SAN JOSE, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- SEMI today reported that
worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $10.75
billion in the first quarter of 2007. The billings figure is four percent
higher than the fourth quarter of 2006 and about 12 percent above the same
quarter a year ago. The data is gathered in cooperation with the
Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from more than 150
global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.
SEMI also reported worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings of
US$10.50 billion in the first quarter of 2007. The figure is six percent
above the same quarter a year ago, and five percent below the bookings
figure for the fourth quarter of 2006.
"Billings for the first quarter of 2007 posted slight gains over the
fourth quarter of 2006, with Korea showing particularly robust growth,"
said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "Year-over-year sales was
largely mixed, with China, Korea and Taiwan posting solid double-digit
growth numbers."
The quarterly billings data by region in millions of U.S. dollars,
year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates by region are as
follows:
Billings- 1Q07/4Q06 1Q07/1Q06
Region 1Q 2007 4Q 2006 1Q 2006 (Q-o-Q) (Y-o-Y)
Europe 0.78 0.86 0.92 -10 % -16 %
China 0.65 0.50 0.38 31 % 71 %
Japan 2.27 2.29 2.33 -1 % -3 %
North
America 1.79 1.92 1.80 -7 % 0 %
Korea 2.47 1.78 1.77 39 % 39 %
Taiwan 2.01 2.10 1.59 -4 % 26 %
ROW 0.79 0.89 0.79 -12 % 0 %
Total 10.75 10.34 9.58 4 % 12 %
Source: SEMI/SEAJ May 2007
Note: Figures may not add due to rounding.
The Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) from SEMI provides
comprehensive market data for the global semiconductor equipment market. A
subscription includes three reports: the monthly SEMI Book-to-Bill Report,
which offers an early perspective of the trends in the equipment market;
the monthly Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (SEMS), a
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equipment market. For more information or to subscribe, please contact SEMI
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1.877.746.7788 (toll free in the U.S.) or 1.408.943.6901 (International
Callers).
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide
equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors,
displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
and related technologies. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing,
Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, Silicon Valley, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,
Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.semi.org.
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