February North American Equipment Orders Increase 4.7% MoM

SEMI has announced a report on the shipment ratio of semiconductor equipment manufacturers in North America in February 2011. According to the statistics of moving averages for three months, the orders for semiconductor equipment manufacturers in North America in February were US$1.58 billion, and the order-to-batch ratio was 0.87. An order-to-order ratio of 0.87 means that a product worth $87 per month will receive an order worth $87.

The report shows that the 1.58 billion U.S. dollar orders in February increased by 4.7% from the final figure of 1.51 billion U.S. dollars in January and 26.7% from the final figure of 1.25 billion U.S. dollars in February 2010.

At the same time, North American semiconductor equipment makers shipped US$1.83 billion in February 2011, a 2.3% increase from the January’s final value of US$1.79 billion and an increase of 79.8% from the final amount of US$1.02 billion in February 2010.

"The volume of shipments has increased for three consecutive months, and the amount of orders has also increased by 4% from January," said Dan Tracy, senior director of industry research and statistics at SEMI. "The order volume in February increased by more than 25% from the same period last year."

North American Semiconductor Equipment Market Orders and Shipment Status Units: Million US Dollars Shipped (March Average) Order Volume (March Average) Order Shipment Ratios September 2010 1610.9 1651.2 1.03
October 2010 1623.3 1593.7 0.98
November 2010 1567.3 1512.6 0.97
December 2010 1760.1 1580.2 0.90
January 2011 (final) 1786.9 1513.9 0.85
February 2011 (preliminary) 1827.2 1584.9 0.87

Source: SEMI