Subject: Cleanroom Market News For August ‘07

 

Here is the table of contents for the month of August ’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

August 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SEMICONDUCTOR

Semiconductor Equipment Companies Expect Sales of $40.9 Billion in 2007

North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts June 2007 Book to Bill

Ratio of 0.94

Silicon Wafer Shipments Increase in Second Quarter 2007

Semiconductor Shipments to China Up Nearly Sixteen Percent

Japanese Manufacturer Selects Next Generation Asyst System

Hynix Semiconductor Develops Industry's Smallest 1 Gb Mobile DRAM

 

PHARMACEUTICAL

Pfizer Tops the Pharmaceutical Companies List

Life Sciences Growing Strong in the Midwest

Indian Court Decision Weakens Incentives for New Innovations

Rapid Growth Seen in Chinese Demand for Drugs

AstraZeneca Phasing Out Manufacturing

 

HEALTHCARE

Construction Increases by Fourteen Percent

 

FLAT PANEL DISPLAY

Rapid Up and Down in the Flat Panel Display Industry

Sharp Building New Plant Near Osaka

 

SOLAR CELLS

$7.2-Billion Market for Thin-Film Photovoltaics Predicted by 2015

Applied Materials to Acquire HCT Shaping Systems

Show Awarded EPCM Contract for Polysilicon Manufacturing Plant.

BASF and Bosch to Cooperate on Organic Photovoltaics

 

COMPANY NEWS

Sumitomo to Acquire OLED Developer

Shat-R-Shield Introduces Powerful Line of UV/Germicidal Lamps

BOC Edwards to be Rebranded as Edwards

 

Many projects, mergers and acquisitions are detailed in monthly updates under Industry Analysis in the Report's Chapters.

 

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