Cleanroom Market News For May 10
Here are the headlines for the month of May ‘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 WORLD MARKETS
UPDATE
May 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SIA Reports February Chip Sales
Semiconductor Rebound and Emerging Market Opportunities Fuel Interest in SEMICON West 2010
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts March 2010 Book-to-Bill of 1.19
Merck KGaA and Plastic Logic Jointly Develop New Generation Organic Semiconductors
IMS Forecasts Global Pharmaceutical Market Growth of 5 to 8 Percent Annually Through 2014
Global Pharmaceutical Companies Need to Take an Even Closer Look at India
U.S. Prescription Sales Grew 5.1 Percent in 2009 to $300.3 Billion
PhRMA Statement on Health Care Reform
Industry Benefits from Healthcare Reform and Robust General Markets
Charles River Laboratories and WuXi PharmaTech to Combine
Consumer Confidence in Consumer Electronics Climbs in March
E-book Popularity Drives Electronic Paper Display Shipments to 417 Percent Y/Y Growth
Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Grew 27 Percent in First Quarter of 2010
Builders Committed to Home Technology despite Operating in Survival Mode
TFT LCD Equipment Spending Approaches All Time High in 2010
April 2010 Large-Area TFT-LCD Panel Price Turn to Downside
Roller Coaster Ride Continues in LCD Panel and Equipment Sales, Says The Information Network
iSuppli Predicts Doubling of Solar PV Installs in 2010
Solarbuzz Reports Soaring German Solar Photovoltaic Demand in December
Sales of Carmanah 650 Solar LED Signaling Lights Reach 7,000 Units
Solar Cell and Module Production Facility Opened in Xuzhou China by Aide Solar
Earth Day Announcement Marks SunPower’s Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
Suniva Selected for Loan Guarantee Program by the DOE
Spire to Provide PV Module Manufacturing Line to Solartech Renewables
AQT and Intevac Enter into Business Agreement
Many projects are detailed in monthly updates under Industry Analysis in this Report’s Chapters.
Disk Drives
Flat Panel Display
Food
Other Electronics
Pharmaceutical
Semiconductor
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