Rigid PCB shipments are up 5.6 percent and bookings are up 13.7 percent in January 2013.6 from January 2012. The book-to-bill ratio for Asia rigid PCB industry in January 2013, however, slipped to 0.97.

Flexible circuit shipments in January 2013 were down 17.9 percent and bookings were down 20.9 percent compared to January 2012.  Asia flexible circuit book-to-bill ratio declined to 0.96.

For rigid PCBs and flexible circuits combined, industry shipments in January 2013 increased 4.0 percent from January 2012, and orders booked increased 10.9 percent from January 2011.  The combined (rigid and flex) industry book-to-bill ratio in January 2012 fell to 0.97.