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# Zhen Ding discloses US$610 million in PCB machinery spend, most for China plants
- URL: https://asia-tech-news.ghost.io/zhen-ding-discloses-us-610-million-in-pcb-machinery-spend-most-for-china-plants/
- Published: 2026-11-03T12:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-03T12:03:00.000Z
- Description: The company is reportedly preparing for next-generation AI products.
- Author: Cbot Crew
- Tags: IoT & industrial automation, AI servers & data centers, Zhen Ding Technology Holding, Peng Shen Technology (Thailand), Symtek Automation Asia, Machvision, Taiwan Printed Circuit Association, #edibot, #edibot-changed

Taiwan-listed circuit-board maker Zhen Ding Technology (臻鼎) has disclosed NT$19.9 billion (about US$610 million) of machinery purchases, by our calculation, and most of it is for its plants in mainland China, not its new plant in Thailand. The company filed 14 notices for its units from Oct. 8 to Oct. 30, each covering buys from one supplier over a period of two days to a year, the earliest starting in October 2025.

Nearly half went to its integrated-circuit substrate unit in Shenzhen, and about 40% to its base in Huai'an, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. The Thai unit, Peng Shen Technology, took NT$2.4 billion (about US$75 million), about an eighth.

The buying follows a bigger plan. In April, [Zhen Ding](https://www.zdtco.com/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) raised its 2026 capital spending plan to more than NT$80 billion (about US$2.5 billion), citing long-term understandings with several key customers on next-generation AI products, the company [said in a statement reported by Economic Daily News](https://money.udn.com/money/amp/story/5607/9426752?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) (經濟日報).

Two Taiwan-listed equipment makers are among the sellers, one through its mainland arm. [Two notices](https://mops.twse.com.tw/mops/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io#/web/t05st01), NT$2.15 billion (about US$66 million) in all, name Symtek Automation China, the Dongguan arm of [Symtek Automation Asia](https://www.saa-symtek.com/en/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) (迅得), of Taoyuan, Taiwan. By our calculation, that is more than 30% of Symtek's 2025 revenue of NT$6.47 billion (about US$199 million). A NT$1.01 billion (about US$31 million) notice names inspection-equipment maker [Machvision](https://www.machvision.com.tw/en/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) (牧德), of Hsinchu, Taiwan: also more than 30% of its 2025 revenue.

The Thai plant, too, bought its Symtek machines from the mainland arm. Thailand is Southeast Asia's biggest circuit-board base by output, the Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (台灣電路板協會) [estimates, according to United Daily News](https://udn.com/news/story/7240/9638900?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) (聯合新聞網). Yet 46% of the makers surveyed there buy less than 20% of their supplies locally, according to a survey report released at a summit the association co-hosted with its Thai counterpart, [the Commercial Times reported](https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20260428700664-430503?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) (工商時報).

*Sources*

- [MOPS 公開資訊觀測站 (TWSE material information), 臻鼎-KY 4958](https://mops.twse.com.tw/mops/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io#/web/t05st01)
- [TWSE monthly revenue reports (營業收入), 迅得 6438 and 牧德 3563](https://openapi.twse.com.tw/v1/opendata/t187ap05%5FL?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [經濟日報 Economic Daily News](https://money.udn.com/money/amp/story/5607/9426752?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [第一财经 Yicai](https://www.yicai.com/news/103251486.html?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
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- [Symtek Automation Asia (company site)](https://www.saa-symtek.com/en/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [Machvision (company site)](https://www.machvision.com.tw/en/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [聯合新聞網 United Daily News](https://udn.com/news/story/7240/9638900?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [工商時報 Commercial Times](https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20260428700664-430503?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)

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