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Article: Ups and downs in America: beaten up during the just ended recession, U.S. makers are relying on 50 years of "people skills" to recapture the glory days.(North American: PCB Industry)
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- Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture
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- July 1, 2004
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After two and a half agonizing years, the PCB business "all of a sudden" showed signs of life late last August. First felt in Asia two to three weeks earlier, the recovery has spread everywhere, although Europe is in general still weak by comparison. Those PCB makers that endured and survived reorganized their business models and are once again in growth mode.
In this article, we pay special attention to the North American PCB industry, whose output slowed to half of its peak (in 2000), but now shows strong growth. We examine the region's history and me how many companies disappeared, changed hands and resurged trader different names.
In 1966 this ...