The International Semiconductor Industry Association (SEMI) mid-year forecast report shows that global semiconductor equipment sales will increase by 10.8% in 2018, reaching $62.7 billion, a record high of $56.6 billion last year. In 2019, the global semiconductor equipment market sales volume is expected to continue to record high, and is expected to grow by 7.7% to reach 67.6 billion US dollars.
From the specific equipment analysis, wafer processing equipment is expected to grow by 11.7% in 2018, reaching 50.8 billion US dollars; other front-end equipment, including fab equipment, wafer manufacturing, etc. is expected to grow by 12.3%, reaching 2.8 billion US dollars; packaging equipment is expected to Growth of 8.0% to $4.2 billion; semiconductor test equipment is expected to grow 3.5% to $4.9 billion.
From the perspective of regional markets, South Korea will be the world's largest equipment market for the second consecutive year in 2018, and China ranked second for the first time this year. The agency said that the Chinese market, with the active investment of foreign-funded enterprises, has the largest growth rate of 43.5% this year. In 2019, SEMI predicted that the sales volume of semiconductor equipment in China will increase by 46.6% to US$17.3 billion, and China's ranking will also rise to No.1.
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