Opportunities Growing in the Asian Secondary Semiconductor Equipment Market
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 11, 2013 -- Bruce Kim, CEO of SurplusGLOBAL, Inc., a leader in the secondary semiconductor equipment market, is forecasting an increase in demand in the Asia Secondary Equipment Market at SEMICON West.
Mr. Kim, who has participated in SEMICON West for the past seven years, stated, “We are more optimistic about the growth in the Asian Secondary Semiconductor Equipment Market in the years to come.”
Secondary semiconductor equipment addresses both environmental and cost concerns within the industry. The secondary equipment market size has experienced continuous growth over the past three years. In 2012 the market size was estimated to be around 3 billion US dollars, with 200mm wafer capturing 90% of this market. In 2013, demand of 300mm wafer equipment is expected to capture an increased share of the demand.
With the growth in demand, distribution and services are becoming more critical every year. The number of Fab facilities in the United States and Europe continues to experience decline, while in Asia there has been continued investment in the China, Taiwan and South Korean markets. The Asian market accounts for approximately 80% of the semiconductor equipment market. The Asian secondary equipment market has been experiencing continued growth and global, financially stable traders such as SurplusGLOBAL are well positioned to lead the supply of this equipment.
The market has been very slow for last 2 years in Asia since the 2nd Half of 2011. Most of the Asian players enjoyed the market recovery in Year 2010 and the 1st half of 2011. After then, utilization rates at Foundries plummeted to levels, LED fabs suffered from slow demands and price pressures. The Sales revenues of Asian dealers and refubishers have declined up to 70%. These days we can see several ongoing expansion plans mainly from Taiwan and China Foundries as well as a few new Fab plans in China. LED Fabs are resuming the purchase of tools. Analog and Power device makers are adding bottleneck tools. The demands of Fab tools from packaging companies are increasing.
Mr. Kim commented “The major market drives are Foundries who want to expand their capacity or build new Fabs mainly in Taiwan and China. There are increasing demands of secondary equipment in mature technology including not only 8” silicon wafer, but also LED, Packaging and MEMS.
To date, this demand has been driven by both 200mm FAB front and backend tools. We project starting growth of 300mm FABs in Asia. Powerchip sold hundreds of 300MM tools in the 1st Half to many Asian Fabs. GLOBALFoundries acquired a thousand of Fab tools from Promos and sold many of them to China new fab recently. Mr. Kim mentioned, “300MM Fabs have difficulty in purchasing secondary equipment because of insufficient support from equipment suppliers, so SurplusGLOBAL expects it will take considerable time for the 300MM secondary equipment market to take off.”
Since its foundation in 2000, SurplusGLOBAL, Inc. has advanced to become a leading global Secondary Semiconductor Equipment trader with a proven track record and unsurpassed values, honesty and integrity. SurplusGLOBAL locates, sells and stocks thousands of systems annually and has established an extensive global network of end users, refurbishers and brokers. SurplusGLOBAL specializes in semiconductor manufacturing equipment acquired from the leading chip manufacturers in the United States, Europe and Asia covering Fab, ATE and PCB/SMT capital equipment segments.
Today, SurplusGLOBAL owns more than 1,200 tools satisfying the demands of the secondary semiconductor equipment market. These tools are stored in 240,000 ft2 of cleanroom and warehouse space which is both temperature and humidity controlled. Their customer portfolio includes the majority of the leading 50 global semiconductor companies, which is supported by their international team of marketing specialists. These specialists are located in the United States, Korea, China and Taiwan. In addition, you will find SuplusGLOBAL participating in all of the SEMICON expos including, SEMICON West, SEMICON Japan, SEMICON Korea, SEMICON China, Taiwan, Singapore, Europa and Russia.
SurplusGLOBAL CEO, Bruce Kim Profile:
Mr. Kim is the founder and CEO of SurplusGLOBAL, the leader in secondary semiconductor equipment business since 2000. He has completed thousands of transactions in Semiconductor, Display, LED, SMT, and Test industry for last 22 years. Bruce has been an influential leader on B2B marketing and has been a keynote speaker at major forums and CEO MBA courses. He received the award of national merit in International Trade from the Industry Minister of Korea in 2007. He received the award of excellent tax payer from the Commissioner of Customs in 2012. Currently Executive Officer of Secondary Equipment Applications, SEMI.
SurplusGLOBAL Vice President, Emerald Greig's Profile:
Ms. Greig is a Vice President at SurplusGLOBAL USA. She has over 24 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. After being involved in the first Motorola 200mm fab start up she joined the Sector Sourcing organization as a technical purchasing manager. She then joined ON Semiconductor in Phoenix as a Foundry Manager and Technology Transfer Manager. In 2000 Ms. Greig joined Comdisco as the Motorola Remarketing Account Manager. After the acquisition of Comdisco by GE Capital, she moved into Sales and became Vice President - Strategic Accounts. She brings a wealth of knowledge in the used capital equipment market and has many professional contacts in the industry. Ms. Greig has a B.S. in Engineering and Science as well as an MS in MS&E from the University of Texas at Austin. She is on the Board of the Phoenix Texas Ex Association.
Contact information:
Bruce Kim:
Phone: + 82-10-6278-7421 (South Hall, Booth #643, SEMICON West)
E-mail: bruce(dot)surplusglobal(dot)com
Emerald Greig:
Phone: 480-225-3619 (South Hall, Booth #643, SEMICON West)
E-mail: emerald(at)surplusglobal(dot)com
Emerald Greig, SurplusGLOBAL, http://www.surplusglobal.com, 480-225-3619, [email protected]
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