According to information provided by the Verbandes der Leiterplattenindustrie [Association of circuit board industries in Germany] and the ZVEI-Fachverband Electronic Components and Systems, the turnover in the German circuit board industry in September 2005, was marginally below that of the same month of the previous year. It exceeded the average value of the first nine months of 2005. The associations expect that the last quarter will develop positively The book-to-Bill ratio as a trend indicator reached a value of 1.05, meaning that 5 percent more jobs were received as were invoiced. This value was last reached in a September three years ago