BANNOCKBURN, IL — The PCB industry in North America has turned a corner, according to a new report from IPC.

For the first time in five years, domestic PCB production grew in 2018. North America’s PCB market increased nearly 8%, solidifying the turnaround that began in 2017, says IPC.

PCBs for military and aerospace, medical devices and instrumentation markets make up the lion’s share of both rigid PCB and flexible circuit markets in North America.