North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts December 2018 Billings

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.11 billion in billings worldwide in December 2018 (three-month average basis), according to the December Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published by SEMI. The billings figure is 8.5% higher than the final November 2018 level of $1.94 billion and is 12.1% lower than the December 2017 billings level of $2.4 billion.
 
“December billings of North American equipment manufacturers ended 2018 on a positive note,” said Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI. “Spending for logic and foundry offset the decline in memory investments for the month.”
 
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.