Thanks Dwight... What sort of volume are you seeing? Do you have any break points like 1000, 5,000, 10,000, 100,000 etc... ? I would be interested in having some sort of average price curve that would help in estimating and budgeting for a project... something that represented various price/vs./volume points along the curve that would help in planning... Also lower volume like 100 200 500 from domestic suppliers would be useful. Relating that to price per sq inch per layer for example would make it easier to plan the cost of the project based upon the number of boards in it and how many assembled and tested product units we think we will sell. Best regards, Bill Brooks PCB Design Engineer, C.I.D.+ Tel: (760)597-1500 Fax: (760)597-1510 Datron World Communications, Inc. Vista, California -----Original Message----- From: Dwight Mattix [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 10:35 AM To: TechNet E-Mail Forum; Brooks,Bill; [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Price Per Square inch for production boards At 10:12 AM 1/24/2007, Brooks,Bill wrote: >Thanks Joe... > >So are you saying that a 8X10 inch 4 layer board would be 320 square inches >times .015 dollars? That would be $4.80-USD per board... that's in the ballpark for volume offshore pricing I see regularly. >Hmmm... are we are paying too much?... depends on your volume, leadtime and where you're sourcing it >or are the numbers used in the >calculation in need of some adjustment? maybe yes. maybe no >:) > > >Bill Brooks >PCB Design Engineer, C.I.D.+ >Tel: (760)597-1500 Fax: (760)597-1510 >Datron World Communications, Inc. >Vista, California > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Joe Fjelstad [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 6:26 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [TN] Price Per Square inch for production boards > >There can never be any really hard numbers Bill, because variables are many > >and the devil is always in the details. > >That aside, 1.5 cents per layer square inch is a number that has popped up >often in the past. > >With that as a ranging round, we might see some more accurate rounds lobbed > >in landing a bit closer to the target.... ;-) > >Kind regards, >Joe > > > >--------------------------------------------------- >Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e >To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet >To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) >To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest >Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives >Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 >for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or >847-615-7100 ext.2815 >----------------------------------------------------- > >--------------------------------------------------- >Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e >To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet >To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) >To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest >Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives >Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 >for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or >847-615-7100 ext.2815 >----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------