PCB shipments in North America grew 17.6% year-on-year in February.
At the same time, the publication notes a mixed dynamics of orders, which indicates the rapid consumption of the accumulated volume of work and the unevenness of new booking trends.
For SMT lines, this is an upstream signal: the behavior of the PCB market directly affects assembly loading, launch timing and stability of the supply chain for boards.
Original source: Global Electronics Association
Source link: https://www.electronics.org/news-release/north-american-pcb-market-jumps-176-february-strong-shipments-offset-mixed-booking