TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
INTRODUCTION xi
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4
General 4
Macroeconomic Outlook 5
Electronics Industry Outlook 8
Electronic Components Outlook 10
Semiconductors 13
Passive Components 15
Printed Wiring Boards 17
Wafer Outlook 19
Silicon Wafers 22
Gallium Arsenide & Other Wafers 24
Historical Market Trends 25
Pricing Trends 27
Environmental & Regulatory Issues 29
International Activity & Foreign Trade 32
III. TECHNOLOGY 34
General 34
Polycrystalline Silicon Production 35
Silicon Wafer Production 37
Integrated Circuit Fabrication 39
Discrete Device Formation 40
Interconnect Layer Formation 42
Printed Wiring Board Production 44
Packaging & Assembly Overview 46
Wire-Bond Technology 47
Surface Mount Technology 48
Chip-on-Board Technology 49
Multichip Module Technology 50
Chip Scale Packaging 50
Ball Grid Arrays 52
Flip Chip Technology 53
Other Technology Developments 54
IV. PRODUCTS 56
General 56
Substrate & Packaging Polymers 58
Thermosets 61
Epoxy 62
Polyimide 65
Silicone 68
Other Thermosets 70
Thermoplastics 72
Polysulfone & Polyethersulfone 74
Liquid Crystal Polymer 76
Nylon 77
Polyphenylene Sulfide 79
Other Thermoplastics 80
Market Share & Producers 83
Gases 85
Bulk Gases 86
Nitrogen 89
Argon 91
Hydrogen 92
Oxygen 94
Helium & Other 95
Specialty Gases 98
Etchant & Cleaning Gases 99
Dopant Gases 102
Silicon Precursor Gases 103
Other Specialty Gases 105
Market Share & Producers 106
Photoresists & Adjuncts 108
Photoresists 110
Standard Photoresists 113
Advanced Photoresists 116
Photoresist Adjuncts 120
Market Share & Producers 123
Photoresists 124
Photoresist Adjuncts 125
Acids, Etchants & Solvents 126
Hydrogen Peroxide 128
Solvents 130
Sulfuric Acid 132
Hydrofluoric Acid 134
Other 136
Market Share & Producers 138
Semiconducting Materials 141
Polycrystalline Silicon 144
Gallium Arsenide & Other 146
Market Share & Producers 149
CMP Slurries 150
Plating Chemicals 154
Copper 155
Other 157
Market Share & Producers 157
Other 158
Electronic Adhesives 160
Low-k Dielectrics 162
All Other 165
V. APPLICATIONS 168
General 168
Semiconductors 170
Gases 173
Photoresists & Adjuncts 174
Semiconducting Substrate Materials 176
Substrate & Packaging Polymers 178
CMP Slurries 180
Other 181
Printed Wiring Boards 183
Laminate Polymers 185
Photoresists & Adjuncts 187
Plating Chemicals 189
Other 190
Passive Components 193
VI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 195
General 195
Market Share 198
Industry Restructuring 201
Competitive Strategies 203
Cooperative Agreements 205
Marketing & Distribution 214
Company Profiles 216
Ablestik Laboratories, see Imperial Chemical Industries
Acheson Colloids, see Imperial Chemical Industries
Advanced Silicon Materials LLC, see Komatsu Limited
AGA Gas Incorporated, see Linde AG
Air Liquide America LP, see L Air Liquide SA
Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated 217
Airgas Incorporated 223
Albemarle Corporation 224
Arch Chemicals Incorporated 225
Ashland Incorporated 228
ASM International NV 229
Astaris LLC, see FMC Corporation
Atotech USA Incorporated, see Total SA
AZ Electronic Materials 231
BASF AG 234
Bayer AG 236
BOC Group plc 238
Cabot Microelectronics Corporation 241
Celanese Corporation 244
Cheil Industries Incorporated 246
Chemetall GmbH, see Rockwood Specialties Group
ChemFirst Incorporated, see DuPont (EI) de Nemours
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Incorporated 248
Clariant International Limited 250
Cookson Group plc 252
Cyantek Corporation, see Rockwood Specialties Group
Dow Chemical Company 256
Dow Corning Corporation 260
DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials, see Air Products and
DuPont (EI) de Nemours
DuPont Dow Elastomers, see Dow Chemical and DuPont
DuPont (EI) de Nemours 263
DuPont Teijin Films US Limited Partnership, see DuPont
Eastman Chemical Company 271
EKC Technology, see DuPont (EI) de Nemours
Electrochemicals, see Rockwood Specialties Group
Emerson & Cuming, see Imperial Chemical Industries
EnCompass Materials Group, see Isonics
Enthone Incorporated, see Cookson Group plc
FMC Corporation 274
FUJIFILM Arch Company Limited, see Arch Chemicals
GE Silicones, see General Electric Company
GEM Microelectronic Materials, see Honeywell
General Chemical Corporation, see GenTek Incorporated
General Electric Company 276
GenTek Incorporated 279
HC Starck GmbH, see Bayer AG
Hemlock Semiconductor, see Dow Corning and Shin-Etsu
Henkel KGaA 281
Hitachi Chemical DuPont MicroSystems, see DuPont and
Hitachi Limited
Hitachi Limited 283
Holox Limited, see Linde AG
Honeywell International Incorporated 285
Huntsman LLC 287
Imperial Chemical Industries plc 289
Isonics Corporation 291
JSR Corporation 293
JT Baker, see Tyco International Limited
Kanto Kagaku 295
Komatsu Limited 296
L Air Liquide SA 298
Lanxess, see Bayer AG
Linde AG 300
MacDermid Incorporated 302
Mallinckrodt Baker Incorporated, see Tyco International
Martinswerk GmbH, see Albemarle Corporation
Matheson Tri-Gas, see Taiyo Nippon Sanso
MEMC Electronic Materials Incorporated 304
Merck KGaA 305
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 307
Mitsui Chemicals Incorporated 309
National Starch and Chemical Company, see Imperial
