O-Ring Market Report 2024-2025

Description

O-rings are the most common type of seal used in the semiconductor industry and face the same quality and demand drivers as other components, equipment, and chemicals used in the manufacture of leading-edge and mature semiconductor devices. Although multiple elastomeric materials are used in o-ring service, fluoroelastomers (both FKM and FFKM) are becoming the de facto standard in semiconductor applications due to their excellent performance in extreme temperatures and resistance to degradation by a wide range of chemicals. This report focuses on the semiconductor perfluoroelastomer o-ring market. It will cover several aspects of this market:

Technical requirements driving the selection of perfluoroelastomers over traditional elastomer o-rings
Market size and forecast
Competitive landscape

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2 SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY

2.1 SCOPE
2.2 PURPOSE
2.3 METHODOLOGY

3 SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY MARKET TRENDS

3.1 2024 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: SOFT LANDING, ANEMIC RECOVERY
3.2 WORLDWIDE ECONOMY AND OUTLOOK
3.3 BARE SILICON WAFER SHIPMENT FORECAST
3.4 FINISHED WAFER SHIPMENT TRENDS
3.5 WSTS MONTHLY SALES TRENDS
3.6 2024 INDUSTRY OUTLOOK
3.7 2024 IS THE START: HUGE INVESTMENT IN CHIP EXPANSIONS
3.8 THE UPSIDE WITH FAB EXPNSIONS
3.9 EQUIPMENT SPENDING TRENDS

4 O-RING TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

4.1 SEMICONDUCTOR SEALS
4.2 O-RING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
4.3 O-RING MATERIALS
4.4 WHY FLUOROELASTOMERS
- 4.4.1 THE CASE FOR FLUOROELASTOMERS - OUTGASSING
- 4.4.2 THE CASE FOR FLUOROELASTOMERS - HF
- 4.4.3 THE CASE FOR PERFLUOROELASTOMERS - SOLVENTS
- 4.4.4 THE CASE FOR PERFLUOROELASTOMERS - PLASMA
- 4.4.5 THE CASE FOR PERFLUOROELASTOMERS - TEMPERATURE
- 4.4.6 THE CASE FOR PERFLUOROELASTOMERS - PURITY
4.5 PFAS - THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
- 4.5.1 THE PROBLEM WITH PFAS
- 4.5.2 STATUS OF PFAS AVAILABILITY
- 4.5.3 REPLACING PFAS IS DIFFICULT
- 4.5.4 FUTURE OUTLOOK FOR PFAS
4.6 SEMICONDUCTOR FFKM APPLICATIONS
- 4.6.1 FFKM APPLICATIONS - CVD
- 4.6.2 FFKM APPLICATIONS - ETCH CHAMBER
- 4.6.3 FFKM APPLICATIONS - ALD CHAMBER
4.7 SUMMARY OF FFKM MANUFACTURING CHARACTERISTICS

5 O-RING MARKET SIZE AND FORECAST

5.1 A COMPLICATED MARKET
5.2 PERFLUOROELASTOMER COST
5.3 FFKM MARKET
- 5.3.1 FFKM MARKET BY APPLICATION - CVD SEALS
- 5.3.2 FFKM MARKET BY APPLICATION - ETCH SEALS
- 5.3.3 FFKM MARKET BY APPLICATION - ALD SEALS
- 5.3.4 FFKM MARKET BY APPLICATION - DRY STRIP SEALS
- 5.3.5 FFKM MARKET BY APPLICATION - RTP SEALS
5.4 NON-PFAS ALTERNATIVES TO FFKM O-RINGS
5.5 NON-PFAS & PFAS PRODUCTS BY SUPPLIER
5.6 R&D AND ALTERNATIVES TO FFKM

6 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

6.1 SUPPLIER DESIGNATIONS
6.2 FFKM SUPPLY CHAIN MAP
- 6.2.1 FFKM MARKET LANDSCAPE - TIER 2
- 6.2.2 FFKM MARKET LANDSCAPE - TIER 1
6.3 MAJOR SEMICONDUCTOR PERFLUOROELASTOMER SUPPLIERS
- 6.3.1 ADDITIONAL PERFLUOROELASTOMER SUPPLIERS

