CLEANROOM WORLD MARKET UPDATE HEADLINES
April 2015
SEMICONDUCTORS

• Global Semiconductor Industry Posts Highest Ever January Sales
• China Market Continues to Defy Global Trends with Projected Double Digit Growth
• Semiconductor Unit Shipments to Exceed One Trillion Devices in 2017
• Strong Fab Equipment Spending Expected in 2015
• North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts January 2015 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.03
• Micron, Seagate Announce Strategic Alliance
• Gartner Says Worldwide Server Market Grew 4.8 Percent in Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2014
PHARMACEUTICAL/MEDICAL

• Venture Capital Dollars Invested in Life Sciences Companies in 2014 at Highest Level Since 2007
• Japanese Pharmaceutical Market Value Edging Towards $80 Billion by 2020
• Spain’s Pharmaceutical Market Declining While Medical Devices Sector Grows by 2020
• Germany to Lead Global Growth in Prosthetic Heart Valve Market to 2020
• Baxter’s Bioscience Business Acquires Biopharmaceutical Company SuppreMol
• GSK announces Major New Commitment to Asia
• GSK Completes Major Three Part Transaction with Novartis
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

• Consumer Confidence toward overall Economy and Tech Spending Hits Record Highs for February
• Eleven IC Product Categories to Exceed Total IC Market Growth Rate in 2015
• Smartphone and Automotive Display Revenue Swelled in 2014
• Gartner Says Smartphone Sales Surpassed One Billion Units in 2014
• Samsung, LGE and Sony to Account for Nearly Half of All TV Display Panels Shipping in 2015
• Augmented and Virtual Reality Devices to Explode from 3 Million Units in 2015 to 55 Million in 2020
SOLAR

• Spire Corporation Receives Contract for Turnkey Module Production Line in Vietnam
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GDP UPDATE
April 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AMERICAS
• United States
• Brazil
• Canada
• ASIA
• China
• India
• Japan
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
• Egypt
• France
• Germany
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• Ukraine
AMERICAS
Brazil
Brazil’s economy probably contracted in the fourth quarter of last year as stagflation plagues the world’s second-biggest emerging market.
Gross domestic product fell 0.1% from the three previous months, according to the median forecast of 38 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Output remained flat for the full year, economists estimated.
President Dilma Rousseff’s government is struggling with a combination of above-target inflation, stagnant growth, a sinking currency and a record budget deficit. With the central bank raising rates and analysts forecasting a recession this year, consumer and business confidence have plunged. To revive investment and growth, Rousseff and Finance Minister Joaquim Levy have pledged to tighten fiscal discipline.
“We’re facing a huge confidence crisis, and to assume a rebound at the end of this year or maybe next year will depend on a rebound in business confidence,” Roberto Padovani, chief economist at Votorantim Ctvm, said by phone from Sao Paulo. “If you don’t have a rebound, you’re going to have a lot of problems on the fiscal side, then the political side.”
Brazil’s Finance Ministry declined to comment on the prospect of contraction in the last quarter of 2014.
The fourth quarter poses a challenge for economists who study Brazilian GDP because the statistics institute, known as the IBGE, is implementing a new methodology for its calculation.
“We’ve used the old methodology to present our figures, but they may come out totally different, not because of the dynamics of the economy, but because of the new methodology,” Jankiel Santos, chief economist at BESI Brazil, said by phone from Sao Paulo. “I’m in complete darkness.”
The new methodology for annual GDP data, released earlier this month for the years through 2011, boosted growth in that year to 3.9% from 2.7%. The new quarterly methodology may produce a reduction of ratios such as debt, current account and budget as a percentage of GDP, according to Alberto Ramos, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s chief Latin America economist.
