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BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PCB year-to-date orders in December were up 33.6% compared to December 2020 and 47.1% compared to November 2021, according to IPC.

Read more: N. American PCB Orders Up 34% in Dec.

MILPITAS, CA — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted $3.92 billion in billings worldwide in December, up 46.1% year-over-year and down 0.5% sequentially, according to SEMI.

Read more: N. American Semi Equipment Billings Up 46% in Dec.

MILPITAS, CA — Sales of printed circuit board and multichip module CAD software increased 14.5% year-over-year in the third quarter to $298.3 million, the ESD Alliance announced today.

Read more: PCB Design Tool Sales Jump 15% YoY in Q3

NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) reached 92.7 million units during the fourth quarter, up 1% year-over-year, according to International Data Corp.

Read more: Q4 Global PC Shipments Up 1%

ATLANTA – The third quarter distributor total available market for electronic components built on the second quarter surge in sales growth from the low point of the second quarter of 2020, as quarterly revenues exceeded $6.6 billion year-over-year in the Americas, representing growth of 21%, according to ECIA.

Read more: Q3 Electronic Component Sales Up 21% in the Americas

ATLANTA – ECIA’s latest survey shows the measurement of actual sales sentiment for December outperformed the sales outlook for December from the prior survey by a wide margin.

Read more: ECIA: Dec. Component Sales Sentiment Outperforms Previous Outlook by 19.2 Points

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