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To: Gottfried who wrote (6575)	7/29/2003 9:46:12 AM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

>> PS: somebody who doesn't subscribe please tell me if you could access the article? Gottfried, I can access the page without subscription. Sarmad

To: Gottfried who wrote (6575)	7/29/2003 10:48:56 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

Japan's equipment b-to-b ratio hits 1.57, says report Semiconductor Business News 07/29/2003, 10:36 AM ET TOKYO -- June's global orders for Japanese semiconductor manufacturing equipment rose 6.3 percent from a year earlier to 91.48 billion yen (about $760 million) on brisk demand from domestic chip makers, according to a Dow Jones report issued Tuesday (July 29, 2003) that cited industry data. The order volume was down from May's value of 98.84 billion yen (about $830 million) but was the first year-on-year gain in four months the report quoted the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan as saying. The book-to-bill ratio for Japanese equipment, computed as a three-month moving average, was 1.57 in June, up from 1.04 in May, from 0.78 in April and 0.71 in March, the report said. "It seems like Japanese chip makers in particular are trying to increase capital spending," Dow Jones quoted Hitoshi Owada, a director of ATE company Advantest, as saying.