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Visiting a PCB plant before your first order: what to check
If your factory is in Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Derabassi, Zirakpur, Baddi or elsewhere in Punjab and Haryana, you can see our plant before you place an order. Our plant is at Barwala, District Panchkula, in the Chandigarh region, and visits are by appointment. This checklist explains how to make one visit answer the questions your purchase and quality teams will ask.
Sara Circuits team · 27 October 2026
Why visit before the first order.
A bare board looks simple, but the price, the yield on your SMT line and the consistency from lot to lot all depend on how the plant works. A visit lets you check that in an hour instead of over several trial orders.
- See who makes the boards. Every stage, from artwork to final inspection, happens at our plant in Barwala. There are no outsourced stages.
- Meet the people who check your file. The CAM team who review your Gerber and the QC team who approve every lot.
- Check the process against your product. Single-sided boards only: FR1, CEM1, CEM3, FR4 and aluminium MCPCB, 0.8 to 1.6 mm, 35 or 70 µm copper.
Before you go.
- Book a time. Call or WhatsApp +91 92549 72870 to fix an appointment.
- Check the address. Plot 233, HSIIDC Industrial Estate, Barwala, District Panchkula, Haryana 134118. This is the Barwala near Panchkula and the Chandigarh tricity, not the Barwala in Hisar district.
- Bring your boards. A sample of the board you buy today, or the Gerber files, so we can discuss your exact design on the floor.
- Bring your numbers. The boards (part numbers) you want to move, and the monthly quantity of each.
- Ask for an NDA first if you need one. We sign an NDA before files are shared, and jobs run under client IDs, never your company name.
What to look at, stage by stage.
Our process has fourteen controlled steps from CAM check to dispatch. These are the points worth seeing on a visit.
| Stage | What to check | How we work |
|---|---|---|
| CAM check | Is the file checked before the price? | Every Gerber is checked for spacing, creepage and panel layout, and panelised for minimum material waste |
| PDF approval | Do you sign off the panel before production? | You approve a PDF of the final layout before any material is cut |
| Job card | Can one lot be traced? | A job card with a unique number follows your order through every stage |
| Printing, etching, stripping | Clean, sharp tracks | The circuit is screen printed, etched and stripped in-house |
| Solder mask and legend | Mask colour and part number marking | Green, white or black mask; white or black legend |
| Profiling | Punched or routed edges | CNC routing, or punching on blanking tools; 21 ready dies for common bulb, emergency bulb, DOB, driver strip and charger sizes Ready dies |
| V-cut | Strips that snap apart cleanly | V-grooves scored for battens and strips |
| Bare board testing | Is every lot tested? | Bare board testing checks every circuit for opens and shorts |
| Final finish | Solderable pads | HASL or OSP |
| Final inspection | Who approves the lot? | Our QC department is independent of production; only boards it approves move on |
| Dispatch | Packing and labels | Packed to your specification, with the job number on every box |
Questions to ask on the visit.
- Which of my boards suit which material? (We confirm the material after reviewing your design. Material guide)
- Does my outline match a ready die, or does it need a new blanking tool?
- How will my panel be laid out, and how does that affect material use?
- What is the monthly capacity? (10,000 m² of single-sided board a month.)
- What is the minimum order? (40 m² per design. Below 40 m², regular customers only, with a ₹2,500 development charge. 40 m² in pieces)
- How is GST billed to my state? (See below.)
GST for tricity, Punjab and Haryana buyers.
We invoice from our Haryana GSTIN, 06ADWFS7015E1ZT, with HSN 8534 00 00 on each line for bare boards.
| Your factory in | Tax on our invoice |
|---|---|
| Panchkula, Ambala and the rest of Haryana | CGST + SGST |
| Chandigarh (UT) | IGST |
| Mohali, Derabassi, Zirakpur and the rest of Punjab | IGST |
| Baddi and the rest of Himachal Pradesh | IGST |
Confirm the current rate with your tax advisor. PCB HSN code and GST
After the visit: the first order.
- Send the Gerber files, material, copper thickness and quantity per design.
- Our CAM team checks the file and we send a price.
- You approve the PDF of the final panel.
- Production runs from 40 m² per design; matching sizes use our ready dies, with no tooling charge.
- Every lot is bare board tested, checked by an independent QC team and dispatched with its job number.
Cannot visit? You can still compare us from your desk: send a sample board to match, and approve the panel PDF before we cut. Sourcing without travelling
Questions? Answers.
Can I visit your PCB plant?
Yes, by appointment. Call or WhatsApp +91 92549 72870 to fix a time. The plant is at Plot 233, HSIIDC Industrial Estate, Barwala, District Panchkula, Haryana 134118.
Which Barwala is your plant in?
Barwala in District Panchkula (PIN 134118), near Panchkula and the Chandigarh tricity. It is not the Barwala in Hisar district.
Do you make the boards in-house?
Yes. All fourteen steps, from CAM check to dispatch, happen at our plant in Barwala, with no outsourced stages.
Do Chandigarh and Mohali buyers pay IGST?
Yes. We bill from our Haryana GSTIN, so buyers in Chandigarh, Punjab and Himachal are billed IGST, and buyers in Haryana CGST + SGST, under HSN 8534 00 00.
What should I bring to the visit?
A sample of the board you buy today or its Gerber files, the list of part numbers you want to move, and the monthly quantity of each.
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Send us your design.
Attach the Gerber, tell us the material and quantity, and we will come back with a price.