Subject:  Ultrapure Water World Market News for Oct.‘06

Here are the headlines for the month of Oct. ‘06 in the Updates to Ultrapure Water World Market.  The updates reflect only some of the new additions.  The analysis and revenues are constantly revised.   For more information, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n029

Ultrapure Water Update

October 2006 

Semiconductors

Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Hit Record $20.5 Billion in August

North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.00

China Fab Capital Spending to Exceed U.S.

Wafer Shipments Forecast to Grow 18 Percent in 2006

Taiwan's IC Industry Production Up 33.6 Percent

Indian Government Supporting Growing Market

Philips to Sell Semiconductor Unit

Hemlock Semiconductor Planning Polycrystalline Silicon Plant

Infineon Opens Front-End Fab in Malaysia

Chemical Industry Sees Opportunity in Printed Electronics

Largest Semiconductor Complex Opened in China

Disk Drives

Xyratex Introduces Space Saving Test Automation Solution

Electronics

Worldwide MEMS Systems Market Forecasted to Reach $95 Billion by 2010

Printed Circuit Board Book-to-Bill Ratio is at Parity

Japanese Electronics Firms Making Large Investments

China’s Consumer Electronics Predicted to More Than Double by 2010

New Flexible Displays Could be Field Tested by 2007

Pharmaceuticals

Market to Grow to $842 Billion by 2010

China Positioning Itself in Biopharmaceutical Production Market

Research Facilities

Purdue’s Birck Nanotechnology Center Facilitates Research

University of Sheffield Has New Facility

New Mexico Grants Include Research Facilities

Taiwan Science Parks Expected to Have Revenue of NT$2 Trillion

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