End-product orders slip in July, but electronics supply chain sales recovery continues
The long-term outlook for the EMS industry remains positive with ever increasing global demand for consumer electronics, IPC reports.
Staff -- EDN, September 9, 2008
However, semiconductor and EMS (electronics manufacturing services) shipments continued their upward momentum. The long-term outlook for the EMS industry remains positive with ever increasing global demand for consumer electronics.
Trends in US computer and electronic products new orders vs North American sales indices of selected supplier industries, August 2007 to July 2008
Note on the graph: All indices are based on the same baseline of the average month in 2000=100, and reflect a three-month rolling average.
Sources: IPC statistical programs for the EMS and PCB industries; SIA for semiconductor data; U.S. Census Bureau for U.S. new orders for computer and electronic products.
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