7 ANALYST ASSESSMENT

7.1 ANALYST ASSESSMENT - TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
7.2 ANALYST ASSESSMENT - O-RING MARKET
7.3 ANALYST ASSESSMENT - COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

8 SUPPLIER PROFILES

3M
AGC
APPLIED SEALS (TAIWAN)
ASNA (APPLIED SEALS NORTH AMERICA)
BASF
...AND 20+ MORE

FIGURES

FIGURE 1.1: FFKM MARKET FORECAST
FIGURE 3.1: GLOBAL GDP GROWTH
FIGURE 3.2: SEMICONDUCTOR REVENUE FORECAST
FIGURE 3.3: SILICON WAFER SHIPMENT FORECAST BY DIAMETER
FIGURE 3.4: FINISHED WAFER SHIPMENTS BY DEVICE TYPE
FIGURE 3.5: SEMICONDUCTOR REVENUE MONTHLY FORECAST
FIGURE 3.6: ESTIMATED GLOBAL FAB SPENDING 2022-2027
FIGURE 3.7: TOP 6 CHIP MANUFACTURERS CAPITAL SPENDING FORECAST
FIGURE 3.8: GLOBAL EQUPMENT SPENDING FORECAST
FIGURE 4.1: CHANGE IN WEIGHT OF EPDM O-RING AFTER EXPOSURE TO CONCENTRATED HYDROFLUORIC ACID
FIGURE 4.2: CHANGE IN THE WEIGHT OF FKM O-RING AFTER EXPOSURE TO A PHOTORESIST ORGANIC SOLVENT
FIGURE 4.3: WEIGHT CHANGE OF VARIOUS O-RINGS AFTER F-RADICAL EXPOSURE
FIGURE 4.4: COMPARING APPEARANCE AND WEIGHT BEFORE AND AFTER F-RADICAL EXPOSURE
FIGURE 4.5: ELASTOMER OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE
FIGURE 4.6: COMPARISON OF METAL LEACHATE FROM EPDM AND FKM O-RINGS WHEN IMMERSED IN DIW
FIGURE 4.7: PFAS-CONTAINING PRODUCTS
FIGURE 4.8: PFAS VILLAGE IN CHANGSHU, CHINA
FIGURE 4.9: POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES OF FFKM
FIGURE 4.10: TYPICAL CVD CHAMBER
FIGURE 4.11: TYPICAL ETCH CHAMBER
FIGURE 4.12: TYPICAL ALD CHAMBER
FIGURE 5.1: FKM/FFKM FINISHED GOOD PRICING
FIGURE 5.2: FFKM MARKET FORECAST
FIGURE 5.3: CVD SEALS REVENUE FORECAST ESTIMATES
FIGURE 5.4: ETCH SEAL REVENUE FORECAST ESTIMATES
FIGURE 5.5: ALD SEALS REVENUES FORECAST ESTIMATES
FIGURE 5.6: DRY STRIP SEALS REVENUES FORECAST ESTIMATES
FIGURE 5.7: RTP SEALS REVENUES FORECAST ESTIMATES
FIGURE 5.8: EUV LITHOGRAPHY OPTICS AND BEAM PATHWAY
FIGURE 6.1: GENERAL SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL SUPPLIER DESIGNATIONS
FIGURE 7.1: FFKM O-RING MARKET SEGMENT REVENUES FORECAST ESTIMATES

TABLES

TABLE 4.1: ELASTOMER PROPERTY COMPARISON
TABLE 4.2: THE RESULTS OF O-RING IMMERSION IN CONCENTRATED HYDROFLUORIC ACID, TYPICALLY USED IN WET CHEMICALS
TABLE 4.3: MEASUREMENTS OF WEIGHT AT VARIOUS TIME INTERVALS AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THREE O-RINGS IMMERSED IN AN ORGANIC SOLVENT
TABLE 5.1: SUPPLIERS OF NON-PFAS AND PFAS O-RINGS
TABLE 6.1: FFKM SUPPLY CHAIN MAP
TABLE 6.2: MAJOR SEMICONDUCTOR FLUOROELASTOMER SUPPLIERS
TABLE 6.3: ADDITIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR FLUOROELASTOMER SUPPLIERS