The new tabulation follows recommendations of international bodies including the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and brings Brazil in line with best international practice, according to Neil Shearing, chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics Ltd. Because of the changes, the question of whether the economy last year contracted slightly or eked out some growth becomes less relevant, he said. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)
ASIA

China
Earlier this year, the Chinese government released its annual economic report and confirmed fears of an economic slowdown in the world’s second largest economy. For the first time since the 1998 Asian financial crisis, GDP growth missed the government’s target, while registering the lowest rate of growth since 1990, when the country remained under international sanctions following the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Though still well above the global average of 3.3%, China’s decline to 7.4% annual GDP growth—and fears of future decreases—has roiled the global economy. The International Monetary Fund now expects its growth to dip below 7% in 2015 and 2016.
Yet, this misses the story beneath the national numbers. China is likely nearing the limits of its unprecedented growth, as gains from mass urbanization and economic formalization ebb. But its economy is not monolithic and, as the pace of expansion slows, understanding where growth is happening and why is crucial for those both inside and outside China. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)
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CHEMICAL INDUSTRY UPDATE HEADLINES
March 2015
AMERICAS

• Johns Manville Invests to Support Growth in Engineering Thermoplastics
• Wacker Expands Production Capacity for Dispersions in USA
• Entergy Louisiana to Power Expanded CF Industries Facility
• Solvay to Build Specialty Polymers PEEK-production Unit in U.S.
• BioAmber Begins Commissioning of Sarnia Commercial Plant
• Dow Invests $6 Billion in U.S. Manufacturing
• GEO Opens New Polyaluminum Chloride Facility in Texas
• Yara and BASF to Build Ammonia Plant in Freeport, Texas
• Praxair Gulf Coast Expansion to Serve Freeport, Texas, and Supply New Yara/ BASF Ammonia Project
• Honeywell Begins Full-scale Production of Low-GWP Material
• ASIA
• AkzoNobel Breaks Ground on New Specialty Chemicals Plant in China
• BASF, Petronas Chemicals to build 2-EHAcid plant in Malaysia
• AkzoNobel Performance Coatings Adds Capacity in Indonesia
EUEA

• SNC-Lavalin Awarded Fluegas-Treatment Contract in Romania
• BASF Expands Its Capacity for Specialty Amines in Ludwigshafen
• Evonik Agreement to Acquire Monarch Catalyst in India
• Arkema Expands Specialty Polymer (PEKK) Production Capacities in France and U.S.
• Wacker Builds New Production Plant for Specialty Monomers in Burghausen
• Victrex to Construct U.K. Polymer Innovation Center
• Solvay Signs Exclusive Global License Agreement with Revolymer to Bolster Performance of Organic Peroxide Eureco
• Air Liquide to Build, Own and Operate World’s Largest Oxygen Production Unit for Sasol in South Africa
• Technip Awarded Substantial Contract for New Fertilizer Unit in Slovak Republic
MERGERS/ ACQUISITIONS

• Daikin Acquires Refrigerant Business in Europe from Solvay S. A.
