110 Cleanroom Market News for Jan. 10

Cleanroom Market News For Jan. 10

Here are the headlines for the months of Jan. ‘10 in the Updates to World Cleanroom Markets. The updates reflect only some of the new additions. The analysis and revenues are constantly revised. For more information on World Cleanroom Markets, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/cleanroom.html .

CLEANROOM MARKET

UPDATE

January 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SEMICONDUCTORS

SIA Reports October Chips Sales

Spending on Fab Projects Will Grow 66 Percent in 2010, but Few New Fabs Are Expected

SEMI Reports Third Quarter 2009 Semiconductor Equipment Billings of $4.54 Billion

North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts November 2009 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.06

Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Capital Equipment Market Growth is Accelerating

PHARMACEUTICAL

Sanofi-aventis to Acquire Chattem, Inc., Creating a Strong U.S. Consumer Healthcare Platform

Novartis to Acquire Corthera Inc., Gaining Worldwide Rights to Phase III Project Relaxin for Treatment of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

$232 Billion Personalized Medicine Market to Grow 11 Percent Annually, Says PricewaterhouseCoopers

HHS Announces $60 Million Program to Fund Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects

IMS Specialty Market Dynamics Delivers Comprehensive View of Treatment, Utilization and Compliance Patterns in Fast-Growing Pharmaceutical Segment

Seven New Biopharmaceutical Research Companies Join PhRMA’s Mission to Advance Medical Innovation

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

Consumer Confidence Unchanged in December According to Latest CEA-CNET Indexes

After 2009 Slump, Electronics Systems Sales to Set New Sales Record in 2011

Car and PND Mobile TV Market Set to Double by 2015

Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Device Sales on Pace for Flat Growth in 2009

LCDS

2010 Large-Area TFT-LCD Panel Demand Expected to Increase 12 Percent

Year-over-Year

Corning Sees Continued Strength in LCD Market

Chi Mei Shipped 7.1 Million Large-Sized Panels in November

LEDS