EXHIBIT 13.1

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

      In connection with the annual report on Form 20-F of BE Semiconductor
Industries N.V. (the "Company") for the period ended December 31, 2004, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
the undersigned, Richard W. Blickman, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that, to my knowledge:

      (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

                               /s/ Richard W. Blickman
                             ___________________________
Dated: April 11, 2005            Richard W. Blickman
                                Chief Executive Officer