Dublin, Oct. 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wd7dqx/silicon_and_ferro)
has announced the addition of the
"Silicon and Ferro Silicon - Global Strategic Business Report"
report to their offering.
This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Silicon and
Ferro Silicon in Thousands of Tons by the following End Use
Segments: Silicon - Metallurgy, Chemical, Semiconductors, and
Others; Ferro Silicon - Ferrous Foundry, Steel Industry, and
Others. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for
the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Latin
America. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period
2010 through 2018. A six-year historic analysis is also provided
for these markets.
The report profiles key and niche players such as:
- AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V.
- China National BlueStar (Group) Co Ltd.
- BlueStar Silicon Materials Co Ltd.
- Elkem AS
- Dow Corning Corporation
- Evonik Industries AG
- Ferroatlantica Group S.A
- FerroPem Foundry Products
- Fesil ASA
- Globe Specialty Metals
- Globe Metallurgical Inc.
- Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation
- MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.
- Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
- Mitsubishi Polysilicon America Corporation
- OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co. Ltd.
- Renewable Energy Corporation ASA
- RIMA Industrial S/A
- Simcoa (Silicon Metal Company of Australia)
- Operations Pty Ltd.
- Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.
- Sinosteel Zunyi Ferroalloy Co. Ltd.
- Sumco Corporation
- Sumco Techxiv Corporation
- Tokuyama Corporation
- VBC Ferro Alloys Ltd.
- Wacker Chemie AG.
Key Topics Covered:
I. Introduction, Methodology & Product Definitions
- Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations I-1
- Disclaimers I-2
- Data Interpretation & Reporting Level I-2
- Quantitative Techniques & Analytics I-3
- Product Definitions and Scope of Study I-3
- Silicon I-3
- Ferro silicon I-3
II. Executive Summary
1. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW II-1
- An Insight into the Global Silicon Industry II-1
- Current & Future Analysis II-1
- Silicon Market by End-use II-1
- Ferro Silicon Market by End-use II-2
- An Analysis of the Demand/Supply Scenario II-2
- Noteworthy Trends and Issues II-2
- Silicon Market Back on Track II-2
- Demand and Prices for Silicon Metal Continue to Increase II-3
- Manufacturers Halt Production of Upgraded Metallurgical-Grade Silicon II-4
- End-Use Applications Impact Demand II-4
- Product Innovation-Major Growth Driver II-4
2. END-USE OVERVIEW II-5
- Silicon II-5
- Silicon in the Aluminum Industry II-5
- Silicon in Automotive Aluminum II-5
- Silicon in the Chemical Industry II-5
- Silicon in the Electronics Industry II-5
- SiGe Chips II-5
- Silicon-on-Insulator II-5
- Silicon-on-Insulator Gain Popularity II-6
- Revenues in the Silicon Wafer Industry Improve Post Recession II-6
- A Review of the Global Silicon Cell Production II-7
- Silicon in the Solar Industry II-7
- Global PV Market-A Mixed Bag II-7
- Germany: A Major PV Market II-7
- Polysilicon Industry: Outlook II-8
- Global Competition Heats Up II-8
- Capacity Additions Ease Polysilicon Shortages in the Past II-9
- Polysilicon Prices at an All-Time Low in 2011 II-9
- Smaller Companies Face High Entry Barriers to Establish New Polysilicon Production Capacities II-10
- Reclaim Silicon Wafer Market II-10
- Recession in Retrospect II-10
- Japan Leads Silicon Wafer Reclaim Market II-11
- Pricing Pressure in Global Silicon Reclaim Wafer Market II-11