• Johnson Matthey Completes Acquisition of Battery Materials Business from Clariant
• Polypore Sells Energy Storage Segment for $2.2B to Asahi Kasei and Separations Media Segment to 3M for $1B
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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES
March 26, 2015
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Azerbaijan's SOCAR to Ask Central Bank for $952 Mln for Petrochemical Plant
Fluor Selected as Project Management Contractor for OGPC Project in Azerbaijan
KBR & Showa Denko Sign Multi-Technology Acetyls Licensing Agreement
India’s IOC to invest $1.259 Bln in Processing-related Upgrades, Expansions
Shell’s Pearl GTL Plant Enters Planned Maintenance
RIL Awards Contract to Metso for Jamnagar Refinery Expansion
Wood Group Providing Automation Engineering Services for ExxonMobil
Air Liquide Building $170 Mln Unit to Supply St. James Parish Methanol Complex
14 Iran Petrochemical Projects Introduced to China for Financing
Shell Scraps Plan for Al Karaana Petrochemical Plant in Qatar
KBR Awarded Sabic FEED Contract at Al Jubail Petrochemical Plant
SIBUR Advances Grassroots Petrochemicals Complex
NF Energy Signs Export Contract with Tecnedil International SRL, Italy
Technip Awarded Contract for New 500 KTA Ethylbenzene Styrene Monomer Plant in China
Saudi Kayan is Allocated More Gas to Expand Ethylene Production
CB&I Wins Contract for Egypt Polypropylene Unit
Chevron Phillips Chemical Completes Ethylene Expansion at its Sweeny Complex
Bolivia’s Petrochemical Industry Set to Prosper with the New Gran Chaco Plant
Yara and BASF to Build $600 Mln Ammonia Plant in Texas
Aramco, Dow to Start Sadara Chemical Joint Venture in 2015
Recent Lawsuits could Signal a Litigious Future for Phillips 66 and its Rail Spur Project
AkzoNobel Plans Coatings Capacity Expansion in Indonesia
Egyptian and Kuwaiti Firms to Invest $6.8 Bln in Petrochemical Projects in Egypt
Braskem Pushes for Extension of Petrobras Naphtha Contract
Topsoe, Technip Sign Slovakia Ammonia Contract
Praxair to Supply Hydrogen, Nitrogen to new BASF, Yara Ammonia Plant
Invista to Manufacture Nylon Pipe at Kansas Facility
WorleyParsons Announces Contract for Viva Energy's Geelong Refinery
John Crane Wins Exclusive Agreement for Portion of Clean Fuels Project in Kuwait
Canadian Crude Proves Perfect Partner to U.S. Shale
Chevron may be Nearing Hawaii Assets Sale Deal
Environmentalists File Suit against CA Rodeo Refinery Propane Recovery Project
Indian Oil Seeks 90,000 Tonnes of Gasoline Ahead of Koyali Refinery Shutdown
Finland's Neste Oil Plans 250 Mln Euro Refinery Integration
Petrobras Refinery Cracker Unit Repairs Should Be Completed by March 7
Expansion Work Progresses at Lukoil’s Volgograd Refinery
Five Bidders for Tamoil's Collombey Refinery in Switzerland
Shell Pernis Refinery to Undergo Planned Maintenance until Early May
Marathon Petroleum Planning to Integrate Two Texas Refineries
Iran Unveils Gas-Sweetening Technology
Marathon Defers Garyville Refinery Upgrader Plans
Fluor Says New Projects Still Emerging in North American Refining Despite Fallen Oil Prices
CB&I Awarded Technology and FEED Contracts for Delayed Coker Unit
UAE’s Arabtec Wins $253 Mln of Saudi Petro Work
Many of Europe's Oil Refiners will Miss Out on Profit Margins Rally as Maintenance Season Starts
400 Companies Interested after Uganda Ends Moratorium and Issues First Oil Licenses
European Refineries to Slash Capacity due to Overseas Competition and Weak Domestic Demand
Pemex Contracts SENER, Samsung on Clean Diesel at Salamanca Refinery
Contract for Metering Systems at Aramco’s Jazan Refinery, Terminal Project
EPA Approves Revisions to California’s Refinery Emission Regulations
