Fabric Filters Market News for Jan. ‘06

 

Here are excerpts for the month of January ’06 in the Updates to Fabric Filters and Elements: World Markets click on:   The updates reflect only some of the new additions.  The analysis and revenues are constantly revised.  For more information, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/air.html#N021 .

 

FABRIC FILTER

UPDATE 

January 2006

 

COMPANY PROFILES 

Updates have been made to the company profiles. Highlights follow:

 

Donaldson

Donaldson is a major manufacturer of dust collectors and elements and even media. Dust Collection equipment sales are roughly $175 million, replacement cartridges are $120 million. Membrane dust collector media sales are approximately…………………………………............

 

Clarcor

Dust collector revenues are approximately $77 million. The company’s industrial/environmental filtration products business is …………………………………………

 

Camfil

Worldwide sales for the corporation were $340 million in 2004. Estimated sales of air pollution control cartridges and dust control equipment is………………………………………

 

TEXTILES

 

MERCURY

 

PHARMACEUTICALS 

The forecast for the pharmaceutical market has been updated and is included in the Pharmaceutical Industry Analysis. North America and Europe remain the two largest production centers for pharmaceuticals.

 

The U.S. pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry consists of about 2,500 plants located throughout the country. These include establishments that make pharmaceutical preparations or finished drugs; biological products, such as serums and vaccines; bulk chemicals and botanicals used in making finished drugs; and diagnostic substances. The U.S. employed 300,000 ………………………………………………………………………………

 

METAL WORKING

 

CEMENT/VIETNAM

 

PULP MILLS

 

FOOD

 

CHEMICALS

 

MINING

Australia’s major metal production will remain strong through 2005-06. Iron ore and nickel lead the surge in production and exports. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (www.abareconomics.com) predicts that Australia is set to capture a greater share of world ……………………………………………………………………………

 

Following the recent expansion of Robe River’s Cape Lambert Port to 50 million mt/y from 32 million mt/y, Rio Tinto plans to raise capacity again to…………………………………………

 

METALS

The construction of an $850-million aluminum smelter in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, has ………

 

STEEL 

China’s steel industry is expanding even more rapidly than analysts had predicted, according to new research by the industry’s main association in China. According to the China Iron & Steel Association (CISA), which conducted a survey of 474 steel mills, the capacity for steel production is expected to reach 490m tons by …………………………………………………...

 

POWER

Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide emission control systems for Dominion’s Brayton Point …………………………………………………

 

Alstom will supply a wet FGD system and fabric filter for the 750 MW PRB coal-fired J.S. Spruce………………………………………………………………………………………………

 

INCINERATORS

 

INDUSTRY NEWS

Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control Inc. was awarded a contract by Gerdau Ameristeel to provide fabric filter systems for its ………………………………………………………………

 

 

 

 

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Bob McIlvaine

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com