Continued growth in liquid macrofiltration market

Continued growth in liquid macrofiltration market According report

to

the

Liquid

new

Filtration

World Markets

Addendum

2003,

by the Mcllvaine

USA,

sales of filter

filters,

and

Company,

presses,

the

addition

billion

for replacement

combined

exceed

2003

US$3.7

Liquid

business.

developing

fall

have

efficiency

market

and

in belt

robust

are

chemical,

for solid/liquid

Australia

that

the

1.5%

share,

of the market filters

granular

will

such as materials

than

the

share

Until

either

dominant

the

company.

now part ofvivendi, press,

belt

40%

market

press,

below

in

which is

of

the

with having

competitors.

theless

Never-

combined

companies

still have modest shares. In recent years there have been more

significant

developments

media than in equipment.

in

Coated

fabrics have improved efficiency and cake

release.

Continued

improvements counter

fabric

will be necessary to

improvements

in competi-

and sand its

competitor the

are more

has been

drier municipal

The Liquid

Filtration

World

Addendum

1999 to 2003

is available

report

Mcllvaine Avenue,

and

Markets

from

Company,

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Northbrook,

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market

than

of centrifuges

sewage sludge than belt presses.

Media

share is well below

10%

has been

activity,

and Verseidag

shown to produce

Although,

the nearest

share. There

no

i.e. no media supplier has 10% of the world market. There

generation

in the US and less than 20%

worldwide,

is

supplier of filter media,

with no

has purchased

companies.

focus.

there

supplier

However

the last few years USFilter,

present

the

The

equipment,

tive devices. For example, the latest

was fragmented

has

be the

of

recently

industry

at just under US$SOO million. The will

will be more

or Poland.

filter

segment

which will

Chile will have a

which

Netherlands

filter

a 4%

than the share for both

Italy and France.

filter predicts

will

share in 2003,

be greater

filter,

and

separation.

press

will

China on the

1999.

leaf filters,

plants,

sand and other

share

filtration

equipment

media

a

up 2% from

used in municipal water

be granular

are

As

share to 12% in 2003,

and

largest segment

dominant

other hand will increase its market is the

and gravity belt

report

countries.

addition,

acquired

are

The

areas for both these industries in

In

and Japan’s

bag filters,

industries

growth

has narrow

industry, and geographical

for liquid

The major

equipment.

9% to 8.5%.

presses,

mining

macrofiltration.

majority

are two

liquid

macrofiltration

from

to

screens

and wastewater

Mining and chemicals of the largest applications

world

years

and media

i.e. sand filters,

commonly

million.

the

supplying

&far

presses,

large

to reach US$255

are

and

both

this category, filter

revenues

around

designing

from 22% to 20% in the next four

the

specific

cloth

companies

media the

and deals with large

solids. The

with

of US$500

consolidation

of the

between

membranes,

Filter

forecast

2003,

some

billion.

It covers

million.

in

revenues

result, the US market share will fall

is expected

end

largest

1.1

macrofiltration

duty

range

billion

of US$

equipment in

are

billion in 2003.

With

second equipment

belt liquid

to rise from US42

market

to

equipment

in 1999 to US$2.6

heavy

1999

other

macrofiltration forecast

market

and Media

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Camfil expands operations in North ilmericaCamfil AB, a worldwide clean

air solutions

products,

has

acquisition

announced

the

of the Canadian HVAC

filtration Filtration

supplier of

and filtration

specialist,

Delcon

distributes

manufactures a complete

field

of

management. industrial

and

line of HVAC

total

D&on and

such

as

pharmaceutical,

12

December

1999

as

filtration supplies

commercial the

to

end-

automotive,

microelectronic

and food processing well

through

of

sales

direct

distribution

hospitals

industries, and

as

office

products

are

a combination

offices

outlets

and

to

re-

Camfil’s

step in its

company’s

team

existing

products

US

Filtra

Corporation.

Both

Filtra

assume

name

recognition

to and

build capitalise

the brand on

will

ventilation filtration

critical

process

applications. The

Camfil

represented

by

distributors

has

Delcon

range

specialised for

and

combined

product

and

America,

operation,

and

will

and

complements

materials newly

standard

required

in the

air filter market.

air filter

management

this

its presence

American

D&on’s

Camfil,

The

include

throughout

is the first

plan to expand

Camfil

marketing

filters

acquisition

North

group

activities.

Canada. According

filtration products and is a leader in

users

D&on’s

distributed

Inc.

Delcon

the

buildings.

12

Group

is

subsidiaries

and

throughout Europe

manufacturing

Camfil

AB

million and following the acquisition

annual

and

facilities.

US$200 latest

has

North

and Asia

sales

employs

1400

people.

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of

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