As reported by Reuters , the ongoing Iran war has disrupted supplies of a critical raw material used in printed circuit boards PCBs, the backbone of almost every electronic device you own, from your iPhone to AI servers. The trouble started in early April when Iran struck Saudi Arabia’s Jubail petrochemical complex, halting production of high purity PPE resin, a key ingredient used in the manufacture of PCB laminates. SABIC, which produces around 70% of the world’s supply of this...
