Semiconductor Equipment Companies Expect Sales of $40.9 Billion in 2007
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The leading manufacturers of
semiconductor equipment expect 2007 to be the second largest year ever for
sales of new semiconductor equipment according to the mid-year edition of
the SEMI Capital Equipment Consensus Forecast, released here today by SEMI
at the annual SEMICON West exposition.
The forecast indicates that, following a very strong year 23 percent in
2006, the equipment market will grow one percent to $40.9 billion in 2007.
Survey respondents see about seven percent growth in 2008, and about four
percent growth the following year to reach $45.5 billion in 2009.
"Semiconductor equipment suppliers saw strong sales surpassing $40
billion last year and expect to reach similar sales levels this year,
driven by continued investment in 300 mm technology and growing investment
in 45 nm tools," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI.
The SEMI Mid-Year Consensus Forecast indicates that the wafer
processing equipment segment will experience the most significant level of
growth this year at an estimated four percent to $29.8 billion. Survey
respondents anticipate that the market for assembly and packaging equipment
will remain flat at $2.5 billion in 2007. The market for equipment to test
semiconductors is expected to decline about eight percent to $5.9 billion
this year.
The market in Taiwan for new equipment leads the growth trend in 2007,
with a projected market increase of greater than 20 percent, followed by
China (about 15 percent growth), Korea (one percent growth). Japan is
expected to remain flat, while North America and Europe expect declines of
about nine percent, and the rest of world expects a decline of about 14
percent.
The SEMI Mid-Year Consensus Forecast is based on interviews conducted
between late May and June 2007 with companies representing a majority of
the total sales volume for the global semiconductor equipment industry.
The following survey results are given in terms of market size in
billions of U.S. dollars and percentage growth over the prior year:
Forecast by Equipment Segment
2006 % % % %
Equipment Actual 2007 Chng 2008 Chng 2009 Chng 2010 Chng
Type $B $B $B $B $B
Wafer
Processing $28.74 $29.75 3.5% $31.18 4.8% $32.97 5.8% $35.21 6.8%
Assembly &
Packaging 2.46 2.46 0.0% 2.70 9.8% 2.76 1.9% 2.92 5.9%
Test 6.42 5.92 -7.8% 6.88 16.2% 6.87 -0.1% 7.28 6.0%
Other 2.85 2.78 -2.6% 2.83 1.7% 2.92 3.2% 3.10 6.3%
Total
Equipment* $40.47 $40.91 1.1% $43.58 6.5% $45.51 4.4% $48.51 6.6%
Forecast by Region
2006 % % % %
Market Actual 2007 Chng 2008 Chng 2009 Chng 2010 Chng
Region $B $B $B $B $B
North
America $7.32 $6.68 -8.8% $6.99 4.7% $7.05 0.8% $7.31 3.7%
Japan 9.21 9.23 0.2% 9.65 4.5% 9.89 2.5% 10.55 6.6%
Taiwan 7.31 8.80 20.4% 9.54 8.5% 9.89 3.6% 10.70 8.3%
Europe 3.59 3.28 -8.7% 3.52 7.2% 3.52 0.0% 3.69 4.9%
South Korea 7.01 7.07 0.8% 7.57 7.1% 7.76 2.5% 8.17 5.3%
China 2.31 2.65 14.5% 2.56 -3.4% 3.48 35.9% 3.95 13.4%
Rest of
World 3.71 3.20 -13.8% 3.75 17.3% 3.92 4.5% 4.14 5.5%
Total
Equipment* $40.47 $40.91 1.1% $43.58 6.5% $45.51 4.4% $48.51 6.6%
*Totals and percentages may differ due to rounding of numbers
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that develop
and provide manufacturing technology, materials and services to make
semiconductors, flat panel displays (FPDs), micro-electromechanical systems
(MEMS) and related microelectronics. SEMI maintains offices in Austin,
Beijing, Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Singapore,
Tokyo, Shanghai and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit SEMI at
http://www.semi.org.
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