- Solar Energy Outlook Remains Promising II-11
- Companies Focus on Extensive R&D in Advanced Solar Technologies II-12
- Ferro Silicon II-12
- Ferro Silicon in Iron and Steel Industry II-12
- Iron and Steel Industry - An Overview II-12
3. PRODUCT OVERVIEW II-13
- Silicon II-13
- Definition II-13
- Occurrence II-13
- Physical Properties II-13
- Production Process II-14
- Production of High Purity Float Zone (HPFZ) Silicon II-14
- Chemical Variants II-14
- Silicon Carbide II-14
- Applications of SiC II-14
- Fumed and Activated Silica II-15
- Applications II-15
- Metallurgy II-15
- Chemical II-15
- Semiconductors II-15
- Silicon Foundry II-16
- Key Global Foundries II-16
- Photovoltaic Cells II-16
- Monocrystalline Silicon Cells II-16
- Multicrystalline Silicon Cells II-16
- Amorphous Silicon Cells II-16
- Silicon Germanium Alloy II-16
- Silicon Metal Powder II-16
- Silicon Substitutes II-17
- Medicinal Properties II-17
- Ferro Silicon II-17
- Ferro-Silicon Substitutes II-17
4. TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS II-18
- Silicon for Billboards II-18
- Silicon for Micro-display Devices II-18
- Silicon, A Lifesaver II-18
5. PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS/INNOVATIONS II-19
- Fresco Microchip Unveils FM5150A Silicon Tuner II-19
- WACKER to Launch Several New Silicone Products for Hair-care and Cosmetics Industry II-19
- WACKER to Launch Several New Silicones for Baby Care, Food and Automotive Applications II-19
- WACKER to Launch Specialty Silicone Elastomers II-20
- Cree Launches 150-mm Silicon Carbide Epitaxial Wafers II-20
- MEMC Electronic Materials Launches MEMC FOX-Si II-20
- bSolar Introduces New Bifacial Silicon Solar Cells II-21
- Dow Corning's XIAMETER® Expands Range of Silicone Products II-21
- SensL Introduces New Silicon Photomultipliers in the SL Family II-21
- Cree Launches CMF20120D Silicon Carbide Power MOSFET II-22
- WACKER Introduces New Silicone and Binder Products II-22
- Dow Corning Introduces Silicon-Based Solutions for LED Lighting II-22
- WACKER to Unveil New Liquid Silicone Rubber Grades ELASTOSIL® LR 3170/40 and ELASTOSIL® LR 3011/50 FR II-23
- Dow Corning Launches New Slip and Leveling Agent Series for Furniture, Wood and Plastic Coatings II-23
- Dow Launches New Product Portfolio of Superwetting Silicone Additives II-24
- WACKER Introduces A Post-Curing Method for Silicone Elastomers II-24
- WACKER Unveils ELASTOSIL® LR 3066 Range of Liquid Silicone Rubber Products II-25
6. PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS/INNOVATIONS IN THE RECENT PAST - A PERSPECTIVE BUILDER II-26
- Kotura Rolls Out New Optical Switch II-26
- Polycrystalline Silicon Technology and Dynamic Engineering Introduces PST Hydrochlorination Converter II-26
- WACKER Develops New Silicone Encapsulant, ELASTOSIL® Solar 2200 for FTF Modules II-26
- NXP Semiconductors Unveils TDA20142 Satellite Silicon Tuner II-27
- WACKER to Launch SILPURAN® 6610/40, a Bio-compatible Silicone Rubber II-27
- WACKER Launches SILRES® IC 368 and Other Surface Coating Resins II-27
- Dow Corning to Commence 100 mm Silicon Carbide (SiC) Epitaxy Production II-28
- GLOBAL FOUNDRIES Launches Silicon-Validated Solution II-28
- WACKER Rolls Out POWERSIL® Fluid TR20 Insulating Fluid for Transformers II-29
- WACKER (Germany) to Unveil a New Silicone Gel for Electronic Industry Applications II-29
- Wacker to Launch POWERSIL® UV for High-Voltage Applications II-29
- STMicroelectronics Unveils Silicon Surge Protectors II-30
- INPRO and WACKER Unveil Silicone Adhesive II-30
- ON Semiconductor Launches PureEdge Product Range II-30
