Book-to-bill: rigid strong, flex down.BANNOCKBURN Bannockburn (băn`əkbûrn', băn'əkbûrn`), moor and parish, Stirling, central Scotland, on the Bannock River. Textiles are manufactured in the parish. , IL -- The North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. rigid PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. industry book-to-bill ratio Book-to-Bill Ratio The technology industry's demand-to-supply ratio for orders on a "firm's book" to number of orders filled. Notes: This ratio tells whether the company has more orders than it can deliver (if greater than 1), has the same amount of orders that it can for April 2006 remained strong at 1.08, but the North American flexible circuit book-to-bill ratio continued its decline to 0.87. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. IPC's monthly statistical program, the combined (rigid and flex) industry book-to-bill ratio in April 2006 was 1.07. The ratios are calculated by dividing the value of orders booked over the past three months by the value of sales billed during the same period from the companies in IPC's survey sample. A ratio of more than 1.00 suggests that current demand is ahead of supply, which indicates probable near-term growth. Rigid PCB shipments are up 15.5% and bookings are up 7.3% in April 2006 from April 2005. Year to date, rigid PCB shipments are up 8.9% and bookings are up 14.2%. Rigid PCB shipments from the survey sample decreased 17% from the previous month and rigid bookings decreased 24.3% from the previous month. Flexible circuit shipments in April 2006 were down 12.2% and bookings were down 17.1% compared to April 2005. Year to date, flexible circuit shipments are up 2.2% and bookings are down 12.9%. Compared to the previous month, flexible circuit shipments from the survey sample decreased 21.2% and flex bookings decreased 34.5%. For rigid PCBs and flexible circuits combined, industry shipments in April 2006 increased 13.2% from April 2005, and orders booked increased 5.6% from April 2005. Year-to-date Year-to-date (YTD) The period beginning at the start of the calendar year up to the current date. , combined industry shipments are up 8.5% and bookings are up 12.3%. Combined industry shipments for April 2006 are down 17.3% over the previous month, and bookings are down 24.9% over the previous month. |
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