1994-95
SQP: Founder of Dutch company Klingelnberg-Klauss Electronics B.V., Mr.Jeroen Charmant, established a PCB service centre in the Slovak Republic. New company‘s designated CEO is Mr.Peter Hric.
CAD/CAM service, Film plotting with Laser raster photo plotter and Electrical test fixture preparations are provided for various local PCB manufacturers as highly advanced technologies.
World state: Over 900 PCB manufacturers are within Europe. China is not a player in PCB business yet. In this time the Internet was non-existent.
1998-99
SQP: Multilayer Printed Circuit Board Production is initiated.
2002-03
SQP: Multilayer production, ENIG surface and flying probe electrical testing becomes the standard.
Online resources planning and communication system (ERP) is programmed and applied.
World state: At this stage the dot-com bubble just crashed, only 350 PCB manufacturers remain in Europe.
China is importing PCBs into Europe and gradually climbs the market.
2008-09
SQP: Company premises are completed in construction housing a team of 30 driven experienced employees.
Company is debt free and running healthily despite world crisis.
2011-14
SQP: New technologies are utilized: UCAM Software for data processing
Optical in-layer registration in drilling process
Automatic Optical Inspection
Controlled Impedance...
2017-19
SQP: Laser Direct Imaging from Orbotech is introduced and accordingly SQP starts to produce PCBs with 100
micrometer technology. As well, company starts Filled / Over plated / Holes - technology.
World state: Globalisation is at its peak, China is dominantly ruling PCB world with over 1480 manufacturers.
Number of PCB manufacturers deteriorated to only 170 PCB in Europe.
2020-Present
SQP: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 certification are acquired.
World state: Globalisation is breaking down, disrupted supply chain, Conflict with Russia, risk of Chinese invassion
of Taiwan, CCP policy and global economic recession.
Global PCB suppliers have a well established position in European market.
Europe needs to backtrack its own strategic manufacturing capabilities in order to become more selfsufficient.
Future
It is a part of our narrative to follow the vision of a greater European PCB self sufficiency.
