chain.
4. Training
Focus on PCB hosts a rich program of conferences and workshops with international professionals who discuss current issues and technical updates for the printed circuit board industry.
5. Organizer
Focus on PCB is organized by NürnbergMesse Italia, part of NürnbergMesse Group, synonymous of professionalism, quality and expertise in different sectors and also organizer of embedded world in Nuremberg. The event is supported by Gruppo PCB Assodel and sponsored by ANIE Componenti Elettronici. The experience of the exhibition group and the importance of the two associations guarantee the presence of major players in the industrial and manufacturing sectors.
Printed circuit boards are the bases of every electronic product and have to be designed, engineered and manufactured as perfect as possible. The PCB-PCBA market has been growing steadily in the last few years: 2,1% from 2000 to 2019 with a 4,3% forecasted grow by 2024.
Focus on PCB aims to bring together demand and supply, to communicate the value of PCB-PCBA and support user companies in finding the best possible solution to their needs.
At Focus on PCB you will have the chance to meet technicians, R&D managers and buyers from all the industries that install printed circuit boards, in particular:
- Medical
- Aerospace and Military
- Automotive
- Railway
- Industrial Sector
- Renewable energy and environmental systems
- Telecommunication and datacom
- Lighting
- Appliances and home automation
- Air conditioners and refrigerators
- Vending machines
- Video surveillance
Focus on PCB is the only Italian event focusing on Printed Circuit Boards. Launched by Gruppo PCB Assodel in collaboration with NürnbergMesse Italia, the event is specially and exclusively designed for professionals operating in the sector. The trade show offers a large exhibition area and a programme of conferences with top-notch speakers sharing their valuable insights into technical aspects, latest developments and future trends in the entire PCB supply chain, “from design to assembly”.
Focus on PCB offers an across-the-board panorama of sectors:
- PCB manufacturers and distributors
- Companies that process under contract
- Material suppliers for PCB
- Service provider companies
- Service and/or tools for design
- PCB and PCBA accounting companies and institutions
- PCB and PCBA design studios
- PCB and PCBA testing and analysis laboratories
The full list of the Focus on PCB 2023 exhibitors is available here.
The suite of conferences will be a great opportunity for technicians, designers and anyone interested in learning about the latest developments and gaining a deeper insight into the covered topics.
Focus on PCB will be held at Vicenza Expo Centre from the 15th of May (9:00am – 6:00pm) to the 17th of May (9:00am – 6:00pm) 2024.