Semiconductor equipment and materials international (SEMI) announced: global semiconductor mask (photomask) in 2015 sales of $3.3 billion, is expected to reach $3.4 billion in 2017.

2014 time cover market grew by 3%, increased by 1% in 2015. Mask market is expected in 2016 and 2017, growth of 2% and 2% respectively. Main driver IC market is advanced technology nodes (less than 45 nm), as well as the growth of the semiconductor manufacturing industry in the Asia Pacific region. Taiwan is still the largest mask market, for five consecutive years ranked first, and expected to remain in the short term the first position.

3.3 billion mask sales accounted for 13% of the total wafer manufacturing materials market. By contrast, 2003 time cover market accounts for 18% of total wafer manufacturing materials market. Reporting that another trend is absolute mask factory (Captive mask shops) the importance of growing. Authoritarian mask factory strong capital spending in 2011 and 2011 and 2013 and 2014, under the influence of weakening the yen, win the market share, in 2015 accounted for 56% of total mask market accounted for 53% of total mask market in 2014. 2003 authoritarian mask works accounted for only 31% of the total mask market.