Mission.

PCBAA is invested in the issues that affect its members and works to improve the business conditions under which PCB manufacturers and suppliers can thrive. Using targeted forms of advocacy across Congress, the Department of Defense and other areas of government, PCBAA seeks to achieve the following:

1. Support the Domestic Production of PCBs

As the association of U.S. domestic printed circuit board manufacturers, PCBAA helps shape policies that will drive the domestic production of PCBs. For too long, foreign subsidies have led to artificially low prices on PCBs produced abroad. At the same time, U.S. producers hold incredible potential and are poised to excel in the years ahead. PCBAA seeks to level the playing field for producers that choose to manufacture PCBs in the United States and for purchasers ro chose to bolster their supply chain sustainability by purchasing domestically manufactured PCBs.

2. Enhance Domestic Supply Chain Security

​PCBAA recognizes the myriad supply chain vulnerabilities associated with PCB manufactured overseas. Without robust and secure domestic supply chains, U.S. production of electronics for critical systems related to commercial needs as well as national security is not sustainable.    Our goal is to create a legislative environment and policy framework that enhances our members’ ability to compete globally.

3. Advocate for Initiatives that Create Fair Market Conditions

PCBAA seeks to create and support policies that will encourage fair market conditions for U.S. PCB microelectronics producers. America's continued reliance on overseas manufacturing for PCBs has arisen out of unfair market dynamics: Foreign governments continue to subsidize PCB companies, flooding the market with excess capacity and artificially low prices, creating unfair market conditions in which U.S. companies have little to no chance of competing. This needs to change to allow American microelectronics manufacturing to flourish. PCBAA is leading efforts in Washington to educate, advocate and legislate the re-shoring this critical technology. 

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