Industry market snapshot. (Market Watch).

Book-to-bills of various components.

                              NOV.   DEC.    JAN.   FEB.

Semiconductor equipment (1)   0.80    0.94   0.94    0.99

Semiconductors (2)            1.3%   -2.3%   2.4%   -3.3%

PCBs (3) (North America)      0.92    0.96   1.02    1.03

Sources: (1) SEMI, (2) SIA (3-month moving average), (3) IPC

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Title Annotation:	semiconductors, equipment; printed circuit boards
Author:	Buetow, Mike
Publication:	Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	100NA
Date:	May 1, 2003
Words:	51
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