- The size of the secondary equipment market is estimated to be greater than $30 billion.
- The Asian secondary equipment market is experiencing continued growth.
May 7, 2013 - Today the Semiconductor industry market is divided. Firstly we have advancements in wafer size and a focus on next generation product and secondly, a focus on cost reduction in mature technologies which is leading to an increased demand of secondary equipment in the LED, PV(Photovoltaic) and MEMS manufacturing markets.
Secondary semiconductor equipment addresses both environmental and cost concerns within the industry. The secondary equipment market size has experienced continuous growth over the past three years. In 2012 the market size was estimated to be around 30 billion US dollars, with 200mm wafer equipment capturing 90% of this market. In 2013, demand of 300mm wafer equipment is expected to capture an increased share of the demand.
With growth in demand both distribution and services are becoming more critical every year. The number of Fab facilities in the United States and Europe continue to experience decline, while in Asia there has been continued investment in the China, Taiwan and South Korean markets. The Asian market accounts for approximately 80% of the semiconductor equipment market. The Asian secondary equipment market has and is experiencing continued growth and global, financially stable traders such as SurplusGLOBAL are well positioned to lead the supply of this equipment.
Bruce Kim, CEO of SurplusGLOBAL, has participated at Semicon Singapore for the past 7 years and states, “ The importance of the South East Asian markets has been a focus for SurplusGLOBAL, as we have both supplied and procured many secondary tools to satisfy this South East Asian demand. To date this demand has been driven by both 200mm fab front and back end tools. We project strong growth of 300m fabs in Singapore such as GlobalFoundries, UMC, Siltron, TECH and IMFT. GlobalFoundries’s recent purchase of Promos tools will stimulate the 300mm secondary equipment market this year and we see 200mm fabs considering expansion of their capacities at the 2nd half of this year. SurplusGLOBAL continued global growth plans in this region may see the formation of an additional facility in Singapore, adding to our Global portfolio”.
SurplusGLOBAL, Inc., the leader in the secondary semiconductor equipment market, participated in the SEMICON Singapore 2013.
Since its foundation in 2000, SurplusGLOBAL, Inc. has advanced to become a leading global Secondary Semiconductor Equipment trader with a proven track record and unsurpassed values, honesty and integrity. SurplusGLOBAL locates, sells and stocks thousands of systems annually and has established an extensive global network of end users, refurbishers and brokers. SurplusGLOBAL specializes in semiconductor manufacturing equipment acquired from the leading chip manufacturers in the United States, Europe and Asia covering Fab, ATE and PCB/SMT capital equipment segments.
Today, SurplusGLOBAL owns more than 1,200 tools satisfying the demands of the secondary semiconductor equipment market. These are stored in 240,000 ft2 cleanroom and warehouse space which is both temperature and humidity controlled. Their customer portfolio includes the majority of the leading 50 global semiconductor companies, which is supported by their international team of marketing specialists. These specialists are located in the United States, Korea, China and Taiwan. In addition, you will find SuplusGLOBAL participating in all of the Semicon expos including, Semicon West, Semicon Japan, Semicon Korea, Semicon China, Taiwan, Singapore, Europa and Russia.
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Bruce Kim can be contacted at:
Phone: + 82-10-6278-7421 (Booth #219, During Semicon Singapore)
Email: bruce@surplusglobal.com
Website: www.SurplusGLOBAL.com
SurplusGLOBAL CEO, Bruce Kim Profile :
Bruce Kim is the founder and CEO of SurplusGLOBAL, the leader in secondary semiconductor equipment business since 2000. He has completed thousands of transactions in Semiconductor, Display, LED, SMT, and Test industry for last 23 years.
Bruce has been an influential leader on B2B marketing and been a keynote speaker at major forums and CEO MBA courses such as BusinessWeek CEO Forum, Softbank Forum, Semicon Shows, Seoul National University, KAIST, Yonsei University. Bruce has also contributed over 200 articles to major media such as Daily Chosun, Korea IT News, ChoongAng Daily, Daily DongA, the Economist, ZDnet, Maegyung.
Bruce wrote “Global Internet Marketing” in 2000 and served as Professor of Seoul Digital University in 2003. He received the award of national merit in International Trade from the Industry Minister of Korea in 2007. He received the award of excellent tax payer from the Commissioner of Customs in 2012 .
Currently He is in charge of the Executive Officer of Secondary Equipment Applications, SEMI and the Chairman of Secondary Equipment Applications Korea Chapter.
The SurplusGLOBAL Foundation : Since the foundation of SurplusGLOBAL in 2000, Bruce Kim has continuously searched for ways in which we can give back to the community and Society. Last September Bruce founded the SurplusGLOBAL foundation in support of families with developmental disabilities, in which he has first hand experience. The Foundation plans to takes small steps at a time to ultimately build a strong foundation and continually expand efforts as the company grows. We would encourage you to find out more from the Foundation website www.surplusglobal.org