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IPC releases book-to-bill ratios for October 2000
December 14, 2000 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Northbrook, Illinois-IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries has announced that the U.S. printed wiring board industry book-to-bill ratio for October was 1.09. IPC releases book-to-bill ratios for October 2000
Northbrook, Illinois-IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries has announced that the U.S. printed wiring board industry book-to-bill ratio for October was 1.09. Sales billed (shipments) in October 2000 increased 24.8% over October 1999, and orders booked increased 19.2% over October 1999. Compared to 1999, bookings of PWBs are up 28% year-to-date, while shipments of PWBs are up 18.5% year-to-date.
The ratio is calculated by averaging the number of orders booked the past three months and dividing by the average sales billed during the same period.
The information is based on data provided by the 91 rigid and flexible PWB manufacturers participating in IPC's monthly Statistical Program. These companies represent over 40% of the US domestic printed wiring board market. IPC publishes the book-to-bill each month. (Statistics for the previous month are not available until the last week of the following month.) It is also posted on IPC's Web site at. www.ipc.org .
IPC BULLETIN BOARD FOR October 2000 PERCENT CHANGE IN SALES BILLED PERCENT CHANGE IN ORDERS BOOKED AUGUST 2000 vs AUGUST 1999+32.1% SEPTEMBER 2000 vs SEPTEMBER 1999+25.2% OCTOBER 2000 vs OCTOBER 1999 +24.8% AUGUST 2000 vs AUGUST 1999+28.5% SEPTEMBER 2000 vs SEPTEMBER 1999 +25.4% OCTOBER 2000 vs OCTOBER 1999 +19.2%