Weak Start for German PCB Market

摘要

Although Germany's PCB market showed slight signs of improvement in January, volume was just 60% of that achieved in 2008, reported ZVEI.rnOrders for the month were higher due to fewer working days in December, but they were still at substantial price pressures, according to PCB makers. Incoming orders were less than half the average value of the past several years, said ZVEI.rnThe book-to-bill ratio improved over December to 0.74 but is reported to be the lowest January value in 16 years.