Signs of semiconductor recovery bode Well for electronic chems. (Markets: Life Sciences/Specialties).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Chemical Market Reporter, January, 2002 by Lerner, Ivan

EARLY SIGNS of a rebound in the semiconductor industry bode well for producers of electronic chemicals and materials. At the start of the year, the San Jose, Calif.-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported that global sales of semiconductors in November rose to $10.6 billion, a month-to-month increase of 1.6 percent from $10.44 billion in October. This increase made November the second month in a row with sequential growth, and provided at least one ray of hope in an otherwise dismal season.

"Our forecast released in November calls for fourth quarter sales to be 4.7 percent higher than the third quarter and with two months of data now in, we are on target to meet that projection," says SIA president George Scalise.

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