IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries has announced February 2011 findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.
Highlights from the report, according to IPC, include the following:
-- Rigid PCB shipments were up 11.4 percent and bookings decreased 7.3 percent in February 2011 from February 2010. Year to date, rigid PCB shipments were up 7.7 percent.
-- Flexible circuit shipments in February 2011 were up 8.3 percent and bookings grew 36.3 percent compared to February 2010. Year to date, flexible circuit shipments increased 9.4 percent.
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-- For rigid PCBs and flexible circuits combined, industry shipments in February 2011 increased 11.1 percent from February 2010, as orders booked decreased 4.1 percent from February 2010.
“North American PCB sales continued to grow in February, despite the declining book-to-bill ratio in the rigid PCB segment,” commented IPC President and CEO Denny McGuirk. “In rigid PCBs, sales have been growing faster than orders for the past six months, but the opposite is happening in the flexible circuit segment. Sales in both segments are strong and showing normal seasonal patterns, but we're likely to see stronger growth in flex sales in the coming months.”
Source: IPC
