- 4 October 2007 -

Sales of liquid macrofiltration to reach US$5.5 billion

Sales of large dewatering and process filter media will grow by US$2 billion to more than US$5.5 billion in 2011, says McIlvaine Co in its updated Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets report.

In the report, the solid/liquid separation market is divided into the following categories: sedimentation and centrifugation, liquid macrofiltration, cartridges, and cross-flow membranes. Reportedly, all segments of the market are on the rise. The mining industry is a big user of disc and drum filters as well as filter presses, and the present rate of activity is very high as mining companies attempt to expand facilities to help alleviate the worldwide shortage of many metals. Suppliers in Africa report activity levels at twice those of a year ago. Coal mining is also expanding to meet the huge growth of coal-fired electric power generation in China and elsewhere.

Currently, granular media filters are the most common technology for purifying municipal water supplies. Despite some competition from membrane filters, this segment is also growing robustly. The massive movement of rural Asians to urban environments has created a huge demand for municipal waste treatment.

Due to its large internal demand, China will be the key battleground, and suppliers who are successful in China will have the most leverage to gain in the international market place, the report says.

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