Semicon equipment industry posts July 2009 book-to-bill ratio of 1.06

SAN JOSE, USA: North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $569.7 million in orders in July 2009 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.06, according to the July 2009 Book-to-Bill Report published by SEMI.

A book-to-bill of 1.06 means that $106 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.

The three-month average of worldwide bookings in July 2009 was $569.7 million. The bookings figure is about 62 percent greater than the final June 2009 level of $351.7 million, and about 36 percent less than the $889.0 million in orders posted in July 2008.

The three-month average of worldwide billings in July 2009 was $538 million. The billings figure is just over 22 percent greater than the final June 2009 level of $440.5 million, and about 50 percent less than the July 2008 billings level of $1.077 billion.

"The increases in both bookings and billings reported by North American equipment manufacturers boosted the book-to-bill ratio above parity for the first time since January, 2007.” said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. “Even with that improvement, however, bookings remain significantly below year-ago figures.”

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 US dollars.Source: SEMI, USA