- Silicon-Germanium Semiconducting Nanowires Unveiled by IBM and UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science II-30
- DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions and Silicon Energy Unveil Glass-Glass Solar PV Modules II-31
7. RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY II-32
- GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Acquires Xuzhou Renewable Energy and Sichuan Silicon II-32
- Thaba Chueu Mining Takes Over SamQuarz II-32
- Globe Specialty Metals Acquires Stake in Timminco's Quebec Silicon II-32
- Synopsys Inks a Takeover and Merger Agreement with Magma Design Automation II-33
- Enpirion Enters into Partnership with JiangyinChangdian Advanced Packaging II-33
- WACKER Enters into Partnership with Siliconas Silam II-33
- Safran and GE Enter into Joint Venture with Nippon Carbon II-33
- OM Holdings Inks Power Sub-station Contract and Off-Take Agreement with PESTECH II-34
- OM Materials Sdn Bhd Inks Agreement with Hanwa II-34
- OM Materials and Syarikat Sesco Bhd Ink Power Purchase Agreement II-34
- SINTEF Materials & Chemistry Inks Supply Agreement with ECN II-34
- Kotura Inks Distribution Agreement with Nissho Electronics II-35
- Dow Corning Enters into a Purchase Deal with AIXTRON SE II-35
- Ceradyne to Purchase Minority Stake in GMSI II-35
- WACKER Upgrades and Expands Polymer/Silicon Business in Korea II-35
- REC to Inaugurate Silicon Technologies Applications and Research Center II-36
- Tokuyama Commences Phase 2 Construction of Polycrystalline Silicon Facility II-36
- WACKER Strengthens Partnership with Silicones Compounder TSF II-36
- WACKER Chemie Commences Operations at Nunchritz Production Facility II-37
- SKP Group to Invest for Expanding Capacity II-37
- Cabot and China National Bluestar Partner to Expand Fumed Silica Project in China II-37
- Timminco Bankrupt, Files for Protection II-37
- Optima Group Takes Over CC Metals & Alloys II-37
- Globe Takes Over Alden II-38
- Optima Group Takes Over CC Metals and Alloys II-38
- China Magnesium to Take Over Ningxia Tianjing Tianda Metallurgical Smelting II-38
- Mascotte Holdings to Acquire Stake in Sun Materials II-39
- Molex Takes Over Luxtera's Active Optical Cable Business II-39
- FerroAtlantica Takes Over Mangshi Sinice Silicon II-39
- WACKER Extends Partnership Deal with Penta 91 II-39
- WACKER Collaborates with Dow Corning To Establish Pyrogenic Silica Facility II-40
- Tokuyama to Boost Polycrystalline Silicon Production II-40
- Globe to Set up Silicon Metal Plant II-41
- Elkem to Temporarily Stop Silicon Production at Three Furnaces II-41
- WACKER Inks Divestiture Deal with Rhein Chemie II-41
- WACKER Commissions SILMIX® Plant in India II-41
- WACKER Operates New Silicone-Polymer Production Facilities II-42
- WACKER Enlarges Polymer and Silicone Products Distribution Network in North Africa II-42
- WACKER Builds Integrated Polysilicon Manufacturing Site in Cleveland II-42
- Bluestar Takes Over Elkem II-43
8. CORPORATE ACTIVITY IN RECENT PAST - A PERSPECTIVE BUILDER II-44
- Globe Specialty Metals Takes Over Core Metals II-44
- Ferrotec (USA) Takes Over SiFusion™ Technology from Integrated Materials II-44
- AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group Acquires BP Solar International's Mono2TM II-44
- Indosolar Signs Agreement with GCL-Poly II-45
- Micross Components Enters into Partnership with SemiSouth Laboratories II-45
- JinkoSolar Holding Inks Agreement with Innovalight II-45
- GLOBALFOUNDARIES Unites with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing II-46
- MEMC Electronic Materials Completes Acquisition of Solaicx II-46
- Wacker Chemie Acquires Silicon Metal Production Facility from FESIL Group II-46
