SAN JOSE, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- North American-based
manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.65 billion in orders in
May 2006 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.12
according to the May 2006 Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A
book-to-bill of 1.12 means that $112 worth of orders were received for
every $100 of product billed for the month.
The three-month average of worldwide bookings in May 2006 was $1.65
billion. The bookings figure is three percent higher than the final April
2006 level of $1.60 billion and over 62 percent higher than the $1.02
billion in orders posted in May 2005.
The three-month average of worldwide billings in May 2006 was $1.48
billion. The billings figure is about three percent above the final April
2006 level of $1.44 billion and over 22 percent above the May 2005 billings
level of $1.21 billion.
"Semiconductor fabrication facilities worldwide are utilizing high
levels of available manufacturing capacity and equipment bookings have been
steadily increasing," said Dan P. Tracy, Ph.D., senior director of Industry
Research and Statistics at SEMI. "Total bookings for North American-based
equipment makers remained strong into the second quarter and are well above
the same period last year."
The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of
worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor
equipment manufacturers. Billings and bookings figures are in millions of
U.S. dollars.
Billings Bookings Book-to-Bill
(Three-month avg.) (Three-month avg.)
December 2005 1,223.6 1,142.7 0.93
January 2006 1,259.4 1,225.9 0.97
February 2006 1,283.3 1,293.2 1.01
March 2006 1,338.7 1,385.3 1.03
April 2006 (final) 1,441.4 1,604.4 1.11
May 2006 (prelim.) 1,481.3 1,652.1 1.12
The data contained in this release was compiled by David Powell, Inc.,
an independent financial services firm, without audit, from data submitted
directly by the participants. SEMI and David Powell, Inc. assume no
responsibility for the accuracy of the underlying data.
The data are contained in a monthly Book-to-Bill Report published by
SEMI. The report tracks billings and bookings worldwide of North
American-headquartered manufacturers of equipment used to manufacture
semiconductor devices, not billings and bookings of the chips themselves.
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, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,
Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.semi.org.
Editors Note:
The June 2006 SEMI Book-to-Bill Report is scheduled for publication on
July 20, 2006; 3:00 p.m. PDT (subject to change).
Independently from SEMI, The Semiconductor Equipment Association of
Japan (SEAJ) releases its April Book-to-Bill Report on approximately the
same date. The SEAJ Book-to-Bill Report tracks billings and bookings
worldwide of Japanese-headquartered semiconductor equipment manufacturers.
For more information on the SEAJ data, visit http://www.seaj.or.jp.
SOURCE SEMI
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