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Industry Trends Highlights 2002 p7 of 12:

• United States ultrasound market grows by 10% in 2001
  JUNE 12--Klein Biomedical Consultants (New York, NY), a strategic marketing firm, reports that the United States ultrasound market exceeded all expectations and grew by 10.2% in 2001, with total ultrasound revenues reaching $1.1 billion.
• 1394 Trade Association third-quarter meeting set for Montreal
  JUNE 11--The 1394 Trade Association (www.1394ta.org) will hold its third-quarter general meeting in Montreal, Canada, July 10-12, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, sponsored by Mindready Solutions Inc. (www.mindready.com), a supplier of test engineering, manufacturing automation, and real-time communications solutions.
• Near-term uncertainty about end-market chip demand in 2002 keeps SEMIndex down
  JUNE 10--Despite improved global chip-equipment bookings the past quarter, the US SEMIndex, a market-weighted equity index of 48 US-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment and materials, was down 2.82%, moving from 182.30 to 177.16, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI; San Jose, CA).
• Growth in chip sales slow in Europe
  JUNE 7-- According to the European Electronic Component Manufacturers Association (EECA; Brussels, Belgium; www.eeca.org), growth in chip sales in Europe slowed in April after the 7.6% rise from February to March.
• April chip sales reach $11.07 billion for worldwide semiconductor industry
  MAY 31--Worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $11.07 billion in April, a 3.1% increase from the $10.73 billion level reached in March, with all four geographic regions reporting growth for the second month in a row.
• IPC releases statistics for April 2002
  MAY 31--IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries (Northbrook, IL) statistics show that the US printed-circuit-board industry book-to-bill ratio for April 2002 was 0.94. Sales billed (shipments) in April 2002 decreased 31.5% from April 2001, and orders booked decreased 10.9% from April 2001.
• Mixed signals push US and global SEMIndexes down
  MAY 29--Mixed industry indicators turned back the previous weeks' gains on the US SEMIndex, a market-weighted equity index of 48 US-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment and materials.
• Fifth month of improved bookings
  MAY 20--North American manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $982 million in orders in April 2002 and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.20, according to the newest Express Report from Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.
• New 1394-equipped chipsets encourage use of 1394 standard
  MAY 17--Leaders of the 1394 Trade Association (www.1394ta.org) have said that the introduction of a new 1394-equipped chipset from Silicon Integrated Systems (Taiwan, China; www.sis.com) represents a breakthrough in 1394/FireWire technology that will encourage the use of the 1394 multimedia standard.
• Optimism moves US and global SEMIndexes ahead
  MAY 13--Buoyed by positive indicators from the technology industry, the US SEMIndex, a market-weighted equity index of 48 US-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment and materials, was up 4.26% this week, from 195.60 to 203.93, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI; San Jose, CA; www.semindex.org).

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