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Industry market snapshot.

By Drysdale, Chelsey
Publication: Circuits Assembly
Date: Monday, June 1 2009
Book-to-bills of various components/equipment.

                           Nov.  Dec.    Jan.      Feb.        Mar.

Semiconductor equipment    0.97  0.86    0.47    0.49 (r)    0.61 (P)
(1)

Semiconductors (2)        -9.5%  -22%  -28.6%  -30.2% (r)  -29.9%

 (P)

Rigid PCBs (3) (North      0.94  0.89    0.88    0.89        0.92
America)

Flexible PCBs (3) (North   1.04  1.08    0.98    1.02        0.87
America)

Computers/electronic       5.50  5.65    5.60    5.57 (r)    5.68 (P)
products (4)

Sources: (1) SEMI, (2) SIA (3-month moving average growth), (3) IPC,
(4) Census Bureau, (P) preliminary, (r) revised

Edited by Chelsey Drysdale

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