Subject:  Cleanroom Market News

Here are headlines for the month of June, 2006 in the Updates to Cleanrooms: World Markets.  The updates reflect only some of the new additions.  The analysis and revenues are constantly revised.  For more information, click on: Cleanrooms: World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/cleanroom.html .

CLEANROOM UPDATE

JUNE, 2006

SEMICONDUCTOR

SIA Raises Forecast for Chip Industry Growth

WSTS Projects 10.1 Percent Growth in 2006

Gartner Forecasts 10.6 Percent

SEMI Reports First Quarter U.S. Billings of $9.58 Billion

ISMI Exploring Transition to 450-mm Manufacturing

AROUND THE WORLD

IC Demand Outpaces Supply in China

Growth of IC-China Reflects Industry Growth

China Semiconductor Industry Association to Apply for World Council Membership

Taiwan Important Hub for IT

Japanese Collaborations Mean Fewer Cleanrooms

Foreign Investment in South Korea Decreased

LCDs

LCD TV Shipments to Nearly Double This Year

Flat-Panel Public Displays Market to Reach $3.5 Billion by 2010

L.G. Philips LKCD Building Plant in Wroclaw, Poland

Sumito to Double Production of Polarizing Film

OLED

2005 Was a Rough Year for OLEDs

Mitsubishi Develops New Organic Material

INDUSTRY NEWS

ASTM Creates New Latex Standard

AMD to Invest $2.5 Billion in Germany

SMIC Construction 300-mm Fab in Shanghai

New Cambridge Facility is Complete

LSI Completes Sale of Gresham Fab

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