Membrane Separation Technologies

SUMMARY

Demand to grow more than 8% annually through 2012

US demand for membrane materials is expected to increase 8.2 percent per year to $4.3 billion in 2012. Advances will be driven by the ongoing penetration of membranes into key markets such as water and wastewater treatment, and food and beverage processing, largely at the expense of conventional filtration equipment that cannot equal the performance attributes of membranes. This trend has been prompted by the need to comply with strict regulations pertaining to water and wastewater quality, as well as an increasing interest in process fluids with higher purity levels. Additional factors driving gains include the ability of membranes to reduce water use and waste disposal expenditures, and to improve water and material recovery and reuse.

Demand for nonpolymeric materials, including ceramic, metal and composite types, is expected to record double-digit growth through 2012, due to their better performance in extreme temperatures and greater pH ranges. However, polymeric membrane materials will continue to dominate the market because they have lower initial costs and greater product flexibility than nonpolymeric materials. Cellulosic membranes, the least expensive materials, accounted for the largest share of polymeric membranes -- nearly 60 percent in value terms -- in 2007, although that share is slowly declining.

Study coverage

It presents historical demand data (1997, 2002, 2007) plus forecasts for 2012 and 2017 by type, application and market. The study also considers market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles 39 competitors in the US industry.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• General
• Macroeconomic Trends
• Consumer Spending Trends
• Demographic Trends
• Pollution Control Outlook
• Pricing & Product Mix
• Environmental & Regulatory Considerations
• Membrane System Demand
• World Membrane Separation Outlook
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia/Pacific
  • Other Regions

III. TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

• General
• Membrane Separation Processes
• Membrane Configurations
• Membrane Advantages
• Liquid Processing Membrane Technologies
  • Microfiltration
  • Ultrafiltration
  • Nanofiltration
  • Reverse Osmosis
  • Other
    • Direct Osmosis
    • Dialysis
    • Electrodialysis
    • Pervaporation
• Gas Separation Membrane Technologies
• Membrane Maintenance
• Competitive Technologies
  • Liquid
    • Conventional Filters
    • Distillation
    • Ion Exchange Resins
    • Other Liquid Separation Processes
  • Gas
    • Cryogenic Separation
    • Pressure Swing Adsorption
    • Other Gas Separation Processes

IV. TYPES

• General
• Polymeric Membranes
  • Cellulosic Membranes
  • Polysulfone & Nylon Membranes
    • Polysulfone
    • Nylon
  • Other Polymeric Membranes
    • PTFE Membranes
    • Acrylic Membranes
    • Silicone Membranes
    • Polyacrylonitrile Membranes
    • PVDF Membranes
    • All Other Polymeric Membranes
• Nonpolymeric Membranes
  • Ceramic Membranes
    • Characteristics
    • Markets
    • Producers
  • Other Nonpolymeric Membranes

V. APPLICATIONS

• General
• Microfiltration
  • Characteristics
  • Markets
  • Producers
• Reverse Osmosis
  • Characteristics
  • Markets
  • Producers
• Ultrafiltration
  • Characteristics
  • Markets
  • Producers
• Pervaporation
  • Characteristics
  • Markets
  • Producers
• Other Applications
  • Gas Separation
    • Characteristics
    • Markets
    • Producers
  • Nanofiltration
    • Characteristics
    • Markets
    • Producers
  • Dialysis
  • Electrodialysis

VI. MARKETS

• General
• Water & Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Withdrawal & Use Trends
  • Membrane Demand
    • Water Treatment
      • Municipal Water Treatment
      • Industrial Water Treatment
      • Ultrapure Water Treatment
      • Residential Water Treatment
      • Wastewater Treatment
        • Municipal
        • Industrial
        • Other Wastewater Treatment Markets
• Food & Beverage Processing
  • Food Industry Outlook
  • Beverage Industry Outlook
  • Membrane Demand
    • Food Processing
    • Beverage Processing
• Pharmaceuticals & Medical Uses
  • Pharmaceutical & Health Care Outlook
  • Membrane Demand
    • Pharmaceutical Production
    • Dialysis & Related Uses
    • Biotechnology
    • Drug Delivery
    • Testing & Diagnostics
    • Blood Collection
• Chemical Processing
  • Chemical Processing Outlook
  • Membrane Demand
    • Chlor-Alkali Production
    • Other Chemical Processing
• Industrial Gas Processing
  • Industrial Gas Outlook
  • Membrane Demand
    • Nitrogen Processing
    • Other Industrial Gas Processing
• Other Markets
  • Environmental
  • Fuel Cells

VII. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• General
• Industry Composition
• Market Share
  • Pall
  • Millipore
  • General Electric
  • Hydranautics
  • Dow Chemical
  • 3M
  • Koch Membrane Systems
• Competitive Strategies
• Research & Development
• Marketing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Cooperative Agreements

