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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (42363)	2/20/2001 2:57:23 PM
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Top 10 chip tool suppliers outpace rest in growth, says new ranking Semiconductor Business News (02/20/01 08:39 a.m. PST) SAN JOSE -- For the semiconductor equipment industry, 2000 was an extremely good year, and it was even better for the top 10 suppliers of tools. With worldwide revenues for chip production systems increasing by more than 80% for the first time in history, the world's top 10 suppliers grew 85.6% in 2000 over the previous year, according to a new ranking released by VLSI Research Inc. here. For the first time in history, two suppliers had more than $5 billion in sales last year, said the market research firm. Also in 2000, it was the first that all top 10 suppliers had sales over $1 billion, said VLSI Research. Wafer fab tool vendors were the top performers in 2000 with a combined sales increase of 87% over 1999, said VLSI Research. Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Japan--a supplier of photomask processing systems, cleaning tools, ovens, etchers, and other equipment--topped growth among the largest vendors with a 115% increase. That pushed Dainippon past Hitachi Ltd. as the world's 10th largest semiconductor equipment supplier, according to VLSI Research's new ranking (see table below). Applied Materials Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., became the first tool maker to cross the $10 billion mark in 2000 with 89% growth over 1999 revenues. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL) crossed the $5 billion mark for the first time with 95% growth. Automatic test equipment supplier Teradyne Inc. of Boston stepped up to No. 4 in the ranking from the No. 5 slot with 69% growth in revenues during 2000. Japanese companies (five in the top 10) gained market share with a collective 86.8% increase in sales in 2000 over 1999, said VLSI Research. U.S.-based companies (four in the top 10) grew 86.6% in 2000, while European companies' sales grew 68% in 2000, said the research firm. One European company--ASM LIthography of the Netherlands--was in the top 10 at No. 5, down from No. 4 in 1999. While 2000 was a banner year in the semiconductor capital equipment industry, 2001 is expected to be difficult for suppliers. VLSI Research is now forecasting nearly no growth in 2001--a 0.5% increase from last year's record revenues. Equipment sales are expected to reach $57.644 billion worldwide in 2001, followed by another flat year in 2002 at $57.775 billion, said the research firm. Top 10 semiconductor equipment suppliers 2000 Ranking 1999 Ranking Supplier 2000 Revenues % change from 1999 1 1 Applied Materials $10.460 billion 89% 2 2 Tokyo Electron Ltd. $5.142 billion 89% 3 3 Nikon $2.432 billion 70% 4 5 Teradyne $2.044 billion 69% 5 4 ASM Lithography $2.016 billion 58% 6 6 KLA-Tencor $2.003 billion 91% 7 7 Advantest $1.865 billion 95% 8 8 Lam Research $1.627 billion 82% 9 10 Canon $1.418 billion 90% 10 11 Dainippon Screen $1.390 billion 115% Source: VLSI Research Inc. Subject 50522