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SEMI Announces Mid-Year Consensus Forecast for Chip Equipment Industry

Semiconductor Equipment Companies Expect Sales of $20.5 Billion in 2003

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 14, 2003 -- The leading manufacturers of semiconductor equipment expect sales to increase about 4 percent this year from the $19.8 billion posted in 2002 according to the mid-year edition of the SEMI Capital Equipment Consensus Forecast, released here today by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) at the annual SEMICON West exposition.