Printed Circuit Design & Fab Online Magazine - Semi Equipment Orders Jump 13% in June

SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported the 90-day moving average orders rose 12.9% over 2015 in June.

The sector posted $1.71 billion in orders worldwide in June, the trade group SEMI said, down 2.1% sequentially but still up definitively from a year ago.

The three-month average worldwide billings was $1.71 billion, up 7% from the final May figures and up 10.2% from June 2015. Shipments reached their highest level since February 2011, SEMI noted

The book-to-bill ratio dropped 9 basis points from May to 1.0. A ratio of 1.0 means that $100 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.

	Billings (3-mo. avg)	Bookings (3-mo. avg)	Book-to-Bill
January 2016	$1,221.2	$1,310.9	1.07
February 2016	$1,204.4	$1,262.0	1.05
March 2016	$1,197.6	$1,379.2	1.15
April 2016	$1,460.2	$1,595.4	1.09
May 2016 (final)	$1,601.5	$1,750.5	1.09
June 2016 (prelim)	$1,714.0	$1,713.2	1.00

Source: SEMI, July 2016

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