Electronic interconnect orders drop for fourth straight month, while shipments continue to increase
June 2, 2011
The slowdown in sales growth in North American electronic interconnect products is likely to continue through at least this summer, says Denny McGuirk, the IPC president and chief executive officer.
During the first four months of 2011, combined orders of rigid printed circuit boards and flexible circuits are down 6.7 percent, and shipments of these products are up 5.9 percent over the same period in 2010, IPC analysts say. These numbers are part of the IPC's monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (printed circuit board) Statistical Program, which tracks orders and shipments in the U.S. and Canada.
April's orders of rigid printed circuit boards alone were down 8.1 percent over the same month last year, and shipments were up 0.8 percent during the same period. April orders for flexible circuits alone increased 7.2 percent over the same month one year ago, while shipments increased by 30.3 percent during the same period.
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