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Cross-flow membranes to reach US$10 billion by 2010
April 2006
Filtration Industry Analyst
WORLD FILTERS DEMAND TO REACH US$44.5 BILLION Global demand for filters is forecase to grow at 5.5% per year to reach US$44.5 billion by 2009, a report suggests. The World Filters Report, by the Freedonia Group, says that this growth will be driven by a pickup in world economic and personal income growth, increased building construction activity, manufacturing output, motor vehicle use and water consumption, and stricter environmental and product purity laws and regulations. The report also suggests that sales gains in development parts of the world, including Asia/Pacific, Africa /Mideast, Eastern Europe and Latin America regions will outpace product demand in the USA, Western Europe and Japan, while those last three locations will remain the most intensive users of filtration products, accounting for threefifths of global demand in 2009. China will record the largest increases of any national market as the country continues to develop as an economic power and seek solutions to its air and water pollution problems. The Freedonia report also suggests that air purification filers will register the strongest sales gains to 2009. Demand, the report says, will be spurred by rising manufacturing and mining activity, a worldwide trend towards urbanisation, and the construction of additional environmentally-suitable power generation and waste incineration facilities. However, the report suggests, sales of fluid filters will climb at an above-average rate as well, fueled by an acceleration in non-agricultural water withdrawals as global economic
conditions continue to improve and increasingly stringent water and wastewater treatment regulations are put into force. In terms of the dollar, internal combustion engine and related filters will reportedly remain the largest product segment. Demand for these items will be stimulated by a pickup in world motor vehicle production, further advances in the number of motor vehicles and other internal combustion engine-powered equipment in use (particularly in China), and rising demand for products such as cabin air and diesel particulate filters. www.freedoniagroup.com
CROSS-FLOW MEMBRANES TO REACH US$10 BILLION BY 2010 The market for cross-flow membrane modules and equipment to purify water and other liquids will grow from US$7.6 billion in 2006 to in excess of US$10 billion in 2010, says the online McIlvaine Company report, RO/UF/MF World Markets. The cross-flow membrane market is divided into three major segments. The largest is reverse osmosis (RO) accounting for 50% of the total sales. This is the most efficient membrane and is used for desalination and the creation of ultrapure water for electronics, power and pharmaceutical applications, McIlvaine says. The other 50% of the market is almost evenly split between ultrafiltration and microfiltration. Ultrafiltration provides medium efficiency and is used as pre-filtration for RO, for process applications such as juice purification, and for treatment of drinking water. Microfiltration is the least efficient of the three membrane technologies but also requires the lowest amount of energy.
Microfiltration is proving superior to conventional technologies for drinking water purification and for treatment of wastewater. Combining biological treatment and membrane filtration in one device has proved very cost effective, and the growth for membrane bio reactors has been very rapid, the company says. Because of the purity of the water discharge, the effluent can be discharged directly. For a new housing development this eliminates the expense of lengthy sewage transport to a central facility. In 2009 the leading segment for cross-flow membranes will reportedly be desalination, with sales of equipment and membranes in excess of US$2.2 billion worldwide. The Asian market will grow at a faster rate than other regions, McIlvaine says. The lack of clean water and the rapid growth of the electronics and pharmaceutical industries in the region are major drivers. China will be the largest Asian purchaser in 2009. www.mcilvainecompany.com
ULTRAPURE WATER SYSTEMS TO REACH US$4 BILLION By 2009 the market for ultrapure water systems (UPW) will be US$4 billion worldwide, twice the size of the 200l market says McIlvaine in its latest forecast Ultrapure Water World Markets. UPW systems provide the contaminant free water used in human injectables, super critical coal-fired boiler steam systems, and in chip cleaning in the semiconductor industry. The largest segment is the semiconductor industry, McIllvaine says. UPW systems sales will reportedly exceed US$1.7 billion in 2009, with
much of the growth coming from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China. The pharmaceutical purchases of UPW systems continue to grow at a steady 8% per year and will exceed US$300 million worldwide in 2009. Within this sector, biotech is growing much faster than the total pharmaceutical UPW systems market, McIlvaine says. Global biotechnology industry revenues grew by 17% in 2004 to US$55 billion, led by the US with US$43 billion in revenues. India’s biotech industry will reportedly generate sales of US$1 billion this year, up from about US$700 million in 2004, and is on track to increase sales to US$4.8 billion by 2009. There is a big transition in the power segment where sales of UPW systems for coal-fired boilers are rapidly increasing, the company says. Whereas sales of UPW systems for Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (GTCC) have plummeted and are now slowly recovering, in 2009 there will be UPW systems purchases for coal-fired boilers exceeding US$1 billion, McIlvaine says. This compares to only US$50 million which will be spent for UPW systems for gas turbines. The latest super critical coal-fired boilers deliver higher efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions. But with the high temperatures and pressures, the water purity requirements are greater than with sub-critical boilers. McIlvaine also says that in 2009 purchases of instruments and controls for UPW systems will exceed US$500 million, while purchases of membranes and membrane systems will reach US$600 million. Pump and valve purchases will exceed US$250 million. Significant purchases will be made for degasification, disinfection, ion exchange, storage, and piping www.mcilvainecompany.com
