Global CMP Retaining Ring Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global CMP Retaining Ring Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is a process that removes materials by a combination of chemical and mechanical (or abrasive) actions to achieve highly smooth and planar material surfaces. CMP retainer rings are used to polish wafers meant for the semiconductor industry.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global CMP Retaining Ring market finds that the global CMP Retaining Ring market reached a value of USD 108.14 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 155.78 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 6.27% during the forecast period.

CMP Retaining Ring is indispensable in the production and processing of semiconductor chips

Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) is a key technology to achieving wafer surface planarization in the integrated circuit manufacturing process. With the continuous development of semiconductor technology, to increase chip production and reduce production costs, the diameter of wafers continues to increase. At the same time, to improve the integration level of integrated circuits, the width of the scribe line of the wafer is getting thinner and thinner, and the precision of the wafer surface is getting higher and higher. After the wafer diameter increases, it is prone to warpage during CMP processing. For wafers with a diameter of more than 150mm, it is easy to form an overriding phenomenon at the edge of the wafer, reducing polishing quality and wafer utilization. Applying CMP Retaining Ring on the outside of the wafer can flatten the polishing pads at the center and edge of the wafer to a consistent height and overcome the overriding phenomenon at the edge of the wafer. Therefore, CMP Retaining Ring is indispensable in the production and processing of semiconductor chips. This is expected to drive the growth of the CMP Retaining Ring industry.

Electronification Trend Drives Demand for CMP Retaining Ring

With the deep integration of the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence technology, and traditional industries, the world economy is undergoing a comprehensive transformation from an industrial economy to a digital economy. Technological innovation based on digital technology is reshaping the global economic structure, transforming traditional industries, and forming a new economic competition pattern. At the same time, these digital transformations are also driving the digitization of everything from consumer goods, IoT devices, and automobiles to medical equipment.

CMP Retaining Ring is used in the mass production of semiconductor chips. The trend of electrification in various industries across the globe has increased the market demand for semiconductor chips, thereby driving the growth of the market demand for CMP Retaining Ring.

Region Overview:

In 2021, the share of the CMP Retaining Ring market in Asia Pacific stood at 46.77%.

Company Overview:

The Ensinger Group is engaged in the development, manufacture, and sale of compounds, semi-finished materials, composites, technical parts, and profiles made of engineering and high-performance plastics.
Will be S&T are specializing in semiconductor and LCD-related components. For the Semiconductor Industry, Will be S&T is manufacturing mostly CMP Retaining Ring used on large OEM platforms like AMAT and EBARA as well as engineering technical Plastic Parts (PEEK, VESPEL, PFA, PTFE, PVDF, PCTFE) for CVD and ETCH equipment.
Ensinger Will be S&T, and Cnus Co., Ltd. were the top 3 players in the CMP Retaining Ring market in 2022, taking up a market share of 50.85% together.

Segmentation Overview:

Carbon fiber reinforced PEEK composite material is recognized as an ideal material for preparing CMP Retaining Ring. PEEK material has excellent abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, mechanical strength, high temperature resistance and other characteristics, can meet the performance requirements of the retaining ring, and has a longer service life in oxide and tungsten polishing fluids, and is more than commonly used the wear life of the PPS CMP Retaining Ring is increased by more than two times.

CMP Retaining Ring is usually made of standard special engineering plastic PPS. PPS has high temperature resistance, high mechanical strength, stiffness, wear resistance, creep resistance, dimensional stability, superior chemical resistance and hydrolysis resistance, etc. After modification, the performance has been improved, and it can better meet the requirements of the CMP process.

The PET used in CMP Retaining Ring is a semi-crystalline polyethylene terephthalate material, known as PET-P plastic, which has excellent mechanical strength, good creep resistance, good sliding and friction properties, and Wear, dimensional stability, chemical resistance and other properties. PET-P has a long service life in oxide polishing fluid, and the cost is low.

By type, Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) segment accounted for the largest share of market in 2021.

Application Overview:

200mm

The CMP Retaining Ring is 200mm in diameter.

300mm

The CMP Retaining Ring is 300mm in diameter.

The market's largest segment by application is segment 300mm, with a market share of 62.45% in 2021.

Key Companies in the global CMP Retaining Ring market covered in Chapter 3:

UIS Technologies
Cnus Co., Ltd.
PTC, Inc.
AKT Components Sdn Bhd
CALITECH
Will be S&T
Ensinger
Euroshore

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the CMP Retaining Ring market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS)
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
Others

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the CMP Retaining Ring market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

200mm
300mm
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)