SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- North American-based
manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.62 billion in orders in
September 2006 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.00
according to the September 2006 Book-to-Bill Report published today by
SEMI. A book-to-bill of 1.00 means that $100 worth of orders were received
for every $100 of product billed for the month.
The three-month average of worldwide bookings in September 2006 was
$1.62 billion. The bookings figure is six percent below the final August
2006 level of $1.73 billion and almost 65 percent above the $984 million in
orders posted in September 2005.
The three-month average of worldwide billings in September 2006 was
$1.63 billion. The billings figure is almost seven percent below the final
August 2006 level of $1.74 billion and almost 50 percent above the
September 2005 billings level of $1.09 billion.
"Bookings for the North American semiconductor equipment manufacturers
declined in September as the current equipment cycle slows down," said Dan
P. Tracy, senior director of Industry Research and Statistics at SEMI.
"Overall performance for the year, however, remains on track to become the
second strongest year for equipment spending in the semiconductor
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.)
April 2006 1,441.4 1,604.4 1.11
May 2006 1,452.6 1,619.0 1.11
June 2006 1,557.4 1,782.3 1.14
July 2006 1,637.9 1,734.6 1.06
August 2006 (final) 1,742.8 1,729.7 0.99
September 2006 (prelim.) 1,627.4 1,624.0 1.00
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 October 2006 SEMI Book-to-Bill Report is scheduled for publication
on November 16, 2006; 3:00 p.m. PST (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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dtracy@semi.org, or Scott Smith, +1-408-943-7957, or
ssmith@semi.org, both of SEMI
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