FRANCE: The SEMI PV Group has announced the addition of the Photovoltaic (PV) Equipment Data Collection Program to its market research portfolio for members. The program, a partnership between SEMI PV Group and Yole Developpement, will generate a quarterly PV equipment book-to-bill report to provide subscribers with timely and credible global information on the rapidly expanding PV equipment market.

"SEMI has been a longstanding and credible voice in providing market statistics for the semiconductor manufacturing industry to its membership, as well as the journalist community," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI.  "Because such a large percentage of our members also serve the PV industry, this new data collection program is a logical fit within our existing offerings, ensuring a complete global snapshot of the PV equipment segment."

"We have long enjoyed a strong relationship with SEMI, and have worked together in the past to provide market information on the MEMS and Nanotechnology programs, so we are pleased to be collaborating on the PV program," said Jean-Christophe Eloy, founder of Yole Developpement.  "I believe this collaboration fills in an obvious gap by providing up to date and accurate information on the PV equipment industry."