The production value of PCB products manufactured by Taiwan-based makers in Taiwan and China totaled NT$147.5 billion (US$4.544 billion) in the third quarter of 2015, up 7.1% on quarter but down 0.3% on year, according to the government-backed Industrial Economics and Knowledge (IEK) center.
Most makers enjoyed significant increases in sales in the third quarter due to seasonality and depreciation of the local currency, said IEK, noting that large-scale companies or makers in Apple's supply chain fared particularly well in the quarter.
PCB makers are unlikely to continue to enjoy strong sales growth in the fourth quarter due to off-peak season effects, IEK noted.
For all of 2015, the production value of Taiwan's PCB products will total NT$569.9 billion, a mere increase of 1.21% from a year earlier, IEK estimated.
