Rigid Shipments and Bookings Up, Flex Down in January

摘要

For January 2008, rigid PCB shipments were up 5.6 percent and bookings were up 13.7 percent from January 2007. The book-to-bill ratio was down, at 0.97. Flexible circuit shipments were down 17.9 percent and bookings were down 20.9 percent from January 2007. The book-to-bill ratio was also down, at 0.96. For rigid and flex combined, industry shipments increased 4.0 percent from January 2007 to January 2008. The combined book-to-bill ratio for January fell to 0.97.