Subject: Cleanroom Market News For April ‘08
Here is the table of contents for the month of April ‘08 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
April 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SEMICONDUCTORS
February Semiconductor Sales Show Modest Year-on-Year Gain
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts February Book-to-Bill of 0.93
SEMI Reports 2007 Global Equipment Sales of $42.77 Billion
HP Continues to Dominate Notebook PC Market
Difficult Start for Brazil's Semiconductor Industry
Fab Reaches Significant Milestone at First 300-mm NOR Wafer Fab
Novellus Ships 100th 300-mm Tool Into China
Fab Owners Association Reaches Membership Milestone
Hitachi to Transfer Hitachi Singapore Shares to Chartered
MEMS
MEMS Sensor/Activator Growth to Double in Next Five Years
iSuppli Establishes Photovoltaic and MEMs Services
TFT-LCD Panel Shipments Remain MoM Upward Trend
Chi Mei Optoelectronics to Build LCD Plant in Viet Nam
Conclusion of Formal Contract Between Hitachi and Matsushita
Syntax-Brillian Signs LCD Panel Supply Agreement with LG. Philips LCD
OLED
GE Demonstrates World's First "Roll-to-Roll" Manufactured OLEDs
PHARMACEUTICAL
R&D Spending By U.S. Biopharmaceutical Companies Reaches Record $58.8 Billion in 2007
FDA to Establish Permanent Positions in China
U.K. Pharmaceutical Industry Losing Business Offshore
Foster Wheeler Acquires Biopharmaceutical Process Design Company
RESEARCH CENTERS
R&D Hub Opens in Endicott
Nanoelectronics Center Planned for Notre Dame
Biomedicine Research Center Under Construction in Tianjin
GARMENTS
DuPont Acquires Cardinal Health Industrial Apparel Business
G&K Services Announces Acquisition in Mid-Atlantic Region
Superior Uniform Group Starts Trading on NASDAQ
INDUSTRY NEWS
New Contamination Control Tutorials at ESTECH 2008
M+W Zander Names Managing Director
IN MEMORIAM
Many projects are detailed in monthly updates under Industry Analysis in this Report’s Chapters.
Disk Drives
Flat Panel Display
Food
Medical Device
Other Electronics
Pharmaceutical
Semiconductor
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