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2008 sales decreased 5.7% silicon wafer market position is essentially the same supplier
In Electronic Infomation Category: R | on May 2, 2011
Market research firm Gartner said wafer demand in 2008 is calculated in terms of sales fell 5.7% to 11.8 billion, mainly due to stagnant demand in the second half. This is the first time since 2001, annual sales decline.
From the supplier ranking in SHE is still ranked first in Japan, a market share of 33.3%, an increase of 0.8%, Sumco SHE is the amount of narrowing the gap between the two share only a difference of 0.8%. SHE annual sales revenue fell 3.4%.
Siltronic AG of Germany is still ranked third, but revenue fell 27%, so its market share fell from 3.3 to 11.5%. This reflects the proportion of Siltronic company 300mm wafer as before the two companies. These companies are subject to the negative impact of demand in straight sets.
MEMC Electronic Materials is still ranked fourth, but its revenue fell 24% market share slipped to 7.8%. In fifth is LG Siltron, market share remained at 7.2%, while revenue fell 4.8%, but the companys sales in Korea and BCM5703CKHB datasheet and China increased.