Subject: Cleanroom Market News For May ‘08
Here are the headlines for the month of May ‘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
May 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PHARMACEUTICALS
750 New Medicines to Treat Cancer in Development
China Pharmaceutical Industry Grew Steadily in 2007
Eastern Europe Seeing Growth in Pharmaceutical Investment
India Winning the Clinical Trials
India Setting Up Warehouse in Russia
Lots of M&A Activity in India
Many Increases in Spending Reported
SEMICONDUCTOR
North American Book-to-Bill for March 0.89
Global Chip and Equipment Markets Slow Down in 2008
Semiconductor Materials Post Record Revenues for Fourth Straight Year
New Emission Standards Proposed
SOLAR
Global Solar Spent $2.8 Billion on Plant and Equipment in 2006
Applied Materials Installing 1.9 MWs of Solar
SVTC Launches New PV Initiative
FLAT PANEL
HDD Shipments Cross the 500-Million Unit Mark in 2007
Strong First Quarter Plasma Panel Results
120 Hz LCD TV Market Likely to Mark Explosive Growth
Korea Investing Heavily in Display Panels
Corning Opens LCD Glass Plant in China
INDUSTRY NEWS
ISO Vocabulary Approved as National Standard
Gerbig Engineering Announces Energy Analysis Service
ITW Texwipe Opens New Facility in China
AirInSpace Plasmer™ Technology Certified to Protect Against Biological Threat
Rohm and Haas Acquires OLED Materials Company
Asyst Launches Partner Service Program
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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