Jiangsu Jujie Microfiber Technology

A recent in-depth supply chain survey by Cailian Press found that surging AI server demand combined with tight industry capacity is intensifying the supply crunch for upstream PCB base materials, electronic yarn and electronic fabric. High-end electronic yarn remains extremely hard to source, and some manufacturers are shifting capacity toward high-margin categories such as ultra-thin fabric, extremely thin fabric, and specialty fabric, causing spot shortages and price increases even for ordinary electronic fabric. In the first half of this year, the electronic fabric industry completed five rounds of price increases. Thick fabric prices have now doubled from the end of last year. Data from Zhuochuang Information show that in August, the mainstream market average price of domestic G75 electronic yarn rose to 19,700 to 20,000 yuan per tonne, up nearly 53 percent from the end of May. The mainstream transaction price of traditional 7628 electronic fabric rose to 10 to 10.2 yuan per metre, a month-on-month increase of 17 to 18 percent. Cumulative gains this year for thin and ultra-thin fabrics such as 2116 and 1080 have exceeded 140 percent. Liu Yang, an analyst at Zhuochuang Information, said that under the siphon effect of AI demand, leading companies are proactively cutting conventional 7628 electronic fabric capacity and shifting to thin fabric and low-dielectric high-frequency specialty fabric, creating a situation where the supply-demand gap for conventional fabric is widening while high-end specialty fabric is severely out of stock. The industry is currently in a state of almost zero inventory. In response, listed companies including China Jushi, Sinoma Science and Technology, CPIC, Jujie Microfiber, and Goldenmax International Technology are accelerating capacity deployment. Quartz fiber electronic fabric, known as Q fabric, which suits high-frequency and high-speed application scenarios, is the main deployment direction. Among them, Feilihua is expected to achieve sales revenue of 150 million yuan from quartz electronic fabric in the first half of this year, and Honghe Technology's Q fabric has passed downstream customer certification and already has small-volume sales. Many interviewees believe that as the AI computing infrastructure wave continues, short-term supply of PCB upstream base materials such as electronic yarn and electronic fabric will remain tight. Because new capacity takes a long time to come online, combined with cost support and downstream demand resonance, product prices are expected to rise further.