ULTRAPURE WATER MARKET

UPDATE

February 2013

SEMICONDUCTORS

Global Semiconductor Sales Post Best Month of 2012 in November

Semiconductor Leaders See Massive Industry Transformation

Fables IC Company Sales Shine While IDM IC Sales Slump in 2012

TSMC Reports a 2012 Sales Increase of 18.5 Percent Over 2011

PHARMACEUTICAL/BIOMEDICAL

Big Pharma Will Increasingly Tap M&A to Close $100 Billion Growth Gap

Eight FDA Approval in December Boosts 2012 to Banner Year for New Drugs

California Biomedical Companies Report Higher Product Approvals; Fewer Delays

2012 Brings a Lot of Uncertainty to the Medical Device Industry

Foster Wheeler Acquires Pharma/Biotech Construction Management Company

Abbott Completes Separation of Research-Based Pharmaceuticals Business

STORAGE

Seagate Showcases Innovations at CES 2013

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

CE Industry Revenues to Reach Record-High $209 Billion in 2013

Tablet PC Market Forecast to Surpass Notebooks in 2013

Gartner Says Declining Worldwide PC Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2012 Signal Structural Shift of PC Market

Over One Billion Cameras Shipped in Smartphones and Tablets During 2012

4K LCD TVs Expected to Outpace OLED TV Shipments

SOLAR

SEMI Releases Third Quarter 2012 Worldwide Photovoltaic Equipment Market Statistics Report

Photovoltaic Module Shipments Surge in the Fourth Quarter of 2012

Number of Companies in the Solar Supply Chain Set to Plunge this Year