SEMI reports 2009 global equipment sales of US$15.92 bil.

Compiled from data submitted by members of SEMI and the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ), the Worldwide SEMS Report is a summary of the monthly billings and bookings figures for the global semiconductor equipment industry. The report, which includes data for seven major semiconductor producing regions and over 22 product categories, shows worldwide billings totaled US$15.92 billion in 2009, compared to US$29.52 billion in sales posted in 2008. Categories cover wafer processing, assembly and packaging, test, and other front-end equipment. (Other front-end equipment includes mask/reticle manufacturing, wafer manufacturing, and fabrication facilities equipment.)

Spending rates declined by double-digits for all the regions tracked in the SEMS report, with the steepest contraction reported for Japan. In the overall global market, Taiwan was the region with the largest amount of 2009 spending with US$4.35 billion in equipment sales. In second place, the North America market had US$3.39 billion in sales, followed by South Korea, Japan, Rest of World, Europe and China. (The Rest of World region is defined as Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, other areas of Southeast Asia and smaller global markets).

The global wafer processing equipment market segment decreased 46 percent, the assembly and packaging segment decreased 31 percent, and total test equipment sales decreased 55 percent. Other front-end equipment sales declined by 44 percent in 2009. The Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) from SEMI provides comprehensive market data for the global semiconductor equipment market. A subscription includes three reports: the monthly SEMI Book-to-Bill Report, which offers an early perspective of the trends in the equipment market; the monthly Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (SEMS), a detailed report of semiconductor equipment bookings and billings for seven regions and over 22 market segments; and the SEMI Semiconductor Equipment Consensus Forecast, which provides an outlook for the semiconductor equipment market.

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