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IPC book-to-bill for October 2001: PWB bookings down 49.4% year-to-date (graph included)
December 4, 2001 | IPCEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
Sales billed (shipments) of PWBs in October 2001 decreased 47.5% from October 2000, and orders booked decreased 51.8% from October 2000, according to the IPC's book-to-bill report. IPC book-to-bill for October 2001: PWB bookings down 49.4% year-to-date IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries® today announced that the U.S. Printed Wiring Board Industry Book-to-Bill Ratio for October 2001 was 0.86. Sales billed (shipments) in October 2001 decreased 47.5% from October 2000 and orders booked decreased 51.8% from October 2000.
Compared to 2000, bookings of PWBs are down 49.4% year-to-date, while shipments of PWBs are down 28.1% year-to-date.
The ratio is calculated by averaging the number of orders booked over the past three months and dividing by the average sales billed during the same period. The information is based on data provided by the 84 rigid and flexible PWB manufacturers participating in IPC's monthly Statistical Program. These companies represent over 48% of the U.S. 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.)
IPC BULLETIN BOARD FOR OCTOBER 2001