Brazil's Petrobras Announces Two Refinery Delays
Five Baton Rouge Companies Awarded $1 Bln in Contracts on Sasol Project
Modernizing Replan, Brazil’s Largest Crude Oil Refinery
Work on Duqm Liquids Terminal to Start in Q4 2015
Mexico's Pemex to Delay Refinery Upgrades Due to Low Oil Prices
Refinery Explosion and Fire at Torrance, CA Exxon Facility
New Diesel Unit at Turkey’s Izmit Refinery to Start Production
Tesoro Board Okays Complementary Mixed Xylene, Isomerization Projects at Anacortes
U.S. EPA Hints at Softening Carbon Rule Interim Timeline
Saudi Aramco Seeks $10 Bln Loan to Fund Refining, Chemical Expansions
Honeywell UOP Selected by Russia’s Mendeleev Group for New Deep Oil Processing Complex
Russia’s RT Global to Build New Uganda Refinery
Schneider Electric to Automate MTG Plant
Pemex to Cut Refining Budget, Limit Pipeline Use
Petrobras Shuts Part of REPAR Refinery Two Weeks after Malfunction
MDU-Calumet Announces Marketing Delay for its Fidelity Exploration & Production Business and Q2 Production Start at ND Refinery
ConocoPhillips Exec Says Refiners Would Get 'All the Oil They Need' without U.S. Export Ban
BORL Plans Capacity Expansion at Bina Refinery
Shell’s Corunna Refinery Capacity Could Expand by 15,000 Barrels a Day
Hydrogen Purification Technology from Honeywell's UOP Selected for New Refinery in China
High Incidence of U.S. Refinery January Weekend Shutdowns May Worsen Crude Woes
Delfin LNG Announces MOU with BTG Pactual Commodities for First FLNGV Tolling Capacity
Petronas to Make FID on Canadian Pacific NorthWest LNG Project by June
Golar LNG, Rosneft Sign MOU to Cooperate on FLNG Projects in Latin America
Philippines' First Gen Seeks Partner for $1 Bln LNG Import Terminal
Parallax Energy Plans $2 Bln LNG Terminal near Lake Charles
FERC Approves Cheniere’s Corpus Christi Liquefaction Project, Pipeline
CenterPoint Energy to Build and Upgrade Electric Transmission Facilities to Serve Freeport LNG
Russia's Yamal LNG Sees Global Liquefied Gas Deficit by 2018
Rio Grande LNG Doubles Site to 1,000 Acres, Completes Basis of Design
Energy World Says Philippines LNG-fired Plant to Start Power Output in 3 Months
Total Says Yemen LNG Exports Ongoing with One Production Train Undergoing Maintenance
First Gas Reaches Curtis Island LNG Facility in Australia
Applied LNG to Buy Biogas from BP
E.ON Seals Pipe and Shipping Deals to Export LNG from US
Litgas, Statoil Consider LNG Bunkering Business in Baltic Region
Wartsila, Cryonorm to Deliver LNG Systems for Inland Waterway Europe Market
Alaska LNG Filings Launch FERC Public Engagement Process
Repsol Seeks Regulatory Approval for East Canada LNG Export Terminal
Bear Head LNG Advances in Canadian Regulatory Process
Woodside Sees Little Hope for East Timor LNG This Decade
Air Products Wins LNG Technology, Equipment Order for Louisiana Terminal Facility
Alaska LNG Project Draft Resource Reports Filed with FERC
Venture Global LNG Raises $125 Mln in Equity Financing
Jacobs Secures Sustaining Capital Works Agreement for Australia Pacific LNG Facility
Qatargas Begins $1 Bln Gas Recovery Project at Ras Laffan Industrial City
WorleyParsons Signs $30 Mln Engineering Services Contract
JGC Bags $510 Mln EPCC Contract for Petronas' Bintulu LNG Complex
Eni Expects Investment Decision on Mozambique LNG by Mid-2015
KBR Signs Technical Services Agreement/MOU for Magnolia LNG Terminal
Louisiana Governor and Live Oak LNG Announce New Liquefaction Project in Calcascieu Parish
ExxonMobil to Add Third Train to PNG LNG Project
First LNG Carrier Delivered for Papua New Guinea LNG Project
NEB Approves Woodside Energy LNG Export License
Cheniere and EIG Finalize $1.5 Bln Equity Investment for Corpus Christi LNG Project
