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Electronic supply chain sales recover in August, IPC reports

Staff -- Electronic Business, 10/21/2008

Editor's note: The following information is provided by IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries from its quarterly business report, the Supply Chain Tracker.  Other industry data can be found at www.ipc.org.

US consumer confidence showed continued growth in August. US new orders for computer and electronic products rebounded in August while semiconductor shipments remained flat.

Similarly, PCB (printed circuit board) 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, September 2007 to August 2008

Note on the graph:  All indices are based on the same baseline of the average month in 2000=100, and reflect a 3-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.

Click here for IPC's July report.