BANNOCKBURN, IL – Printed circuit board orders at North American fabricators fell 18% year-over-year in May, pushing year-to-date orders down 8.1%.

SAN JOSE —North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted three-month average basis orders of $1.41 billion worldwide in May, up 6.6% from a year ago. Orders were down 2.4% from the revised April figures, the SEMI trade group said. 

FRANKFURT -- Orders of printed circuit boards from German fabricators fell 8.5% year-over-year in April. Sales were down 1.8% for the month, reported the Central Association of the PCB and Electronic Systems.

OYSTER BAY, NY -- Activity trackers dominated sales of wearable devices in the first quarter, outselling much-hyped smartwatches four to one, new research says. Some 2.35 million activity tracking devices shipped during the period, says ABI Research.