Global Dry Etching Equipment Market Growth 2025-2031

The global Dry Etching Equipment market size is predicted to grow from US$ 12230 million in 2025 to US$ 17990 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.6% from 2025 to 2031.

Dry etching refers to the removal of material, typically a masked pattern of semiconductor material, by exposing the material to a bombardment of ions (usually a plasma of reactive gases such as fluorocarbons, oxygen, chlorine, boron trichloride; sometimes with addition of nitrogen, argon, helium and other gases) that dislodge portions of the material from the exposed surface.

Currently, global production of Dry Etching Equipment is concentrated. The top three manufacturers held 92.16% of the market, in terms of Dry Etching Equipment sales value in 2019. As for the region, APAC is the largest consumption region, holding 76.07% sales revenue market share in 2019, followed by North America, with 13% market share.

With the continuous reduction of integrated circuit process, especially the production of 7nm-28nm advanced process, the demand for dry etching equipment continues to increase. Since DUV lithography machines are limited by the wavelength of light, wafer fabs need to adopt multiple mask processes and use etching processes to achieve smaller sizes. The etching process required for 7nm integrated circuit production is 140 times, which is 2.5 times the 40 times required for 28nm production.

Etching equipment accounts for the highest proportion in the global semiconductor equipment market.

Global competition:

The global etching equipment market presents a highly concentrated competition pattern, with international giants such as Lam Research, Applied Materials, and Tokyo Electron occupying a dominant position. These companies have advanced technology and rich customer resources and have strong competitiveness in the global market.

Chinese competition:

In the Chinese market, local companies such as AMEC and North Huachuang have strong competitiveness in the field of etching machines and have become leading companies in the domestic etching machine industry. These companies continue to increase R&D investment, improve product performance and technical level, and actively seize market share.

Technological progress:

With the continuous advancement of semiconductor technology, the line width of integrated circuits continues to decrease, and the requirements for etching equipment are getting higher and higher.

The development of 3D integrated circuits has promoted the development of etching technology. For example, the competition for the number of stacking layers of 3D NAND has put forward higher requirements for high aspect ratio etching and multi-stack stacking technology.

Market demand:

The rapid development of artificial intelligence, 5G, Internet of Things and other fields has driven the increase in demand for semiconductor chips, which in turn has promoted the growth of the etching equipment market.

Mainland China has become the world's largest semiconductor equipment market for four consecutive years, and the number of new wafer fab projects ranks first in the world, providing a broad development space for the dry etching equipment market.

Policy support:

The Chinese government has continuously issued relevant policies to support the development of the semiconductor industry, including increasing R&D investment and improving the localization rate, which will further promote the growth of the dry etching equipment market.

In summary, the dry etching equipment market has broad development prospects and huge market potential. With technological progress, increased market demand and continuous strengthening of policy support, the dry etching equipment market will continue to grow.

LP Information, Inc. (LPI) ' newest research report, the “Dry Etching Equipment Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Dry Etching Equipment sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Dry Etching Equipment sales for 2025 through 2031. With Dry Etching Equipment sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Dry Etching Equipment industry.

This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Dry Etching Equipment landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Dry Etching Equipment portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Dry Etching Equipment market.

This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Dry Etching Equipment and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Dry Etching Equipment.

This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Dry Etching Equipment market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.

Segmentation by Type:
Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)
Capacitive Coupled Plasma (CCP)
Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)
Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE)
Others

Segmentation by Application:
Logic and Memory
MEMS
Power Device
Others

This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries

The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Lam Research
TEL
Applied Materials
Hitachi High-Technologies
Oxford Instruments
ULVAC
SPTS Technologies
GigaLane
Plasma-Therm
SAMCO
AMEC
NAURA

Key Questions Addressed in this Report

What is the 10-year outlook for the global Dry Etching Equipment market?

What factors are driving Dry Etching Equipment market growth, globally and by region?

Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?

How do Dry Etching Equipment market opportunities vary by end market size?

How does Dry Etching Equipment break out by Type, by Application?

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