CLEANROOM WORLD MARKET

UPDATE

November 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SEMICONDUCTORS

Global Semiconductor Sales Remain Flat in August

North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts August 2012 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 0.84

Gartner Says Worldwide Wafer Fab Equipment Spending to Decline 13.3 Percent in 2012

Semiconductor Foundries Enjoyed Strong Second Quarter, but Slowdown Looms

SEMI Announces Silicon Wafer Shipment Forecast

Long-Term Forecast Improves for IC Market

TSMC Reports September Sales

Air Products Wins Contract to Supply UMC’s New Fab in Taiwan

DISC DRIVES

Hard Drive Shipments Rebound to Record Level in 2012
 

PHARMACEUTICALS/BIOLOGICALS

Bio-Pharm Company, Sigma-Aldrich Invests in Scotland

VWR International, LLC Acquires Sovereign Group

High Potency Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Represent the Fastest Growth Areas

Pfizer and Hisun Announce Launch of Hisun-Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

New Directive Set to Boost $400-Million Medical Device Market Opportunity in South East Asia

Changes to European GMP Guidelines Have Significant Implications for CMO Contracts

Personalized Medicine’s Transformation of Healthcare Accelerates

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

Consumer Confidence in Technology Reaches Highest Level of 2012

Consumers to Spend More on Tech, All Items this Holiday Season

CEA Releases 2013 Edition of Five Technology Trends to Watch

Ultra-Slim PCs to Account for a Quarter of the Mobile PC Market by 2015

PC Shipments Set to Decline in 2012 for First Time in Eleven Years

Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined Eight Percent in Third Quarter of 2012 as the Market Prepares for the Launch of Windows 8

Telecom Segments Forecast to Lead Top-Growing IC Markets in 2012

Indian Mobile Handset Sales to Reach 251 Million Units in 2013

Flat Panel Display Industry Poised for Recovery and Long-Term Growth

TV to Drive Global Demand for 3D Ready Devices

SOLAR

SEMI Releases Second Quarter 2012 Worldwide Photovoltaic Equipment Market Statistics Report

2012 China PV Market: Slow Start but a Strong Ending to Come

Taiwan to Increase PV Manufacturing Capacity and Expand into Other Markets

Falling Prices to Dampen Record PV Inverter Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2012

Many projects are detailed in monthly updates under Industry Analysis in this Report’s Chapters. 

Disk Drives

Flat Panel Display

Food

Other Electronics

Pharmaceutical

Semiconductor