The 2009 market for electronic gases totalled $2.37B, down 14 percent from the prior year, according to the report “Gases for Semiconductor Processing 2010.”
The 2010 outlook is for 11 percent growth overall, with the electronic specialty gases segment leading the way with 15 percent growth to $1.6B. The combined electronic gases market is expected to reach beyond $2.9B by 2012, according to Techcet’s forecast.
Sales of specialty gases correlate very closely with silicon wafer consumption, and rode the roller-coaster down with the semiconductor business through the recession. Bulk gases do not track as closely with wafer starts because the gas volumes attributed to other electronic applications are large in comparison to IC bulk gas.
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