PCB Industry To Flourish

Aug. 9, 2007

Visant Strategies has just published a report predicting robust growth for the printed-circuit- board (PCB) industry. The report, "Printed Circuit Board: World Outlook," sees global revenues for PCBs growing from over $50 billion in 2007 to more than $76 billion in 2012. Global revenues for PCBs are given for a multitude of categories such as single, double and multilayer PCBs, rigid, flex or rigid-flex PCBs, PCBs by end-product sector and for PCBs using substrates such as Alumina, FR4, and beryllium oxide (BeO). According to the report, the Asia-Pacific region will continue to expand in PCB production as PCB revenues for the region increase by more than 60 percent from 2007 to 2012. The report provides PCB revenues and expenditures for North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific Region, and the rest of the world through 2012.

Visant Strategies (www.visantstrategies.com)

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.