Market for advanced separations set to exceed US$1 billion by 2006

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December 1999

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Market for advanced separations set to exceed US$l billion by 2006 According

to a report published

by US-

based Business Communications (BCC)

Company

Inc, the aggregate yearly market for

advanced

separation

US$556

million

techniques

in

1998,

to reach $1.19 billion an average

annual

totalled

and it is set

in 2006, reflecting

growth

rate

(AAGR)

of 10%. The industry

entitled

review”,

membrane

“High

BCC predicts

$283

of 6.1%.

that have

for many years, these segments

at 13.4%

amounted

a year. The

to $226 million,

$620 million tend

moving

markets 1998

and is projected

in 2006.

These

to be self-cleaning,

users to maintain

high product

to frequently

market

shut

which quality

down

to

part of the electrically

Electrically

driven

separation

for decades

allows without

equipment

important

to

and in

systems

sector.

have been

are more

such as

advanced,

even

new research and development

Chromatography a separation

is increasingly

technology.

chromatography million

dollars

is several represents

very small part of this. The market chromatography 1998,

for

hundred

products

and it will reach an

AAGR

the

out that magnetic

mature

market,

systems and techniques for several years. new

high

materials

and

many

is a

of the

have been commercialised

However,

the development

processes

covers

technology

separations,

and

separations

because

growth rate of about report

are - and will

biotechnology

industries.

BCC points relatively

-

from

of

is still fueling

the fast-growing organic classical

to important

and

fields of molecular

techniques

like

new methods

using

fluids.

The

most

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a

10.5% per year.

For more information, contact: Business in

by 2006,

10.1%.

pharmaceutical

supercritical

for separation

$52 million

be

only a

was $24 million

of

to

electrophoresis

in the US, but chromatography purposes

users of this technology

continue

The

being used as

The overall market

products

consistent

market

work is still being done with fuel cells.

reflecting

clean the filter.

driven

and some markets,

used for separation

membrane

novel

in 1998,

Fuel cells represent

the largest around

driven

million

that it will rise to $456 million

2006, at an AAGR

though

separations

reveals that although

been in existence

having

tech

systems are mature

will grow

systems

for electrically

reached

fuel cell applications,

study,

reach

The US market separations

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