Chemical Industries plc
Nippon Sanso, see Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
OSi Specialties, see General Electric Company
Planar Solutions, see Arch Chemicals and Wacker-Chemie
Polyclad Laminates Incorporated, see Cookson Group plc
Praxair Incorporated 311
Resolution Performance Products LLC 313
Rhodia SA 315
Rockwood Specialties Group Incorporated 316
Rodel Incorporated, see Rohm and Haas Company
Rohm and Haas Company 319
SACHEM Incorporated 323
Shin-Etsu Chemical Company Limited 325
Shipley Company LLC, see Rohm and Haas Company
Siltronic AG, see Wacker-Chemie GmbH
Solvay SA 327
Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited 330
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation 333
3M Company 334
Total SA 336
Tra-Con Incorporated, see Imperial Chemical Industries
Tyco International Limited 338
Wacker-Chemie GmbH 340
Other Companies Mentioned in Study 343
LIST OF TABLES
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SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Summary Table 3
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 Macroeconomic Indicators 8
2 Electronic Product Shipments 10
3 Electronic Component Shipments 13
4 Semiconductor Shipments 15
5 Passive Component Shipments 16
6 Printed Wiring Board Shipments 19
7 Wafer Shipments 22
8 Electronic Chemical Market, 1993-2003 26
9 Electronic Chemical Pricing 29
SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS
1 Electronic Chemical Demand by Type 58
2 Substrate & Packaging Polymer Demand 60
3 Thermoset Resin Demand in Electronics 62
4 Epoxy Resin Demand in Electronics 65
5 Polyimide Resin Demand in Electronics 68
6 Silicone Resin Demand in Electronics 70
7 Other Thermoset Resin Demand in Electronics 72
8 Thermoplastic Resin Demand in Electronics 74
9 Polysulfone & Polyether Sulfone Resin Demand in Electronics 75
10 Liquid Crystal Polymer Demand in Electronics 77
11 Nylon Resin Demand in Electronics 79
12 Polyphenylene Sulfide Resin Demand in Electronics 80
13 Other Thermoplastic Resin Demand in Electronics 82
14 Electronic Gases Demand 86
15 Bulk Electronic Gases Demand 88
16 Nitrogen Gas Demand in Electronics 91
17 Argon Gas Demand in Electronics 92
18 Hydrogen Gas Demand in Electronics 93
19 Oxygen Gas Demand in Electronics 95
20 Helium & Other Bulk Gases Demand in Electronics 97
21 Specialty Electronic Gases Demand 99
22 Etchant & Cleaning Gases Demand 102
23 Dopant Gases Demand 103
24 Silicon Precursor Gases Demand 105
25 Other Specialty Electronic Gases Demand 106
26 Photoresist & Adjunct Demand in Electronics 110
27 Photoresist Demand in Electronics 113
28 Standard Photoresist Demand 116
29 Advanced Photoresist Demand 120
30 Photoresist Adjunct Demand 122
31 Acid, Etchant & Solvent Demand in Electronic Applications 128
32 Hydrogen Peroxide Demand in Electronic Applications 130
33 Electronic Solvent Demand 132
34 Sulfuric Acid Demand in Electronic Applications 134
35 Hydrofluoric Acid Demand in Electronic Applications 135
36 Other Acids & Etchants Demand in Electronic Applications 137
37 Semiconducting Material Demand 143
38 Polycrystalline Silicon Demand 146
39 Gallium Arsenide & Other Semiconducting Materials Demand 148
40 CMP Slurry Demand in Electronics 153
41 Plating Chemical Demand in Electronics 155
42 Other Electronic Chemical Demand by Type & Application 159
43 Electronic Adhesive Demand 162
44 Low-k Dielectrics Demand in Electronics 165
45 All Other Electronic Chemical Demand 167
SECTION V -- APPLICATIONS
1 Electronic Chemical Demand by Application 169
2 Semiconductor Chemical Demand by Type 172
3 Semiconductor Gases Demand 174
4 Semiconductor Photoresist & Adjunct Demand 175
5 Semiconducting Substrate Materials Demand 177
6 Semiconductor Packaging Polymer Demand 179
7 Semiconductor CMP Slurry Demand 181
8 Other Semiconductor Chemical Demand 183
9 Printed Wiring Board Chemical Demand by Type 185
10 Printed Wiring Board Laminate Polymer Demand 187
11 Printed Wiring Board Photoresist & Adjunct Demand 189
12 Printed Wiring Board Plating Chemical Demand 190
13 Other Printed Wiring Board Chemical Demand 192
14 Passive Component Electronic Chemical Demand 194
SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 US Electronic Chemical Sales by Company, 2003 197
2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 202
3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 207
LIST OF CHARTS
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SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 Electronic Chemical Market, 1993-2003 27
SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS
1 Electronic Chemical Demand by Type, 2003 57
2 Substrate & Packaging Polymers Market Share, 2003 85
3 Electronic Gases Market Share, 2003 108
4 Photoresist & Adjunct Market Share, 2003 123
5 Photoresist Market Share, 2003 125
6 Photoresist Adjunct Market Share, 2003 126
7 Acid, Etchant & Solvent Market Share, 2003 141
8 Semiconductor Material Market Share, 2003 149
9 CMP Slurry Market Share, 2003 153
10 Plating Chemical Market Share, 2003 158
SECTION V -- APPLICATIONS
1 Electronic Chemical Demand by Application, 2003 170
SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 Electronic Chemical Market Share, 2003 200