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Filtration Industry Analyst
WORLD FILTERS DEMAND TO REACH US$44.5 BILLION Global demand for filters is forecase to grow at 5.5% per year to reach US$44.5 billion by 2009, a report suggests. The World Filters Report, by the Freedonia Group, says that this growth will be driven by a pickup in world economic and personal income growth, increased building construction activity, manufacturing output, motor vehicle use and water consumption, and stricter environmental and product purity laws and regulations. The report also suggests that sales gains in development parts of the world, including Asia/Pacific, Africa /Mideast, Eastern Europe and Latin America regions will outpace product demand in the USA, Western Europe and Japan, while those last three locations will remain the most intensive users of filtration products, accounting for threefifths of global demand in 2009. China will record the largest increases of any national market as the country continues to develop as an economic power and seek solutions to its air and water pollution problems. The Freedonia report also suggests that air purification filers will register the strongest sales gains to 2009. Demand, the report says, will be spurred by rising manufacturing and mining activity, a worldwide trend towards urbanisation, and the construction of additional environmentally-suitable power generation and waste incineration facilities. However, the report suggests, sales of fluid filters will climb at an above-average rate as well, fueled by an acceleration in non-agricultural water withdrawals as global economic
conditions continue to improve and increasingly stringent water and wastewater treatment regulations are put into force. In terms of the dollar, internal combustion engine and related filters will reportedly remain the largest product segment. Demand for these items will be stimulated by a pickup in world motor vehicle production, further advances in the number of motor vehicles and other internal combustion engine-powered equipment in use (particularly in China), and rising demand for products such as cabin air and diesel particulate filters. www.freedoniagroup.com
CROSS-FLOW MEMBRANES TO REACH US$10 BILLION BY 2010 The market for cross-flow membrane modules and equipment to purify water and other liquids will grow from US$7.6 billion in 2006 to in excess of US$10 billion in 2010, says the online McIlvaine Company report, RO/UF/MF World Markets. The cross-flow membrane market is divided into three major segments. The largest is reverse osmosis (RO) accounting for 50% of the total sales. This is the most efficient membrane and is used for desalination and the creation of ultrapure water for electronics, power and pharmaceutical applications, McIlvaine says. The other 50% of the market is almost evenly split between ultrafiltration and microfiltration. Ultrafiltration provides medium efficiency and is used as pre-filtration for RO, for process applications such as juice purification, and for treatment of drinking water. Microfiltration is the least efficient of the three membrane technologies but also requires the lowest amount of energy.
Microfiltration is proving superior to conventional technologies for drinking water purification and for treatment of wastewater. Combining biological treatment and membrane filtration in one device has proved very cost effective, and the growth for membrane bio reactors has been very rapid, the company says. Because of the purity of the water discharge, the effluent can be discharged directly. For a new housing development this eliminates the expense of lengthy sewage transport to a central facility. In 2009 the leading segment for cross-flow membranes will reportedly be desalination, with sales of equipment and membranes in excess of US$2.2 billion worldwide. The Asian market will grow at a faster rate than other regions, McIlvaine says. The lack of clean water and the rapid growth of the electronics and pharmaceutical industries in the region are major drivers. China will be the largest Asian purchaser in 2009. www.mcilvainecompany.com
ULTRAPURE WATER SYSTEMS TO REACH US$4 BILLION By 2009 the market for ultrapure water systems (UPW) will be US$4 billion worldwide, twice the size of the 200l market says McIlvaine in its latest forecast Ultrapure Water World Markets. UPW systems provide the contaminant free water used in human injectables, super critical coal-fired boiler steam systems, and in chip cleaning in the semiconductor industry. The largest segment is the semiconductor industry, McIllvaine says. UPW systems sales will reportedly exceed US$1.7 billion in 2009, with
much of the growth coming from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China. The pharmaceutical purchases of UPW systems continue to grow at a steady 8% per year and will exceed US$300 million worldwide in 2009. Within this sector, biotech is growing much faster than the total pharmaceutical UPW systems market, McIlvaine says. Global biotechnology industry revenues grew by 17% in 2004 to US$55 billion, led by the US with US$43 billion in revenues. India’s biotech industry will reportedly generate sales of US$1 billion this year, up from about US$700 million in 2004, and is on track to increase sales to US$4.8 billion by 2009. There is a big transition in the power segment where sales of UPW systems for coal-fired boilers are rapidly increasing, the company says. Whereas sales of UPW systems for Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (GTCC) have plummeted and are now slowly recovering, in 2009 there will be UPW systems purchases for coal-fired boilers exceeding US$1 billion, McIlvaine says. This compares to only US$50 million which will be spent for UPW systems for gas turbines. The latest super critical coal-fired boilers deliver higher efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions. But with the high temperatures and pressures, the water purity requirements are greater than with sub-critical boilers. McIlvaine also says that in 2009 purchases of instruments and controls for UPW systems will exceed US$500 million, while purchases of membranes and membrane systems will reach US$600 million. Pump and valve purchases will exceed US$250 million. Significant purchases will be made for degasification, disinfection, ion exchange, storage, and piping www.mcilvainecompany.com
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