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To: vinh pham who wrote (632)9/1/1999 10:05:00 AM
From: Mark Oliver  Read Replies (1) of 723
 
Fourteen Months, and Counting
The June figures from the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) reflect reports earlier this month from Applied Materials Inc. and Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International indicating that the capital equipment business is still struggling to get back on its feet in many instances. The SEAJ said sales by its reporting members totaled $2.1 billion in June, down 6 percent from June 1998's sales, the 14th straight month sales have been down on a year-to-year basis. Wafer processing equipment, the largest segment at $1.35 billion, was down 12.9 percent from a year ago. The only equipment segment to show improvement over June 1998 was assembly equipment, which posted a 23.4 percent increase to $163 million.

PWB Book-To-Bill Up
The U.S. Printed Wiring Board Industry Book-to-Bill Ratio for July jumped to 1.05 from 1.01 in June, according to the IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries, Northbrook, Ill. Sales billed (shipments) in July increased 17.1 percent over July 1998 and orders booked increased 7.2 percent over July 1998. Compared to 1998, bookings of PWBs are up 6.6 percent year-to-date, while shipments of PWBs are up 6.1 percent year-to-date.
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