“The thin wafer market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.7% between 2016 and 2022 and estimated to reach USD 9.17 billion by 2022. A key driving factor for the growth of the thin wafer market is the reduction in the size of electronic devices. Besides, several other factors such as growing mobile and consumer electronics markets and high amount of material saving are also propelling the growth of the market.
“300mm diameter wafer expected to grow at the highest CAGR”:
In the thin wafer market, the 300mm wafer is estimated to grow at a significant pace during the forecast period. Till recent times, semiconductor manufacturers used 150mm and 200mm diameter size wafer for the development of semiconductor devices. Presently, the use of 300mm wafer is increasing due to its high production capacity for semiconductor devices.
“APAC to be the fastest-growing region in the thin wafer market”
The market in APAC is expected to grow at the highest CAGR between 2016 and 2022. The growth is attributed to increasing industrialization and urbanization in this region. The growing semiconductor industry in APAC is the main factor responsible for the increasing adoption of thin wafers in the region. Further, the cheap labor cost, high demand of consumer electronic devices, and favorable economic conditions are some of the reasons for the high growth of thin wafers in this region.
Several primary interviews with experts have been conducted across four major regions, namely, North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World (the Middle East, Africa, and South America). The primary participants considered for the study are C level executives, managers, and D level executives of tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 companies. The breakdown of primary interviews is as follows:
• By Company Type-Tier 1- 55%, Tier 2- 20%, Tier 3- 25%
• By Designation –C Level- 49%, Manager Level- 31%, Director level- 20%
• By Region- North America-20%, Europe-40%, Asia-Pacific-30%, RoW-10%
The key players operating in this market include LG Siltronic, Inc. (South Korea), Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Japan), Siltronic AG (Germany), Sumco Corporation (Japan), Sunedision Semiconductor Ltd. (U.S.), SUSS Microtec AG (Germany), Lintec Corporation (Japan), Disco Corporation (Japan), 3M (U.S.), Applied Materials, Inc. (U.S.), Nissan Chemical Corporation (Japan), Synova (Switzerland), EV Group (U.S.), Brewer Science, Inc. (U.S.), and Ulvac GmbH (Germany).
“Reasons to buy the report”:
• This report includes the market statistics pertaining to wafer size, semiconductor device applications, and geography along with their respective revenues.
• The Porter’s five forces framework has been utilized along with the value chain analysis to provide an in-depth insight into the thin wafer market.
• Major drivers, restraints, and opportunities for the thin wafer market have been detailed in this report.
• Illustrative segmentation, analyses, and forecasts for the market based on wafer size, application, and geography have been conducted to give an overall view of the thin wafer market.
• A detailed competitive landscape includes key players, in-depth analysis, and revenue of key players.
”
“TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 12
1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 12
1.2 MARKET DEFINITION 12
1.3 MARKET SCOPE 13
1.3.1 MARKET COVERED 13
1.3.2 YEARS CONSIDERED FOR THE STUDY 13
1.4 CURRENCY AND PRICING 14
1.5 MARKET STAKEHOLDERS 14
2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 15
2.1 RESEARCH DATA 15
2.1.1 SECONDARY DATA 16
2.1.1.1 Key data from secondary sources 16