- WACKER Consolidates Pyrogenic Silica Production II-47
- Calisolar Acquires 6N Silicon II-47
- Roth & Rau to Acquire OTB Solar II-47
- Timminco to Expand Silicon Metal Capacity II-47
- Globe Specialty Metals Restarts Operations at Selma Facility II-48
- eSilicon Corporation to Purchase Silicon Design Solutions II-48
- Oswal Smelters to Set Up Ferro Silicon Facility II-48
- Anik Industries to Invest in Power and Ferroalloy Facilities II-48
- SKC Solmics to Expand Silicon Wafers Production Base II-48
- Microchip Technology Snaps Up Silicon Storage Technology II-49
- GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Merge II-49
- Sunfilm and Sontor Merge to Form Sunfilm AG II-49
- Dow Corning Takes Over US Silicon Metal Manufacturing Assets of Globe Specialty Metals II-49
- Suntech Power Takes Over Minority Interest in Asia Silicon II-50
- Nippon Mining to Shift its Polycrystalline Silicon and Divest Stake in Japan Solar Silicon II-50
- RASTRIYA Ispat Nigam and Manganese Ore India Enter Into Joint Venture II-50
- Wacker Scott Solar Commissions New Facility at Jena II-50
- Taraz Metallurgical Plant to Expand Capacity II-50
- Innovalight and Roth & Rau Installs Silicon-Based Solar Cell Line II-51
- Dow Corning Acquires Operations of Globe Specialty Metals II-51
- Bihar Foundry & Castings Upgrades Ferro Silicon Unit II-51
- Timminco Limited to Restart Electric Arc Furnace at Becancour Silicon Units II-51
- Jiangxi Blue Star Chemical Work Expands Silicone Monomer Facility II-51
- Tokuyama to Establish Facility in Malaysia II-51
- Tanushree Ispat Private to Establish Ferro Alloys Facility II-52
- Dongli Real Estate Group to Set Up Polycrystalline Silicon Facility II-52
- Gasgen Ferro Alloys to Establish Ferro Silicon Facility II-52
9. FOCUS ON SELECT GLOBAL PLAYERS II-53
- AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (The Netherlands) II-53
- China National BlueStar (Group) Co, Ltd. (China) II-53
- BlueStar Silicon Materials Co Ltd (China) II-54
- Elkem AS (Norway) II-54
- Dow Corning Corporation (US) II-54
- Evonik Industries AG (Germany) II-55
- Ferroatlantica Group S.A (Spain) II-55
- FerroPem Foundry Products (France) II-55
- Fesil ASA (Norway) II-56
- Globe Specialty Metals (US) II-56
- Globe Metallurgical Inc (US) II-56
- Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation (US) II-56
- MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (US) II-57
- Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (Japan) II-57
- Mitsubishi Polysilicon America Corporation (US) II-57
- OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co., Ltd. (Japan) II-58
- Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (Norway) II-58
- RIMA Industrial S/A (Brazil) II-58
- Simcoa (Silicon Metal Company of Australia) Operations Pty Ltd. (Australia) II-59
- Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. (Japan) II-59
- Sinosteel Zunyi Ferroalloy Co., Ltd. (China) II-59
- Sumco Corporation (Japan) II-59
- Sumco Techxiv Corporation (Japan) II-60
- Tokuyama Corporation (Japan) II-60
- VBC Ferro Alloys Ltd. (India) II-60
- Wacker Chemie AG (Germany) II-61
10. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE II-62
III. Market
1. THE UNITED STATES
2. CANADA
3. JAPAN
4. EUROPE
5. ASIA-PACIFIC
6. THE MIDDLE EAST
7. LATIN AMERICA
IV. Competitive Landscape
Total Companies Profiled: 78 (including Divisions/Subsidiaries -
(87)
- The United States (24)
- Canada (1)
- Japan (9)
- Europe (20)
- - France (2)
- - Germany (7)
- - The United Kingdom (2)
- - Spain (2)
- - Rest of Europe (7)
- Asia-Pacific (Excluding Japan) (28)
- Latin America (5)
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