SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing supply chain, released its Year-end Forecast at the annual SEMICON Japan exposition. SEMI projects that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will increase 35.6 percent to US$55.9 billion in 2017, marking the first time that the semiconductor equipment market has exceeded … [Read more...] about Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will increase 35.6 percent to US$55.9 billion in 2017