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This is exactly why the West needs to reindustrialize! Oleksandr Yakovenko and TAF Drones make some of the best-performing drones in the world — they need to buy the world’s best parts to make this happen, so they’ve bought over $1B worth of Chinese components in the past 18 months. In China, an FPV electronics stack (PCB + SMT) can easily be prototyped in a day. In the West, it takes 2–3 weeks. In China, 4 mil trace spacing is common. In the West, Neros is stuck at 8 mil if we want to hit cost targets. Based on this example, Chinese electronics are 10–15× faster to prototype on half the process size (smaller is better for electronics). No wonder Chinese parts perform better. How do we fix this? The same way China made this possible in the first place: by building things at scale domestically. JLCPCB didn’t happen just because labor rates are low or the CCP poured money in; JLCPCB happened because they reached the scale to afford automation and drive efficiency. Neros is doing our part to bring the ecosystem back to the USA by aggressively building production capacity in the States and—despite very strong opposing market forces—doing 100% of our PCB and PCBA manufacturing right here in the USA. We can’t do this alone. Other companies must join us in domestic manufacturing. Want to help reindustrialize? Join us: www.Neros.tech/careers
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Who is the real beneficiary of the war in Ukraine? Not the Western military-industrial complex. The biggest winner is China’s tech industry. Over the past 18 months, our company alone has spent more than $1 billion on components from Chinese contractors. And this is not an exception but the rule: hundreds of Ukrainian drone, electronics, and defense tech producers are essentially pouring Western billions into the Chinese economy every single day. The growth rates are astronomical. They are adaptive, fast, flexible — and ready to supply the world with anything, from microchips to advanced sensors. And here’s the interesting part — we simply don’t have a choice. If we want to fight effectively, we have to work with China. Because right now, that’s where the largest market, the fastest growth, and the most powerful manufacturing base is. I’ll be in Shenzhen this week. If there are potential partners interested in meeting — let’s connect. As ironic as it sounds, not working with China is simply not an option.