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IPC: N.A. September PCB
Orders Strengthened
"the north american Pcb industry's solid sales
and order growth over the previous month re-
flects normal seasonal patterns," said Sharon Starr,
iPc's director of market research. "despite strong
order growth in September, orders continued to
lag shipments by a small margin, pushing the Pcb
book-to-bill ratio just below parity."
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MFLEX Rebounds in Q4,
Expects Sustained Growth
"We had a strong fiscal fourth quarter with net sales
results at the high end of our guidance range, gross
margin exceeding our guidance range, and a return
to profitability, an important milestone for the com-
pany. our net sales increased 32 percent sequen-
tially, driven by new programs that ramped across
our customer base," says reza meshgin, ceo.
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AT&S Reports Improved
Profitability in 1H of 2014/15
in the first six months of the financial year 2014/15
(april 1–September 30, 2014) leading Pcb manu-
facturer at&S generated revenue of eur 302.1
million, which was in line with the high level of
revenue reported for the same period last year (h1
2013/14: eur 299.9 million).
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Continental Named PACE
Award Finalists for
BD-HDI PCB
continental, a leading international automotive
supplier, has three product innovations advancing
as finalists in the 2015 automotive news Premier
automotive Suppliers contribution to excellence
(Pace) award program.
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SCHWEIZER Posts Strong
3Q14 Results
"our business results after the first nine months of
this fiscal year are really satisfying and come up to
our expectations. in the third quarter, successes in
our portfolio management already had an impor-
tant influence on the improved results compared
to the second quarter," says dr. m. Schweizer,
ceo Schweizer electronic ag.
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Aspocomp Reports
Positive 2014 Amid
Q3 Sales Drop
deliveries slowed down significantly in July–Sep-
tember, and third-quarter net sales amounted to
eur 4.9 million, a year-on-year decrease of eur
0.3 million. Sales decreased mainly because tele-
communication customers had placed over-large
orders at the beginning of the year.
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