Major Copper-Clad Laminate Manufacturer Announces Price Hike!

March 27, 2026

According to PCB Information Network, on March 10, the copper-clad laminate giant Kingboard Group issued a price increase notice, a move that quickly drew high attention across the electronics industry supply chain. The notice stated that due to the impact of the Middle East situation, prices of chemical products such as epoxy resin, natural gas, and TBBA have surged sharply with tight supply. Coupled with copper prices remaining at high levels for an extended period, the resulting cost pressures from the sharp rise in copper-clad laminate raw materials and processing costs have led the company to implement a synchronized price increase of 10% for all thickness specifications of its products, including laminates, PP (prepreg), and copper foil processing fees, effective for orders placed from that day onward.

As a global leader in the copper-clad laminate industry, Kingboard Group’s price increase will have a direct impact on cost transmission throughout the PCB (printed circuit board) industry chain. Industry analysts believe that the combination of raw material price fluctuations and geopolitical risks is driving the electronic substrate industry into a new round of price adjustment cycles, and downstream electronics manufacturers may face increasing cost pressures.

As the core substrate material for PCBs, price fluctuations of copper-clad laminate directly transmit to end applications such as consumer electronics and communication equipment. Kingboard’s price increase is not only a release of the company’s own cost pressures but is also seen as a landmark signal of mounting pressures at the upstream of the industry. Market expectations are that this may trigger other copper-clad laminate manufacturers to follow suit, further intensifying cost pressures across the industry chain.