Kingboard Holdings is a major Chinese manufacturer of copper-clad laminates (CCL) and printed circuit boards. The ability to push through 10-15% price hikes demonstrates strong pricing power driven by relentless AI infrastructure demand.
Kingboard is raising E glass prices 15% this week as CCL material shortages deepen, giving the leading mainland CCL maker immediate pricing power with customers already accepting hikes.
Kingboard is the upstream CCL price-setter; its 15% E glass hike signals structural pricing power as AI server demand overwhelms supply across the chain.