The total turnover of the German component distribution market in 2006 increased by 17% to more than 2.53 bn Euro. This was reported by the FBDi. In the middle of the year the Book-to-Bill-Rate was 1.06. However, various corrections in the statistics occurred due to new and changed memberships. The emphasis of the turnovers was again clearly in the semiconductor field which grew by 16.5% to 1.78 bn Euro or almost 17% of the turnover, The next strongest components have for years been the passive components which, in the fourth quarter, clearly had a spurt and in the whole year 2006 rose by 12.1% to 393 m Euro. This comprised 15.5% of the total turnover reported by the FBDi.
The most pleasing aspect was the development in the electro-mechanical components which reached a growth of 22% in 2006. Its portion of the FBDi result rose to 283 m Euro or 11.1%. Displays and power supplies grew over-proportionally but the turnovers are comparatively small. The orders received have been relatively stable for the past two years at, or just above 1 and increased above average in 2006. The Book-to-Bill-Rate in the last quarter was 1.07.
