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FFKM O-Rings remains low-risk pathway for semiconductor manufacturing San Diego, CA, June 12, 2024:  TECHCET — the advisory firm providing materials market information for semiconductor supply chain resilience — sees upward growth for perfluoroelastomer (FFKM)-based O-Rings required in semiconductor applications, including ALD, CVD, RTP, dry strip, and etch, as well as seals used in the sub-fab. In 2023, the FFKM O-ring market size was approximately $600M, and the future…

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Strained but Expansion Plans being Pulled-in San Diego, CA, May 31, 2022:  TECHCET—the electronic materials advisory firm providing business and technology information— announced the 2021 worldwide market for fabricated quartz parts reached US$1,718 million, growing 25% above 2020, with segments of the market in Taiwan and Korea growing over 30%. The global fabricated quartz parts market will expand another 18% in 2022. In addition to the fabricated parts segment…

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Quartz Market Is Expected To Reach US$1.66 B in 2021 up ~20% San Diego, CA, July 13, 2021: TECHCET—the electronic materials advisory firm providing business and technology information— the automotive chip shortage is driving strong growth of < 200 mm quartz demand. Quartz suppliers have been struggling to ramp up production to meet demand.  As Highlighted in TECHCET’s Quartz Report. “Even 150mm parts demand is coming back,” stated Lita…

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High growth in demand for logic and memory 3D metal San Diego, CA, February 17, 2021: TECHCET—the electronic materials advisory firm providing business and technology information—announces that the global market for chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) consumable materials in semiconductor manufacturing is expected to grow over 13% year-over-year (YoY) to US$2.93 billion in 2021. CMP consumables including slurries, pads, and conditioning disks are all in high demand due to the need…

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Pandemic pushing people to Work From Home and School From Home San Diego, CA, January 12, 2021: TECHCET announced that global revenues for semiconductor manufacturing and packaging materials grew approximately 4% year-over-year (YoY) in 2020 to ~US$50B, and are expected to grow ~7% in 2021 to nearly US$54B. The COVID-19 pandemic has created strong demand for both logic and memory ICs to support Work From Home (WFH) and School…

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5th CMC Conference “After-Hours” Available up to December 11 San Diego, CA, November 5, 2020: How to keep semiconductor fabs supplied with critical materials despite a pandemic and trade wars was discussed by >250 industry experts gathered in virtual space October 21-22 during the 5th annual Critical Materials Council (CMC) Conference. CMC Fab Members and Associate Supplier Members were joined by leading industry analysts, educators, and investors in discussing…

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Increasing demand forecasted through 2024 San Diego, CA, October 21, 2020: TECHCET—the electronic materials advisory firm providing business and technology information—announces that the global market for Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) including Sputtering consumable materials in semiconductor manufacturing is expected to total over US$1 billion this year. Demand was strong in the first half of 2020 as fabs built up safety stock in response to COVID-19, and sales momentum continued…

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