North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.11 billion in billings worldwide in October 2019 (three-month average basis), according to the October Equipment Market DataSubscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI. The billings figure is 7.7 percent higher than the final September 2019 level of $1.96 billion, and is 3.9 percent higher than the October 2018 billings level of $2.03 billion.
“Monthly billings of North American equipment manufacturers registered their first year-over-year increase since October 2018 and are at their highest level since December of last year,” said Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI. “Equipment billings are accelerating on the strength of memory inventory drawdowns and foundry investments in leading-edge equipment.”
The SEMI Billings report uses three-month moving averages of worldwide billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
| Billings (3-mo. avg.) | Year-Over-Year | |
| May 2019 | $2,065.2 | -23.6% |
| June 2019 | $2.026.1 | -18.4% |
| July 2019 | $2,031.9 | -14.6% |
| August 2019 | $2,001.8 | -10.5% |
| September 2019 (final) | $1,959.1 | -5.7% |
| October (prelim) | $2,109.1 | 3.9% |
Source: SEMI (www.semi.org), November2019