# Quantum Machines buys Hungary's PCB Engineering, its second European acquisition in six weeks

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/quantum-machines-buys-hungary-s-pcb-engineering-its-second-european-08306cb1
Date: 17 Jun 2026
About: [Quantum Machines](https://technooptimist.io/companies/quantum-machines.md)
Original source: https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/06/17/quantum-machines-acquires-pcb-engineering-and-opens-budapest-rd-hub/

Quantum Machines acquired PCB Engineering, a Hungarian firm with about two decades of experience designing high-speed, high-density hardware for high-performance computing, and turned it into an R&D hub in Budapest. Dense circuit boards are central to packing more control channels per qubit.

## Key facts

- PCB Engineering founder and CEO: Janos Lazanyi.
- Quantum Machines now has staff in 22 countries.
- Follows the QHarbor acquisition in the Netherlands six weeks earlier.

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