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To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (3549)	6/18/2002 6:07:22 PM
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126!!! North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts May 2002 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.26 semi.org!OpenDocument SAN JOSE, Calif., June 18, 2002 -- The North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.08 billion in orders in May 2002 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.26, according to the May 2002 Express Report published today by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). A book-to-bill of 1.26 means that $126 worth of new orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month. The three-month average of worldwide bookings in May 2002 was $1.08 billion. The bookings figure is nine percent above the revised April 2002 level of $996 million and 50 percent above the $723 million in orders posted in May 2001. The three-month average of worldwide billings in May 2002 was $862 million. The billings figure is six percent above the revised April 2002 level of $815 million and 41 percent below the May 2001 billings level of $1.46 billion. "For the second month in a row, bookings have shown positive year-over-year growth and, for the first time since March 2001, average bookings have reached above the billion-dollar mark," said Stanley Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "Recent forecasts showing expectations of low, single-digit growth for the chip market in 2002, suggest we will see continued sequential improvement in semiconductor capital spending with a more robust market anticipated in late 2002 or early 2003." The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving average bookings to three-month moving average billings for the North American semiconductor equipment industry. Billings and bookings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.

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