NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 5.8% year over year in 2024 to 1.23 billion units, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

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BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American EMS shipments in July were up 1.9% compared to July 2023's total, IPC reported in its North American EMS Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.21.

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BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American PCB shipments in July were down 21.2% compared to the same month last year, according to IPC's findings from its North American PCB Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 0.99.

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ATLANTA – The electronic component sales sentiment rose to 103.4 in July, 4.5 points higher than June and an encouraging sign of positivity entering the second half of the year, ECIA reported in its monthly ECIA's Electronic Component Sales Trend survey.

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