2.1.2 PRIMARY DATA 17
2.1.2.1 Key data from primary sources 17
2.1.2.2 Key industry insights 18
2.1.2.3 Breakdown of primaries 18
2.2 MARKET ESTIMATION 19
2.2.1 BOTTOM-UP APPROACH 19
2.2.2 TOP-DOWN APPROACH 20
2.3 MARKET BREAKDOWN AND DATA TRIANGULATION 21
2.4 RESEARCH ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS 22
2.4.1 ASSUMPTIONS 22
2.4.2 LIMITATIONS 22
3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 23
4 PREMIUM INSIGHTS 27
4.1 ATTRACTIVE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IN THE THIN WAFER MARKET 27
4.2 THIN WAFER MARKET, BY APPLICATION 27
4.3 THIN WAFER MARKET IN THE APAC REGION, 2015 28
4.4 U.S. TO HOLD THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE THIN WAFER MARKET IN 2015 29
5 MARKET OVERVIEW 30
5.1 INTRODUCTION 31
5.2 MARKET SEGMENTATION 31
5.3 MARKET DYNAMICS 32
5.3.1 DRIVERS 33
5.3.1.1 Reduction in the size of electronic devices 33
5.3.1.2 Growing mobile and consumer electronics markets 33
5.3.1.3 High amount of material saving 34
5.3.2 RESTRAINTS 35
5.3.2.1 Efficiency maintenance is major issue in the thin wafer market 35
5.3.3 OPPORTUNITIES 36
5.3.3.1 Growing IC industry in China 36
5.3.3.2 High adoption of portable devices 36
5.3.4 OPPORTUNITIES 37
5.3.5 CHALLENGES 37
5.3.5.1 Volatility and susceptibility to damage 37
6 INDUSTRY TREND 38
6.1 INTRODUCTION 38
6.2 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 39
6.2.1 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 41
6.2.2 BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS 42
6.2.3 BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERS 43
6.2.4 DEGREE OF COMPETITION 44
6.2.5 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 45
7 THIN WAFER HANDLING MARKET, BY PROCESS 46
7.1 INTRODUCTION 47
7.2 TEMPORARY BONDING & DEBONDING 48
7.2.1 MARKET ADHESIVES 48
7.2.1.1 UV-Release Adhesives 48
7.2.1.2 Thermal-Release Adhesives 48
7.2.1.3 Solvent-Release Adhesives 48
7.3 CARRIER–LESS APPROACH (TAIKO PROCESS) 49
8 THIN WAFER MARKET, BY WAFER SIZE 50
8.1 INTRODUCTION 51
8.2 125MM 52
8.3 200MM 53
8.4 300MM 54
9 THIN WAFER MARKET, BY APPLICATION 56
9.1 INTRODUCTION 57
9.2 MEMS 59
9.3 CMOS IMAGE SENSOR 60
9.4 MEMORY 61
9.5 RF DEVICES 63
9.6 LED 64
9.7 INTERPOSERS 66
9.8 LOGIC 67
9.9 OTHERS 68
10 THIN WAFER MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 69
10.1 INTRODUCTION 70
10.2 NORTH AMERICA 71
10.3 EUROPE 73
10.4 APAC 75
11 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 78
11.1 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE OVERVIEW 78
11.2 MARKET RANKING ANALYSIS 79
11.3 COMPETITIVE SITUATION AND TRENDS 80
11.3.1 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS/LAUNCHES 81
11.3.2 CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND COLLABORATIONS 82
11.3.3 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS 82
11.3.4 EXPANSIONS AND JOINT VENTURES, (2013-2014) 83
12 COMPANY PROFILES 84
(Overview, Products and Services, Financials, Strategy & Development)*
12.1 INTRODUCTION 84
12.2 LG SILTRON INC. 85
12.3 SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 87
12.4 SILTRONIC AG 90
12.5 SUMCO CORPORATION 93
12.6 SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. 95
12.7 SÜSS MICRO TEC AG 97
12.8 LINTEC CORPORATION 99
12.9 DISCO CORPORATION 101
12.10 3M 103
12.11 APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 105
12.12 NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 107
12.13 MECHATRONIK SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH. 109
12.14 SYNOVA 110
12.15 EV GROUP 111
12.16 BREWER SCIENCE INC. 113
12.17 ULVAC GMBH 115
*Details on Overview, Products and Services, Financials, Strategy & Development might not be Captured in case of Unlisted Companies.