Jereh Group Operates China's First Shale Gas Liquefaction Plant
Wärtsilä Receives Full Notice to Proceed with Its First LNG Terminal
Golar Signs HOA for the Development of FLNG
Exxon Plans to Invest $25 Bln on B.C. Prince Rupert LNG Project
SSAB to Invest in LNG Terminal Project in Tornio, Finland
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INDUSTRIAL EMITTERS UPDATE HEADLINES
March 2015 – No. 1
AMERICAS
• Chevron Phillips Completes Sweeny Ethylene Expansion
• Sasol Announces Financing Milestone for Louisiana Project
• Etileno XXI Plant Could Revive Mexico's Petrochemical Sector
• Ineos, Sasol Break Ground on Texas HDPE Project
• North Dakota Group, Badlands NGL Plans $4 Bln Chemical Plant
• Chemtura Expands Antioxidant Capacity for Auto Industry Demand Growth
• Westlake Chemical to Add Ethylene Capacity in Lake Charles
• G2X Energy Receives Air Quality Permits for Big Lake Fuels Facility Construction and Operation
• Linde Installs Gasifier Vessel at Texas Facility
ASIA
• China Commissions UOP C3 Oleflex™ Process Technology for Propylene Unit
• Vietnam to Grant License for $22 Bln Refinery, Petchem Complex Early in 2015
• Alfa Laval Wins Heat Exchanger Order for South Korea Petrochemical Plant
EMEA
• Propylene Unit Reaches Capacity in Russia due to UOP C3 Oleflex™ Process Technology
• Saudi Arabia to Invest $91 Bln to Spur Petrochemical Industry
• Iran to Inaugurate Petrochemical Plant in Its Northwest
• Report Says Iran to Triple Petrochemical Production to 180Mln Tons by 2022
• Asia Key Driver in Qatar Petrochemicals Expansion
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World Power Generation Projects
Fuel: Biomass - 2015
Startup Date Location Fuel Comment Project Title
Unknown CA orchard waste Modesto Irrigation District biomass power plant
Unknown Canada NewPage mill cogen power plant-Nova Scotia Power/NewPage Port Hawkesbury
Unknown FL Port St. Joe Renewable Energy Center IGCC
Unknown GA wood Ben Hill biomass power plant-Fitzgerald Renewable Energy
Unknown SC wood John Matthews Industrial Park biomass power plant-Tri-County Electric Coop.
Unknown South Korea Dangjin 4 CFB power plant-GS Group
Unknown UK Heron Renewable Energy Plant-Drax/Siemens Project Ventures
Unknown UK Teesport (Tees) Renewable Energy Plant-MGT Power Ltd.
Unknown UK Port of Southampton biomass-fired power plant-Helius Energy
Unknown UK Anglesey Aluminum (Holyhead) wood-firing power plant
Unknown UK Avonmouth biomass project-Helius Energy
On hold UK Stallingborough biomass power plant-RWE
Cancelled WI wood waste Bay Front biomass IGCC conversion-Xcel Energy
2017 Denmark wood chips Skaerbaek biomass cogeneration plant 2 units-Dong Energy
2017 India Vemagiri expansion-GMR
2017 UK wood chip, timber Blyth (North) power plant-British Renewable Energy Systems
2017 UK Grangemouth cogeneration plant
2017 UK wood waste Margam biomass power plant
2015 GA Heard County biomass power plant-Rollcast Energy
2015 OR Klamath Falls II-Klamath Generation
2015 Sweden Vartaverket CFB combined heat and power plant-Fortum Varme
2015 UK wood Portbury Dock Renewable Energy Plant-E.ON
2015 UK waste derived fuels also Ferrybridge multi-fuel power plant-SSE Generation
2014 GA Warren County biomass-fired power plant-Oglethorpe Power
2014 Sweden Torsvik cogen power plant-Jonkoping Energi
2014 TX Woodville-East TX Electric Coop
2014 UK Drax biomass power project (Ouse Renewable Energy Plant)
2014 UK Tyne Renewable Energy Center-MGT Power
2013 FL Deerhaven II-Gainesville Regional Utilities
2013 FL American Renewables power plant
2013 FL Adage LLC power plant
2013 NH Berlin BioPower project-Cate St. Capital
2013 WI Domtar Corp. paper mill power plant/We Energies
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