SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- North American-based
manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.23 billion in orders in
September 2007 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.81
according to the September 2007 Book-to-Bill Report published today by
SEMI. A book-to-bill of 0.81 means that $81 worth of orders were received
for every $100 of product billed for the month.
The three-month average of worldwide bookings in September 2007 was
$1.23 billion. The bookings figure is down about 10 percent from the final
August 2007 level of $1.37 billion and 25 percent less than the $1.64
billion in orders posted in September 2006.
The three-month average of worldwide billings in September 2007 was
$1.51 billion. The billings figure is 10 percent less than the final August
2007 level of $1.68 billion and about nine percent less than the September
2006 billings level of $1.67 billion.
"New equipment orders have dipped to levels last seen in late 2005 and
early 2006," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "We are
seeing orders decline from the peak levels earlier this year, which were
driven largely by strong investments in 300 mm memory capacity."
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 2007 1,594.7 1,567.5 0.98
May 2007 1,670.2 1,641.9 0.98
June 2007 1,768.1 1,607.6 0.91
July 2007 1,685.8 1,406.3 0.83
August 2007 (final) 1,682.3 1,371.2 0.82
September 2007 (prelim.) 1,510.8 1,228.6 0.81
Source: SEMI October 2007
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, Silicon Valley, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,
Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.semi.org.
Editors Note:
The October 2007 SEMI Book-to-Bill Report is scheduled for publication
on November 15, 2007; 3:00 p.m. PDT (subject to change).
Independently from SEMI, The Semiconductor Equipment Association of
Japan (SEAJ) releases its July 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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