NEWS RELEASE                                   FEBRUARY 2010

Asian Chip Manufacturers Will Buy Most of the Environmental and Flow Control Products

By 2015 semiconductor manufacturing will be concentrated in Asia.  At that time 74 percent of the production and 70 percent of the revenues will be generated in Asia.  The McIlvaine Company (www.mcilvainecompany.com) forecasts that in 2015, 78 percent of the world’s semiconductor equipment purchases will be for Asian chip fabrication facilities.  By 2015, the production in Asia will be greater than the entire world production last year.

Based on these forecasted trends, the McIlvaine Company has made nearly 20,000 forecasts for the revenues of environmental and flow control equipment, repair parts, and consumables.

2015 equipment revenues for environmental and flow control in the semiconductor industry ($ millions unless noted otherwise).

*reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration and microfiltration equipment not including external piping and instrumentation  

** ultrapure water systems including filtration, degasification and all related piping and installation.                                           

The Asian wafer fabrication facilities use a higher percentage of mini environments than the rest of the world. Also in some Asian countries the slightly more lenient air regulations reduce the need for scrubbers.  Therefore the Asian market percentage differs from the semiconductor equipment percentage.

2015 After market and consumable revenues for environmental and flow control in semiconductor manufacturing ($ millions unless noted otherwise).

*ultrapure water system parts such as instrumentation, piping but not valves, pumps, and filters

Asian fabrication facilities utilize more cleanroom workers than do facilities in the U.S. and Europe.  This will result in a higher percentage of the market for gloves, wipes, and clothing.

Detailed forecasts and analysis are found in the respective McIlvaine reports:

Pumps World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#N019 

Industrial Valves: World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n028

Cartridge Filters: World Markets   http://www.mcilvainecompany.com//brochures/water.html#nO24

Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com//brochures/air.html#n008  

Water & Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#NO26

World Cleanroom Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/cleanroom.html

Air Filtration and Purification Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n022

RO, UF, MF World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#no20       

Ultrapure Water World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n029

Air Pollution Monitoring & Sampling World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#no31