13 APPENDIX 116
13.1 INSIGHTS OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS 116
13.2 DISCUSSION GUIDE 117
13.3 INTRODUCING RT: REAL-TIME MARKET INTELLIGENCE 120
13.4 AVAILABLE CUSTOMIZATIONS 121
13.5 RELATED REPORTS 121
“
“LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 1 THIN WAFER MARKET, BY WAFER SIZE 31
TABLE 2 THIN WAFER MARKET, BY APPLICATION 31
TABLE 3 DRIVERS: IMPACT ANALYSIS 34
TABLE 4 RESTRAINTS: IMPACT ANALYSIS 35
TABLE 5 OPPORTUNITIES: IMPACT ANALYSIS 37
TABLE 6 CHALLENGES: IMPACT ANALYSIS 37
TABLE 7 THIN WAFER MARKET, BY WAFER SIZE , 2013–2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 51
TABLE 8 THIN WAFER MARKET, BY WAFER SIZE, 2013–2022 (USD MILLION) 52
TABLE 9 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR 125MM WAFER SIZE BY APPLICATION,
2013–2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 52
TABLE 10 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR 125MM WAFER SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013–2022 (USD MILLION) 53
TABLE 11 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR 200 MM WAFER SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013–2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 53
TABLE 12 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR 200 MM WAFER SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013–2022 (USD MILLION) 54
TABLE 13 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR 300MM WAFER SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013–2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 54
TABLE 14 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR 300 MM WAFER SIZE, BY APPLICATION,
2013–2022 (USD MILLION) 55
TABLE 15 THIN WAFER MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, MILLION SQUARE INCHES
2013–2022 57
TABLE 16 THIN WAFER MARKET SIZE, BY APPLICATION, 2013–2022 (USD MILLION) 58
TABLE 17 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR MEMS DEVICES, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013–2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 59
TABLE 18 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR MEMS DEVICES, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013–2022 (USD MILLION) 59
TABLE 19 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR CIS APPLICATIONS , BY WAFER SIZE,
2013–2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 60
TABLE 20 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR CIS APPLICATIONS, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013-2020 (USD MILLION) 61
TABLE 21 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR MEMORY DEVICES, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013–2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 61
TABLE 22 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR MEMORY DEVICES, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013-2022 (USD MILLION) 62
TABLE 23 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR RF DEVICES, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013–2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 63
TABLE 24 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR RF DEVICES, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013-2022 (USD MILLION) 63
TABLE 25 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR LED DEVICES, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013-2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 64
TABLE 26 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR LED DEVICES, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013-2022 (USD MILLION) 65
TABLE 27 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR INTERPOSERS, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013-2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 66
TABLE 28 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR INTERPOSERS, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013-2022 (USD MILLION) 66
TABLE 29 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR LOGIC, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013-2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 67
TABLE 30 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR LOGIC, BY WAFER SIZE, 2013-2022 (USD MILLION) 67
TABLE 31 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR OTHERS, BY WAFER SIZE,
2013-2022 (MILLION SQUARE INCHES) 68
TABLE 32 THIN WAFER MARKET FOR OTHERS, BY WAFER SIZE, 2013-2022 (USD MILLION) 68
TABLE 33 THIN WAFER MARKET, BY REGION, 2013-2022 (USD MILLION) 70
