Downturn through 2009 (being blunt)
Cookson Assembly Materials Group pro- Rohm and Haas stockholders approved its and hybrid vehicles.—The Freedonia
moted Richard Ertmann to president. merger with Dow Chemical. Group
CVD Equipment received approximately Seica Germany opened a demonstration • World notebook PC shipments are ex-
50% of its $25M in orders in 2008 from and training center in Munich, Germany. pected to rise 30% y/y to 153 million
solar and energy markets. Stera released a new coordinate measuring units in 2008.—DisplaySearch.
DYMAX acquired dispensing company machine with AOI capabilities for PCBs. • Worldwide robots are expected to
Tridak. Teledyne acquired sensor manufacturer reach 18 million units by 2011.—Tai-
ESI Cormon Limited (Lancing, UK). wan’s Precision Machinery Research &
• purchased Zygo for $173.5 million in Valor and Business Objects developed a Development Center
stock. manufacturing operations dashboard solu- • Personal robotics market will create
• launched its 5330 micromachining sys- tion for the electronics industry. opportunities for key enabling compo-
tem optimized for silicon via drilling. Vishay terminated its offer to buy Interna- nents including processors, microcon-
FCT Recovery appointed Annette Porter tional Rectifier. trollers and sensors, which as a group
inside sales manager. could have $12 billion in worldwide
Heller Industries is investing RM115 mil- end markets revenue by 2015.—ABI
lion to upgrade its Bayan Lepas operations. • Brazil’s total electronics market value
Isola filed a patent infringement complaint increased from $19.3 billion in 2002 to semiconductors
with the U.S. International Trade Commis- $57.3 billion in 2007.—Brazilian Electri- • China’s IC market sales revenue
sion regarding unlawful U.S. importation cal and Electronics Industry Associa- increased 11.8% y/y to 292.39 billion
of certain prepregs, laminates and PCBs. tion (ABINEE) yuan in 1H’08.—CCID Consulting
Juki Automation Systems and Cogiscan • CE Device shipments with Wi-Fi are • Global market for IC process chemicals
released a lean material control system. expected to reach almost 1 billion by was $19 million in 2007—SRI Consult-
Kester named Steve Santangelo N Ameri- 2012.—In-Stat ing
can operations manager. • Cloud computing infrastructure spend- • MEMS device market is expected to
Kozio released a test automation tool for ing is expected to triple by 2012 to $42 grow 25% in 2008 to just over 2.5 bil-
volume testing of processor-based PCBs. billion.—IDC lion units valued at US$7.8 billion.—
Lincoln International’s Global Aerospace • Global UMD (ultra-mobile device) The Information Network
and Defense Industry Group hired and market’s total vender revenues are • Worldwide silicon wafer area ship-
appointed Teresa Clegg to VP. expected to increase from $3.5 billion ments contracted almost 3% to 2,243
Mentor Graphics acquired Flomerics in 2008 to nearly $27 billion in 2013.— million square inches in 3Q’08 vs.
Group. ABI Research 2Q’08, according to the SEMI. Com-
MYDATA appointed Pelle Wennerlund • Digital still camera revenues are pared to 3Q’07, total area shipments
managing director in China. forecast to rise at a 6.6% CAGR from increased over 3%.
Nordson acquired Wachter, Paul and Co. $19.6 billion in 2007 to $26.9 billion
OK International introduced its Met- in 2012.—iSuppli Walt Custer is an independent consultant who
cal MX-5000 series soldering and rework • Video-game-console revenue is ex- monitors and offers a daily news service and
system. pected to grow at a 5.9% CAGR from market reports on the PCB and assembly auto-
Panasonic Factory Solutions Europe $10 billion in 2007 to $14 billion in mation and semiconductor industries. He can be
named HåJa its sales and service represen- 2012.—iSuppli contacted at
walt@custerconsulting.com or visit
tative in Sweden and Norway. • HDTV unit shipments are projected
www.custerconsulting.com.
Photodata Test Services acquired Scan & to grow at a 20% CAGR from 97.1
Design of southern England. million in 2007 to 241.2 million by Jon Custer-Topai is vice president of Custer
Photronics closed its Manchester, UK, 2012.—iSuppli. Consulting Group and responsible for the corpora-
photomask facility. • Worldwide primary and secondary tion’s market research and news analysis activi-
Quasys (Switzerland) acquired all JEDEC battery demand will increase nearly 5% ties. Jon is a member of the IPC and active in the
tray and waffle pack feeder assets and annually to almost $90 billion in 2012, Technology Marketing Research Council. He can
rights from BESI/Datacon. driven by battery-powered electronics be contacted at
jon@custerconsulting.com.
20081115 20081109
World Rigid & Flex PCB Production
Electronic Equipment Production Growth
Current $Billion Converted @ 2007 Exchange Rates
Current $ Growth Rates Converted @ Constant 2007 Exchange Rates
$Billions
70.0
N America Europe Japan China
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Taiwan S Korea Rest of Asia ROW
60.0
World 10.1 8.1 3.5 0.2 7.7
51.9
53.5
49.6
51.1
49.4
50.0 USA 7.5 0.9 0.0 -1.1 5.3
44.4
40.0
W Europe 0.7 -0.1 -1.1 -3.9 4.1
30.0
Japan 3.9 0.2 -3.4 -4.1 5.3
20.0
Four Tigers 10.6 7.6 5.2 0.4 6.1
10.0
China 20.7 21.2 8.5 4.1 12.3
0.0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Henderson Ventures 11/2008
Henderson Ventures 11/08
www.hendersonventures.com
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