German PCB Sales in December

According to ZVEI PCB and Electronic Systems, PCB‘s total sales in Germany in December 2010 is the highest level in 10 years. But compared with the previous month, sales in December fell 17%. In sales, more than in December 2009 increased by 34.2%.Book-to-bill ratio for December reached 1.01, the value of the whole year was 1.17, higher than the peak year of 2000. In terms of employment, the German PCB industry in the number of employees increased by 11.2%.