TABLE 34 NORTH AMERICA: THIN WAFER MARKET, BY COUNTRY, 2013-2022 (USD MILLION) 73
TABLE 35 EUROPE: THIN WAFER MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2013-2022 (USD MILLION) 75
TABLE 36 APAC: THIN WAFER MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2013-2022 (USD MILLION) 77
TABLE 37 RANKING ANALYSIS OF KEY PLAYERS IN THE THIN WAFER MARKET, 2014 79
TABLE 38 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES, (2013-2015) 81
TABLE 39 CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS, (2013-2015) 82
TABLE 40 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS, (2013-2015) 82
TABLE 41 EXPANSIONS 83
“
“LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1 THIN WAFER MARKET: RESEARCH DESIGN 15
FIGURE 2 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY: BOTTOM-UP APPROACH 19
FIGURE 3 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION METH0DOLOGY: TOP-DOWN APPROACH 20
FIGURE 4 DATA TRIANGULATION 21
FIGURE 5 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 22
FIGURE 6 THIN WAFER MARKET, BY WAFER SIZE 23
FIGURE 7 THIN WAFER MARKET, BY APPLICATION 24
FIGURE 8 GLOBAL THIN WAFER MARKET, BY APPLICATION, 2015 25
FIGURE 9 APAC: THIN WAFER MARKET, BY REGION 25
FIGURE 10 GLOBAL THIN WAFER MARKET, BY REGION, 2015 26
FIGURE 11 THIN WAFERS EXPECTED TO WITNESS HIGH ADOPTION RATE DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD 27
FIGURE 12 MARKET FOR LEDS EXPECTED TO GROW WITH HIGHEST CAGR FROM
2016 TO 2022 27
FIGURE 13 TAIWAN TO HOLD THE LARGEST MARKET SHARE OF THE MARKET IN 2015 28
FIGURE 14 U.S. AND TAIWAN EXPECTED TO BE THE LEADING MARKETS FOR
THIN WAFERS IN 2015 29
FIGURE 15 DECREASING SIZE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES IS A MAJOR DRIVER FOR THE THIN WAFER MARKET 32
FIGURE 16 REDUCTION IN THE THICKNESS OF MOBILE DEVICES 33
FIGURE 17 VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS: THIN WAFER MARKET MAJOR VALUE IS ADDED DURING FABRICATION STAGE 38
FIGURE 18 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 39
FIGURE 19 PORTERS FIVE FORCE ANALYSIS: IMPACT ANALYSIS 40
FIGURE 20 THIN WAFER MARKET: THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 41
FIGURE 21 THIN WAFER MARKET: BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS 42
FIGURE 22 THIN WAFER MARKET: BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERS 43
FIGURE 23 THIN WAFER MARKET: DEGREE OF COMPETITION 44
FIGURE 24 THIN WAFER MARKET: THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 45
FIGURE 25 TEMPORARY BONDER AND DEBONDER MARKET SIZE 47
FIGURE 26 SHIPMENTS OF 300MM WAFERS EXPECTED TO GROW AT THE HIGHEST CAGR FROM 2016 TO 2022 51
FIGURE 27 THIN WAFER SHIPMENTS FOR LED APPLICATIONS EXPECTED TO GROW AT THE HIGHEST RATE FROM 2016 TO 2022 57
FIGURE 28 MEMORY TO BE THE LARGEST MARKET FOR THIN WAFERS IN 2015 58
FIGURE 29 300MM WAFER SIZE TO HOLD THE LARGEST MARKET SHARE IN 2015 60
FIGURE 30 300MM WAFER MARKET EXPECTED TO GROW AT THE HIGHEST CAGR FROM 2016 TO 2022 62
FIGURE 31 MARKET FOR 300MM-SIZED WAFERS TO BE THE LARGEST IN 2015 65
FIGURE 32 THIN WAFER MARKET: GEOGRAPHIC SNAPSHOT, 2016-2022 70
FIGURE 33 NORTH AMERICA: GEOGRAPHIC SNAPSHOT, 2015 72
FIGURE 34 EUROPE: GEOGRAPHIC SNAPSHOT, 2015 74
FIGURE 35 APAC: GEOGRAPHIC SNAPSHOT, 2015 76
FIGURE 36 COMPANIES ADOPTED AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND JOINT VENTURES AS THE KEY GROWTH STRATEGY FROM 2013 TO 2015 78
FIGURE 37 THIN WAFER MARKET GROWTH APPROACH ANALYSIS, 2013-2015 80
FIGURE 38 GEOGRAPHIC REVENUE MIX OF MAJOR COMPANIES 84
FIGURE 39 SWOT ANALYSIS: LG SILTRONIC 86
FIGURE 40 SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 87
FIGURE 41 SWOT ANALYSIS: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICALS CO. 89
FIGURE 42 SILTRONIC AG: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 90
FIGURE 43 SWOT ANALYSIS: SILTRONIC AG 92
FIGURE 44 SUMCO CORPORATION: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 93
FIGURE 45 SWOT ANALYSIS: SUMCO CORPORATION 94
FIGURE 46 SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 95
FIGURE 47 SWOT ANALYSIS: SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR LTD 96
FIGURE 48 SÜSS MICRO TEC AG : COMPANY SNAPSHOT 97
FIGURE 49 LINTEC CORP.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 99
FIGURE 50 DISCO CORPORATION: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 101
FIGURE 51 3M: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 103
FIGURE 52 APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 105
FIGURE 53 NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 107
“
