Cleanroom Market News for May 09
Here are the headlines for the months of May ’09 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 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SEMICONDUCTORS
February Chip Sales Declined Year-on-Year, Month-on-Month
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts March 2009 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 0.61
Nearly 60 Percent of China Chip Manufacturing Goes Unused in the First Quarter
Russian Spending Continues
Reports of a Memory Market Recovery are Greatly Exaggerated
PHARMACEUTICAL
IMS Health Lowers 2009 Global Pharmaceutical Market Forecast to 2.5 to 3.5 Percent Growth
Rapid Growth Predicted for Indian Biopharmaceutical Industry
Venture Capital Investment Plummets to Twelve-Year Low
U.S. FDA Opens Office in Costa Rica
Purdue Creates Virtual Cleanroom
FLAT PANELS
TFT LCD Fab Utilization Fell to an Unprecedented Low of Fifty Percent in January
Worldwide OLED Revenues Forecast to Reach $5.5 Billion by 2015
TV Panel Shipments Up Due to Increased Demands from Chinese Market
Chi Mei Optoelectronics Combined TFT-LCD Related Revenues of NT$19.7 Billion in March
MEMS
Bosch Maintains Leadership in the Auto MEMS Market in 2008
COMPUTERS
Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 6.5 Percent in First Quarter of 2009
GLOVES
Riverstone Holdings to Boost Output by 40 Percent
SOLAR
India Identified as Area with Tremendous Potential for Solar Energy
COMPANY NEWS
NEC Electronics and Renesas to Integrate Business Operations
Toshiba and Panasonic Announce Joint Venture Agreement
Roth & Rau to Acquire Ortner Cleanroom Logistic Systems
Cimetrix Announces 2008 Year-End Financial Results
INDUSTRY NEWS
ISO Committee Approves Revisions to Cleanroom Standards
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