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Which qualifications and technical strength of PCBA manufacturers are the most important?

To review whether a PCBA manufacturer's processing ability is excellent, you can make a preliminary judgment through the qualification certification obtained by the PCBA manufacturer and the technical strength of the equipment production capacity. Below, I will analyze in detail which qualifications and technical strength of the PCBA manufacturer are the most important.

1. Basic qualification certification (ISO9001 certification, CCC certification)

PCBA manufacturers have two basic certifications, one is ISO9001 certification, ISO9001 certification is the country’s lowest basic specification requirement for the PCBA processing industry, and it is also an industry standard. Only after obtaining ISO9001 certification can the country recognize your product. ISO9001 certification Certification includes the environment, technology, and flow of product production.

The other is CCC certification. If the product category processed by PCBA falls within the scope of compulsory certification, CCC certification is also necessary for the product to be sold in the market.

ISO9001 certification and CCC certification are currently the most basic qualifications for PCBA manufacturers.

2. Strength qualification certification (ISO13485 certification, IATF16949 certification)

When the PCBA manufacturer's processing capacity reaches a certain level, it will come into contact with some special customers, such as customers in the medical, automotive, aerospace, and military industries. At this time, the PCBA processing plant needs to obtain the corresponding qualification certification. To serve customers well, for example, if you want to be in the medical industry, you need to obtain ISO13485 medical quality management certification. The automotive industry needs to obtain IATF16949 automotive electronics quality management certification.

Compared with ISO9001 and CCC certification, ISO13485 and IATF16949 have higher and stricter requirements for PCBA manufacturers, especially document control, record control, conference training, infrastructure maintenance, working environment, risk control and so on.

3. Export qualification certification (UL certification)

If PCBA manufacturers have overseas customers, they need to do a UL certification. UL certification is a product certification that allows products to be exported to the United States or Canada. If there is no PCBA manufacturer certified by UL, the product cannot be exported.

4. Technical strength (hard power: equipment production capacity)

The best embodiment of technical strength is that we can do orders that other PCBA manufacturers can't make, and we can solve problems that other PCBA manufacturers can't solve. Technical strength requires excellent equipment support, so PCBA manufacturers must be equipped with fully automatic high-speed printers, AOI optical detectors, DIP plug-in lines, ICT/FCT test lines, three-proof paint coating lines, and finished product assembly lines to meet the production requirements., Testing, and assembly requirements. At the same time, it is also necessary to equip a team of engineers to help customers solve technical problems and propose better product solutions.

5. Technical strength (soft power: service awareness)

To become an excellent PCBA manufacturer, it is not only necessary to have qualification certificates and equipment production capacity. Quick response, timely communication, long-term after-sales, customer-centric, and service awareness to help customers solve all problems are also the most important.

In summary, ISO9001 certification and CCC certification are basic certifications for PCBA manufacturers, and PCBA manufacturers that can obtain ISO13485, IATF16949, and UL certification are companies with stronger comprehensive strength. Technical strength needs to review the equipment production capacity of PCBA processing plants, the professionalism of the engineer team, and the service awareness of the docking personnel.