Subject: Cleanroom Market News For June ‘07
Here are the headlines for the month of June ’07 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
JUNE 2007
SEMICONDUCTORS
April Chip Sales Grew by 1.6 Percent from 2006
SEMI Reports First Quarter Billings of $10.75 Billion
300 mm Will Drive Growth
Slight Increase in Silicon Shipments
China Chip Market Forecast to Cool Down in the Next Two Years
China's Tech Industry to Triple in Size
Growth in Indian Semiconductor Industry Forecast
Air Liquide Participating in Russian Semiconductor Market
SIA Applauds Progress on Free Trade
SIA Forecasts Slower Growth
Cypress Ships 50 Millionth 90-Nanometer SRAM from Minnesota Fab
Colliers Closes Sale of Two Semiconductor Facilities
FLAT PANELS
DuPont Innovation Builds Flat Panel Displays from the Inside Out
Corning Shifting to Heavy Metal Free Substrates
Dutch Inventor Sees Cheaper Way to Make Flat Panels
Chinese Moving into Central Europe
PHARMACEUTICAL
Pharmaceutical Technology Reports Little Increase in Spending
Pharmaceuticals Represent 1.5 Percent of India’s GDP
Review of China’s Drug Industry Underway
Study Warns of Growing Worldwide Counterfeit Epidemic
GlaxoSmithKline Investing in Irish Facility
MEDICAL
GE Healthcare to Build Mammography Machines in Rensselaer Technology Park
Troax Provides High Quality Cleanroom for Abbott Diabetes Care
Medical Device Pad Printing Firm Moves to New High-Tech Facility
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Nanotechnology Now Used in Nearly 500 Everyday Products
Report Lays Out Steps to Address "The Next Industrial Revolution"
Big Plans for Nanotechnology in Australia
RESEARCH
UMC Opens New R&D Center in Taiwan
Perot is the Keynote Speaker at UT Dallas Dedication
Plastic Electronics Center Planned for the U.K.
INDUSTRY NEWS
IEST Announces New Officers
G&K Services Announces $100-Million Share Repurchase Program
PRODUCT NEWS
Regal Polythene Introduces a New Powder-Free Latex Glove
Camfil Farr Filters Have Poured-in-Place Gaskets
Workbench Work Surfaces Aren’t Just Flat of IAC Industries
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