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IPC: October PCB Sales,
PCBs for LED Lighting:
a Orders Up; Book-to-Bill Dips c The Times They Are
a-Changing
"Although both sales and order growth are trending up compared to last year, sales have outpaced
orders in the past three months, causing the bookto-bill ratio to dip," said Sharon Starr, IPC's director of market research. "Year-on-year sales growth
has been improving for the past six consecutive
months and finally turned positive in October."
Viasystems
b class FactoryOpens World-
in California
Designed to consolidate the sprawl of 13 buildings that used to represent DDi's PCB business,
the new factory is housed in an ex-MFLEX site
and was constructed from scratch. This enables
the company to service its very high-end customers, both military and commercial OEMs, who are
looking for the latest in HDI, high-reliability PCBs
for their products.
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The PCB Magazine • January 2014
BPA forecast that the market for PCBs providing
enhanced thermal and power management will
reach over $3.2 billion by 2020. BPA discusses
some of the research in their report "Metal in the
Board—Opportunities for Printed Circuits Providing Thermal and Power Management 20122020."
dWurth Elektronik:
HDI Microvia PCBs
Now Available
The HDI specialist Würth Elektronik has set new
standards in the PCB industry: HDI microvia PCBs
are now available in its online shop, WEdirekt. With
just a few clicks, your HDI PCB is calculated and
the price is shown immediately online. Ordering
prototypes is considerably simplified and faster.
