BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PWB shipments in October dropped 4.8% year-over-year; orders decreased 14.6% compared to the same month in 2007, says IPC.
PENANG, MALAYSIA – Several companies are taking steps
ranging from freezing hiring to shortening their working weeks in response to
lower demand for electronics, local officials say.
Agilent Technologies and Jabil Circuit will close their
factories in Bayan Lepas between Christmas and New Year, Federation of
Malaysian Manufacturers northern branch chairman Datuk O.K. Lee said, according
to published reports. Others are reducing their workweek from five days to four.