Market Report: Fall busy season and increased demand from developing nations mask economic slowdown
Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Electronic equipment growth will still be reasonable in 2006. However rising interest rates and less disposable income (due to higher energy costs) will limit business and consumer spending leading to a slower expansion in 2007 & 2008.
In the USA electronic equipment orders bounced back slightly in June following a downward correction from the March ‘bubble’. At the OEM level inventories are holding steady for both finished goods and raw materials but strangely are climbing for ‘work-in-process’.
Package on package assembly features paste-only assembly or a combination of solder paste at board level and dip flux on the top row of ball terminations.
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Fortunately even the most conservative most prognosticators now see at least a subdued “recovery” in 2010. 
