BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American shipments of rigid PCBs fell 10.1% and bookings dropped 5.1% in August year-over-year, IPC announced today.
 
Flexible circuit shipments were down 24.7% and bookings were off 10% year-over-year.
 
Compared to July, combined shipments of rigid and flexible boards rose 9.2% and bookings were up 13.1%. 
 
Combined shipments decreased 11.1% year-over-year, and orders booked decreased 5.4%. Year to date, combined shipments are down 10.1% and bookings are down 12.3%.
 
Year to date, rigid PCB shipments are down 10.4% and bookings are down 13.4%.  Compared to the previous month, rigid PCB shipments increased 9.8% and rigid bookings increased 12.8%.
 
Year to date, flexible circuit shipments are down 5.4% and bookings are up 6.3%. Sequentially, flexible circuit shipments increased 0.4% and flex bookings were up 17.7%. 
 
The rigid book-to-bill ratio climbed to 1.06, and the flex circuit book-to-bill rose to 1.07. The combined book-to-bill was 1.06.