Rigid PCB shipments are down 18.9% and bookings are down 30.7% in January 2009 from January 2008. The book-to-bill ratio for the North American rigid PCB industry in January 2009 slipped further to 0.88. 
Flexible circuit shipments in January 2009 were up 16.6% and bookings were down 1.8% compared to January 2008. The North American flexible [...]

IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the December findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.
Rigid PCB shipments are down 14.2% and bookings are down 24.5% in December 2008 from December 2007. Year to date, rigid PCB shipments are up 0.9% and bookings are down 5.5%. Compared to the previous month, [...]