The German circuit board industry and the Association Electronic Components and Systems in the ZVEI reports a positive January turnover of the German circuit board manufacturers. This shows an increase of 8% above that of December 2007, The absolute size of the turnover has been the highest for a January since the year 2001, Robust growth was experienced in the electronic industry and especially in the machine construction segment as well as in the areas of sensors and alternative energies, The Book-to-Bill ratio reached a value of 1.07 and the number of employees in the companies rose by a good 1%.