ALLPCB bills themselves right on their homepage as “World’s Fastest PCB Manufacturing”, and they express that the quality is “A-grade Military Material”. Their factory is located in Guangde, about 200km outside of Shanghai and no where near Shenzhen, which seems unique with so many other fabs and EMS just north of Hong Kong. ALLPCB claim to have independently developed their PCB quotation engine and the backend CRM system, while investing in top-of-the-line production and testing equipment, and hopefully this ALLPCB PCB Prototype Service Review will see if that makes a difference. Crucially, they publish four bold promises on their About Us [...]

For the launch of Manufacturing Reports, I chose to focus on a single type of manufacturing service, rigid printed circuit board fabrication. There are a lot of manufacturers and services out there, so as the site grows, I’d like to evaluate the ones important to you, the reader. If there is a fab that you prefer to work with that you would like reviewed, please fill out the form below and I’ll add them to the list of potential service providers for review.

If you’re a manufacturer that would like to submit your own company for review, you are absolutely welcome to do so. Please note that Manufacturing Reports does not accept compensation of any kind [...]

I’ve used them for production runs in the past and had good boards spun, so I was hoping to have the same experience sending out the Test Coupon for this Elecrow PCB Review. They are another PCB Manufacturer and EMS located in Shenzhen, so competition for quality and cost is fierce.

Elecrow is at the higher end of the low cost offshore manufacturing spectrum, with a final cost of $35.43. for 10 copies of the Manufacturing Reports Test Coupon. That broke down to $2.09/unit with an additional $20.07 for expedited DHL shipping. There were no additional fees or markups for either the payment processing or [...]

This ShenZhen2U PCB Review focuses on another low cost PCB manufacturing and electronics assembly firm located in China. Their website isn’t the most sophisticated however they offer quite a wide variety of fabrication options under both their standard and premium PCB services.

As a budget PCB fab, I expected my final cost with ShenZhen2U to be on the very affordable side and I wasn’t disappointed when the final price was $9.90/10 copies of the Manufacturing Reports Test Coupon. DHL shipping was an additional $25.53 for an order total of $35.43.

There were no extra shipping or bank fees tacked onto the order, and payment was processed through [...]