Subject: Cleanroom Market News For September‘08
Here are the headlines for the month of September‘08 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 UPDATE
September 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Worldwide Chip Sales Up 5.4 Percent in First Half of 2008
Silicon Wafer Shipments Increase in Second Quarter 2008
North American Semiconductor Industry Posts July 2008 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 0.83
MPUs and MCUs Will Reach Record Sales in 2008
CEA and CNET Release New Consumer Sentiment Indexes
Large-Sized LCD Market Set for September Recovery
Economic Uncertainties Stimulate LCD-TV Outsourcing
North America TV Shipments Surge 28 Percent in Second Quarter 2008
Large-Size TFT-LCD Market Continues on Price Decline Trend Even in High-Demand Season
Global Touch Screen Market Estimated to Increase 43 Percent
CMO Expects Monthly LCD Module Capacity to Grow to Six Million Units
NJ Biotechnology Industry Survey Sees Growth and Maturity
Massachusetts Leads in Life Sciences
Pharma Hub Developing in Gujarat, India
Flanders Has Growing Biotech Industry
Miami-Dade is Also a Hub for Life Sciences
Advanced R&D Moving to India and China
San Diego is the Third Largest Biotech Hub
Max Planck Society Developing First U.S. Institute
Pennsylvania Top in Building Biotech
New ISO Draft Standard on Classification of Surface Particle Cleanliness
Chemique Adhesives Offers Solvent-Free Adhesives to U.S. Market
Esco Launches Airstream 2.4 Meter Horizontal Laminar Flow Benches
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