SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported 90-day average bookings rose 2.6% year-over-year in January, according to a monthly survey of the major suppliers.

Manufacturers posted $1.31 billion in orders worldwide in January, down 4.9% from the final December 2014 numbers, the SEMI trade group announced today.

The book-to-bill ratio was 1.03, meaning that $103 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month. The three-month average of worldwide bookings in January 2015 was $1.31 billion.

The three-month average worldwide billings in January was $1.28 billion, down 8.6% sequentially and up 3.5% from January 2014.

"2014 was a strong growth year for the semiconductor equipment industry, and both bookings and billings at the start of this year are comparable to the early 2014 figures," a SEMI spokesman said. "Given the positive outlook for the semiconductor industry in 2015 and based on current capex announcements, we expect the equipment market to continue to grow this year.”

 

Billings
(3-mo. avg)

Bookings
(3-mo. avg)

Book-to-Bill

August 2014

$1,293.4

$1,346.1

1.04

September 2014

$1,256.5

$1,186.2

0.94

October 2014

$1,184.2

$1,102.3

0.93

November 2014

$1,189.4

$1,216.8

1.02

December 2014 (final) 

$1,395.9

$1,381.5

0.99

January 2015 (prelim)

$1,276.3

$1,313.6

1.03

 

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