Electronic recovery

Electronic equipment markets should begin a recovery in the fourth quarter of 2009, enabling the electronics industry to enter into a sustained recovery in the second half of 2010 with a reacceleration in sales in 2011, according to

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‘Almost all sectors of the electronic equipment market are still declining and we will need to see markets hit bottom before we see the waves of recovery and a rebound to positive growth,’ said Klaus Rinnen, managing vice-president at Gartner's semiconductor manufacturing group. ‘The wider process of rebounding will occur over a period of approximately two years.’

Although the PC market is already reaching the bottom of its growth pattern, Rinnen said the majority of electronics segments will not reach bottom until the second half of 2009, and until then, uncertainty will remain high and visibility low. He also suggested that there is a possibility of a W-shaped recovery pattern that, while less likely, could push sustainable growth into 2011.