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To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (29424)	3/16/2006 6:08:03 PM
From: Donald Wennerstrom	Read Replies (1) of 95622

NORTH AMERICAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY POSTS FEBRUARY 2006 BOOK-TO-BILL RATIO OF 1.01 <<SAN JOSE, Calif. – March 16, 2006 – North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.30 billion in orders in February 2006 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.01 according to the February 2006 Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A book-to-bill of 1.01 means that $101 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month. The three-month average of worldwide bookings in January 2006 was $1.30 billion. The bookings figure is almost six percent higher than the final January 2006 level of $1.23 billion and almost 27 percent higher than the $1.02 billion in orders posted in February 2005. The three-month average of worldwide billings in February 2006 was $1.29 billion. The billings figure is two percent above the final January 2006 level of $1.26 billion and three percent lower than the February 2005 billings level of $1.33 billion. "Increasing booking and billing levels over the past quarter are indicative of healthy growth, as companies are investing more dollars in technology and capacity," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "The Book-to-Bill has hit parity for the first time since August 2004, so we are optimistic about growth in the equipment market for 2006." 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 U.S. dollars.>>

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