CLEANROOM WORLD MARKET

UPDATE

September 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SEMICONDUCTORS

Global Semiconductor Sales Remain Steady in June

Long-term Semiconductor Growth Rates Forecast to Improve

Increase in Second Quarter 2012 Silicon Wafer Shipments

Growing Market Opportunities in Taiwan

TSMC Reports July Sales

Power Semiconductor Market to Grow $9 Billion over the Next Five Years, According to IMS Research

Wireless Semiconductor Inventory Trends Higher, Echoes Pattern in Overall Industry

TSMC and ASML Reach Agreement to Develop Next Generation Lithography Technologies as an Extension of Long-Term Partnership

Air Products to Supply Samsung Electronics’ New Memory Fabs in Western China

TSMC Fab 12 Phases 4 and 5, and Fab 14 Phases 3 and 4 Receive ISO 50001 Certification

PHARMACEUTICAL/MEDICAL

IMS Study Forecasts Rebound in Global Spending on Medicines, Reaching Nearly $1.2 Trillion by 2016

China to Account for One Fifth of Global Ultrasound Revenue by 2016

Pharma Partnering Dollars Continue to Decline for Biotech, Burrill & Company Reports

GE Capital Closes $7.5 Million Term Loan Facility for Trimel Pharmaceuticals Corporation

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

U.S. Ownership for Tablet Computers Increases, According to Latest CEA Consumer Outlook on Tablets Report

Gartner Says Worldwide Sales of Mobile Phones Declined 2.3 Percent in Second Quarter of 2012

April LCD Panel Inventory Level Recording 3.8 Weeks, Maintaining Stable Inventory Level

Global Flat-Panel Shipments Return to Growth in Second Quarter

New AMOLED TV Costs Ten Times More than LCD TV to Produce

SOLAR

Chinese Government Comes to the Rescue of its Domestic PV Manufacturers

Global PV Inverter Market to Return to Growth in 2012 and Exceed $7 Billion

COMPANY NEWS

Ansell Announces Intention to Purchase Comasec SAS Business

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