I'm not sure I follow the logic of all the arithmetic but I do agree that the
future of 1st World electronics mass production does not look good.

Bear in mind that electronics is in the worst recession it's ever had and a
lot of the US jobs would have gone anyway. What I do suspect is that when the
world slowly pulls out of recession those jobs will not re appear in Europe/US
but we will see substantial growth in the Far East to meet the demand. Lets
face it why should electronics be any different from automobiles, ship
building etc.?

By the way isn't Technet an international forum?


>
> Bill and the other 780 members....
>
> I attended the keynote address on Wednesday 2nd April at the IPC conference,
> given by the Chairman of NEMI.
>
> In this address, he advised that there are around >6million folks employed
> in the US electronics industry.
>
> During the past 12 months or so, with a drop of around 20% in revenues, some
> 600,000 folks lost their jobs.....to the Chinese.
>
> The NEMI roadmap shows a drop in revenues of similar proportions over the
> next 2 to 3 years as more and more go to China....that would suggest that
> another ~ 2,000,000 will lose their jobs - so the TechNet might dwindle to
> around 50 or so?
>
> I figure that you folks need IPC, as your trade association, to make efforts
> to protect your jobs.
>
> BTW and IMHO, it won't take China that long to acquire what they need, and
> then close the door to you.
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