The company generated just 25.9% of its yearly revenue from China against 37.6% reported for 2021 as orders from subcontractors for computing applications in the country fell amid weakening economic conditions. However, the company said the recent tensions between the United States and China had not hit its sales and orders. ($1 = 0.9385 euros) (Reporting by Boleslaw Lasocki in Gdansk; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Eileen Soreng)
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Feb 22 (Reuters) - Dutch chipmaking equipment supplier
BE Semiconductor (BESI) said on Wednesday it expects
its revenue in the first quarter of 2023 to fall again, as
inflation and geopolitical tensions weigh on demand in the Asian
market.
BESI expects a fall in its quarterly revenue in the range of
0-10%.
The assembly equipment maker said its revenue in the final
three months of 2022 fell 18.4% to 137.7 million euros ($146.72
million) from the previous quarter, declining particularly in
Asia and in mobile end-user markets.
"The headwinds we face are many, including higher inflation
and interest rates, decelerating economic growth, geo-political
tensions and ongoing weakness in mainstream electronics,
computing and mobile handset end-user markets," Chief Executive
Officer Richard Blickman said in a statement.
In October, BESI expected its revenue in the final quarter
to fall between 15%-25%, pointing to uncertainty in the market
amid the U.S. curbs on exports to China.
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