IPC - international association for the electronics industry join ® to released in February 2013 in North America, printed circuit board (PCB) statistical report.
PCB industry growth rate and book-to-bill ratio
In February 2013, the PCB shipments fell 10.2% in North America, orders fell 9.2% year on year. Year-to-date, PCB industry shipments fell 5.7%, orders dropped 6.7%. Compared with January, PCB shipments fell 6.5% in February, orders rose 1.1%. North America book-to-bill ratio of PCB industry, continue to remain strong in February, 1.06.
Sharon IPC market research director ms Starr said: "in February, the north American PCB industry sales are still weak, but strong order shipment than three consecutive months. For several months more than sales orders as sales growth for the future is a good one million."
Book-to-bill ratio, it is of the companies in the IPC sample, in addition to the same period in the past three months sales orders of numerical calculation. Ratio greater than 1.00 illustrates the current demand greater than supply, signal in the next three to six months, the sales will be toward growth trend.
The role of local production in North America
IPC monthly survey data of PCB industry in North America, from the United States and Canada, the quantity of goods and shipments of the enterprise, the data shows the demand index of the region. The data could not be used to measure in the United States and Canada local production of PCB. In order to grasp the production situation of the region, the IPC for companies involved in the investigation, provide their shipments in the United States, Canada, local production percentage in the submitted data. PCB in February 2013 and 85% of total shipments from North America. These data clearly affected by the IPC sample company's comprehensive, in addition to data vary slightly in January, the rest of the month is not affected.
GDP
The growth rate of year-on-year growth rates and year-to-date, have guiding significance to explore the development trend of industry. Sequential data because of the cyclical and short-term sex change factors, need careful treatment. Compared with the data delivery, order data change is bigger, and months between book-to-bill ratio change, it is not that important, unless there is a clear change trend of more than 3 consecutive months. To explore the change of the order and shipment reason and understanding book-to-bill ratio changes are equally important.
IPC PCB industry statistics, a month from the area is typical in the United States and Canada just/flexible PCB maker sample enterprise data on a regular basis. The IPC will be released monthly PCB book-to-bill ratio and PCB statistics project report. Monthly statistics report published in next month's last week.
More about rigid PCB and flexible circuit board detailed monthly survey report sales and orders, including the military and the growth of the medical market situation, the market scale and forecast, please query the IPC North America PCB market report. Participate in the research of companies and have subscribed to the user, all can be received the survey report.
