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News Release from: IDEA
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 23 November 2007
European disties show usual seasonal
decline
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As is usual, semiconductors lead the current European billings trend, and passives, e-mech and other products are also following the established pattern.
The International Distribution of Electronics Association (IDEA) has released its European distributor total available market (DTAM) figures for Q3 2007 According to IDEA Vice President Adam Fletcher, the European electronic component DTAM is broadly following its historical trend of a strong Q1 followed by a declining Q2 and Q3: "And whilst the all important book-to-bill ratio has shown a slight improvement it remained negative in Q3 at 0.98:1 suggesting that Q4 is likely to be flat", says Fletcher