Ultrapure Water Flow Rates/Project Info
Semiconductor flow rates are a good indicator of sales. The McIlvaine Company uses projected flow rates of new facilities to determine the future markets for ultrapure water (UPW) systems. In 2006 McIlvaine believes that Asian Fabs will purchase UPW systems with the capability of producing 21,200 gpm or more than 50 percent of the world total in that year.
Semiconductor GPM
2006
Africa --
America 12,300
Asia 21,200
Europe 6,500
Total 40,000
McIlvaine Company projects UPW system sales to the power industry based on MW of new facilities. There is a switch to coal for new plants in the U.S. Here are several projects we reported in our weekly Alert:
Authorities will break ground for Corn Belt Energy Corp.'s $148 million coal-fired power plant in Elkhart, Illinois in June, Corn Belt representatives told the Logan County Board Tuesday. The power plant will be the first coal-fired power plant to be constructed in Illinois in 14 years. Corn Belt is in its final stage of planning for the low-emissions power plant that will be constructed next to the Turris Co. coal mine. The plant is earmarked for completion in December 2007.
We also report on semiconductor and pharmaceutical projects well in advance. Here are some examples from the Updates for Ultrapure Water World Markets:
TSMC fab near completion
TSMC expects to finish equipment installation for its 8-inch fab in the
Shanghai Songjiang Industrial Zone in China by early 2004, according to sources.
Some of TSMC’s equipment engineering staff members to be stationed at the China
fab are being trained at the company’s 12-inch fab. The staff is scheduled to
head to China in October for the installation, sources said.
Intel investing $200 million in new chip facility
Intel Corp. plans to invest more than $200 million in a new
semiconductor-chip facility in central China. The new chip assembly and testing
facility will be located in the city of Chengdu, the Sichuan province capital.
Intel executives said construction of the plant’s first phase could start as
early as next year, take an estimated 20 months and cost about $200 million.
Intel expects to spend as much as $175 million more on the facility for an
unspecified period, the executives said.
The company also opened a $40-million design and development center in Malaysia. The facility, which employs 1,000 people, is at Intel’s production facility in northern Penang Island. The company expects to spend $100 million a year on research and development at its Malaysia facilities.
$202 million for new R&D Center
Altis Semiconductor, Corbeil-Essonnes, France, a joint venture between IBM
Microelectronics and Infineon Technologies AG, will invest $202 million over
three years to build an R&D center. Research will focus on developing a new
generation of semiconductors based on magnetic rather than electric power.
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Bob McIlvaine
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