At the Bottom of the Trough

PCB manufacturers worldwide are anxiously watching for signs of the up turn. In most countries of the Western world there has been some degree of down turn which has varied from the ferocious, as felt by many companies in the United States, to the relatively mild experiences of some of the Western European nations. Japan's originally forecast increase in PCB activity has not been fulfilled this year and the South East Asian countries have suffered as a result of the down turn in the US economy.