Refining facilities were down by 16.5% due to the slump in large facilities Purifiers were down by 11%

摘要

The market for refining facilities in 2012 was flat in terms of shipments but due to the sluggish capital investment in semiconductor fabs, shipment of large refining facilities was also slack, resulting in a drop of 16.5% Refining facilities for use in semiconductor fabrication was a field which had caused the market to grow, but since the Lehman Shock in the latter half of 2008, the area of demand has seen a greater shift to the LED area.