SAN JOSE, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- SEMI, the global industry
association of companies that supply manufacturing technology and materials
to the world's chip makers, today reported that worldwide sales of
semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $40.47 billion in 2006,
representing a year-over-year increase of 23 percent. The data is available
in the Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (SEMS) Report,
now available from SEMI.
Compiled from data submitted by members of SEMI and the Semiconductor
Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ), the Worldwide SEMS Report is a
summary of the monthly billings and bookings figures for the global
semiconductor equipment industry. The report, which includes data for seven
major semiconductor producing regions and 22 product categories, shows
worldwide billings totaled $40.47 billion in 2006, compared to $32.88
billion in sales posted in 2005.
"The worldwide semiconductor equipment industry resumed strong growth
in 2006 as the robust memory chip market and continued transition to 300mm
wafers fueled sales of manufacturing technology," said Stanley T. Myers,
president and CEO of SEMI. "With double-digit gains in all market regions,
the equipment industry posted annual sales second only to the extraordinary
levels in 2000."
For the third year in a row, the Japan market region spent the most on
semiconductor equipment, growing almost 13 percent over 2005 to reach
US$9.20 billion. N. America reclaimed the number two spot with $7.32 in
equipment sales. Following closely behind N. America were the regions of
Taiwan and S. Korea with spending of $7.31 billion and $7.01 billion
respectively. After experiencing negative growth in 2005, the China market
region grew the most in 2006, rising over 74 percent to US$2.3 billion. The
Rest of World region, which aggregates Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines,
other areas of Southeast Asia and smaller global markets, increased almost
30 percent. The equipment market in Europe increased 10 in 2006.
The global wafer processing equipment market segment increased 26
percent; the assembly and packaging segment grew 14 percent, the total test
equipment sales increased 21 percent.
2005-2006 Semiconductor Capital Equipment Market by World Region
(Dollars in U.S. Millions; Percentage Year-over-Year)
Region 2005 2006 % Change
China 1,327 32,315 74.4
Europe 3,262 3,595 10.2
Japan 8,183 9,209 12.5
Korea 5,826 7,014 20.4
North America 5,702 7,324 28.4
Taiwan 5,722 7,308 27.7
Rest of World 2,862 3,709 29.6
Total Regions 32,884 40,474 23.1
Source: SEMI-SEAJ
The Worldwide SEMS Report is published monthly and is available as part
of the SEMI Equipment Market Data Subscription. The monthly report updates
billings and bookings by world region and by industry segment. For more
information about the SEMI Industry Research and Statistics program and
subscription services, call SEMI Customer Service at 408.943.6901 or e-mail
mktstats@semi.org.
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide
equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors,
displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
and related technologies. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing,
Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,
Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.semi.org.
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