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Article: Naka: North American PCB production flat in 2005.(BUT NOT FLATLINING)
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- Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture
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- July 1, 2005
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BALTIMORE -- North American production of printed circuit boards will be flat this year, a leading analyst predicted.
Speaking at IPC's semiannual market research meetings, Dr. Hayao Nakahara said that that production of circuit boards in North American rose 11% to about $5 billion last year, but that 2005's soft start makes it unlikely that growth will be achieved this year.
Dr. Nakahara, a PCD&M columnist who is widely recognized as the world's top authority on PCB production, said that North American-based PCB makers produced $890 million worth of high technology boards worldwide last year. Dr. Nakahara defined high technology as boards of 18 or more ...