Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.

CircuiTree, March, 2001 by Gold, Steve

By controlling its supply base, expanding into China, and increasing its high-layer count production, Nan Ya PCB aims to become a global Top Five PCB manufacturer by 2005.

While in Taiwan, a friend told me that the Chinese have an old saying (loosely translated): Stand on the shoulders of people who come before you and you can see farther. Nan Ya illustrates this adage well. By standing on the shoulders of American and Japanese high-volume manufacturers, it has become a giant itself. Even its roots--fifteen Taiwanese engineers sent to Hewlett Packard's Sunnyvale plant--tell you that Nan Ya PCB Corporation has grown by learning its lessons well.

In 1999, Nan Ya earned $360 million in revenues. A year later, company leaders estimated total revenues of...

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