SAN JOSE, Calif., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- North American-based
manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.75 billion in orders in
June 2006 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.14
according to the June 2006 Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A
book-to-bill of 1.14 means that $114 worth of orders were received for
every $100 of product billed for the month.
The three-month average of worldwide bookings in June 2006 was $1.75
billion. The bookings figure is about eight percent higher than the final
May 2006 level of $1.62 billion and over 68 percent higher than the $1.04
billion in orders posted in June 2005.
The three-month average of worldwide billings in June 2006 was $1.53
billion. The billings figure is over five percent above the final May 2006
level of $1.45 billion and almost 33 percent above the June 2005 billings
level of $1.15 billion.
"Total bookings for North American equipment manufacturers posted
significant gains in the second quarter compared to the previous quarter,"
said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "It has been encouraging
to see this sustained level of growth over the past seven months, and we
are confident that 2006 will mark the second biggest growth year for our
industry."
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.)
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 1,441.4 1,604.4 1.11
May 2006 (final) 1,452.6 1,619.0 1.11
June 2006 (prelim.) 1,531.5 1,745.6 1.14
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.
NOTE TO EDITORS: The July 2006 SEMI Book-to-Bill Report is scheduled
for publication on August 17, 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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