• COMPANY PROFILES
  • Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated
  • Applera Corporation
  • Applied Membranes Incorporated
  • APV, see SPX Corporation
  • Aquious-PCI Membrane Systems Incorporated, see ITT Corporation
  • Ballard Power Systems Incorporated
  • Baxter International Incorporated
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company
  • Bio-Rad Laboratories Incorporated
  • BOC Group plc, see Linde Group
  • Celgard Incorporated, see Polypore International Incorporated
  • Corning Incorporated
  • Culligan International Company
  • CUNO Incorporated, see 3M Company
  • Daramic Incorporated, see Polypore International Incorporated
  • Discovery Labware, see Becton, Dickinson and Company
  • Donaldson Company Incorporated
  • Dow Chemical Company
  • DuPont (EI) de Nemours
  • Ecodyne Limited, see Marmon Group LLC
  • EcoWater Systems LLC, see Marmon Group LLC
  • Entegris Incorporated
  • ESCO Technologies Incorporated
  • FilmTec Corporation, see Dow Chemical Company
  • Filtertek Incorporated, see Illinois Tool Works Incorporated
  • GE Water & Process Technologies, see General Electric Company
  • General Electric Company
  • Gore (WL) & Associates Incorporated
  • Graver Technologies LLC, see Marmon Group LLC
  • Hydranautics, see Nitto Denko Corporation
  • Illinois Tool Works Incorporated
  • Innovative Gas Systems Incorporated
  • Invensys plc
  • ITT Corporation
  • Koch Industries Incorporated
  • L'Air Liquide SA
  • Linde Group
  • Marmon Group LLC
  • MEDAL LP, see L'Air Liquide SA
  • Medtronic Incorporated
  • Membrana GmbH, see Polypore International Incorporated
  • Millipore Corporation
  • Nitto Denko Corporation
  • Pall Corporation
  • Parker-Hannifin Corporation
  • Polypore International Incorporated
  • Praxair Incorporated
  • PTI Technologies Incorporated, see ESCO Technologies Incorporated
  • Sartorius AG
  • Siemens AG
  • Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
  • Spectrum Laboratories Incorporated
  • SpinTek Filtration LLC
  • SPX Corporation
  • Supelco, see Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
  • 3M Company
  • Whatman plc
  • ZENON Environmental Incorporated, see General Electric Company
  • Zhejiang Omex Environmental Engineering Company Limited, see Dow Chemical Company
• Additional Companies

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Summary Table

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 Macroeconomic Indicators
• 2 Personal Consumption Expenditures
• 3 Population & Households
• 4 Pollution Abatement & Control Expenditures
• 5 Selected Membrane Material Prices
• 6 Membrane Separation System Demand

SECTION III -- TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

• 1 Advantages & Disadvantages of Membrane Separation Technologies
• 2 Membrane Separation Spectrum

SECTION IV -- TYPES

• 1 Membrane Demand by Type
• 2 Polymeric Membrane Demand
• 3 Cellulosic Membrane Demand by Application
• 4 Polysulfone & Nylon Demand by Application
• 5 Other Polymeric Membrane Demand by Application
• 6 Nonpolymeric Membrane Demand by Type & Application
• 7 Ceramic Membrane Demand
• 8 Other Nonpolymeric Membrane Demand

SECTION V -- APPLICATIONS

• 1 Membrane Material Demand by Application
• 2 Microfiltration Membrane Demand by Type
• 3 Microfiltration Demand by Market
• 4 Reverse Osmosis Membranes by Type
• 5 Reverse Osmosis Membrane Demand by Market
• 6 Ultrafiltration Membrane Demand by Type
• 7 Ultrafiltration Membrane Demand by Market
• 8 Pervaporation Membrane Demand by Type
• 9 Pervaporation Membrane Demand by Market
• 10 Membrane Demand in Other Applications by Type & Market

SECTION VI -- MARKETS

• 1 Membrane Demand by Market
• 2 Water Withdrawal & Use
• 3 Water & Wastewater Treatment Market for Membranes
• 4 Water Treatment Market for Membranes by Application & Segment
• 5 Municipal Water Treatment Market for Membranes
• 6 Industrial Water Treatment Market for Membranes
• 7 Ultrapure Water Treatment Market for Membranes
• 8 Residential Water Treatment Market for Membranes
• 9 Wastewater Treatment Market for Membranes
• 10 Food & Beverage Shipments
• 11 Food & Beverage Processing Market for Membranes
• 12 Food Processing Market for Membranes by Application
• 13 Beverage Processing Market for Membranes by Application
• 14 Pharmaceutical & Health Care Indicators
• 15 Pharmaceutical & Medical Market for Membranes by Application
• 16 Chemical Product Shipments
• 17 Chemical Processing Market for Membranes by Application
• 18 Industrial Gas Shipments
• 19 Industrial Gas Market for Membranes by Application
• 20 Other Markets for Membranes by Application

SECTION VII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 Membrane Sales by Company, 2007
• 2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures
• 3 Selected Cooperative Agreements

LIST OF CHARTS

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 World Membrane Separation Materials Demand by Region, 2007

SECTION III -- TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

• 1 Dead-End & Crossflow Membrane Separation Processes

SECTION IV -- TYPES

• 1 Polymeric Membrane Demand, 2007: Volume & Value

SECTION V -- APPLICATIONS

• 1 Membrane Material Demand by Application, 2007

SECTION VI -- MARKETS

• 1 Membrane Demand by Market, 2007
• 2 Water & Wastewater Treatment Market for Membranes, 1997-2017
• 3 Water Treatment Market for Membranes by Segment, 2007

SECTION VII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 US Membrane Material Market Share, 2007