August 2015 - Air Filtration Insights 52

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Donaldson Expands in S. America with Acquisition of Colombian Filter Maker Partmo

Many projects, mergers and acquisitions are detailed in monthly updates in the Market Report’s Chapters under Industry Analysis.

Expansion of Boehringer Ingelheim Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)

U.S. economic growth accelerated in the second quarter as a pick-up in consumer spending offset the drag from soft business spending on equipment, suggesting a steady momentum that could bring the Federal Reserve closer to hiking interest rates this year.

Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.3% annual rate, the Commerce Department said recently. First-quarter GDP, previously reported to have shrunk at a 0.2% pace, was revised up to show it rising….. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

Canada’s economy sank further into contraction in May, shrinking for a fifth straight month as the oil shock takes its toll on the energy producing nation.

The five-month decline marks the longest slump since the 2008-2009 recession, and virtually guarantees output shrank for a second straight quarter. The reading vindicates Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz’s July 15 decision….. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

The latest growth numbers show that China's economy is trundling along, expanding at a pace that is slightly faster than analysts expected.

Gross domestic product expanded by 7% in the second quarter, compared to the same period last year, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics. ….. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

Maintaining a bullish stance on the Indian economy, Japanese brokerage Nomura projected an 8% GDP growth for the current fiscal year while retaining its Sensex target at 33,500 by December. ….. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.67% in the second quarter of 2015, lower than 2014's second quarter figure of 5.03% and 4.72% growth in the first quarter of 2015, the country's statistics bureau said.

The Q2 GDP growth is its slowest since 2009 and Indonesia's economy grew 4.7% during the first half of 2015. ….. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

Standard Chartered Bank expects Malaysia’s economy to grow 4.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) for the second quarter of 2015 (2Q15), lower than the gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.6% in 1Q15, due to the impact of the goods and services tax that was implemented in April.

In a note, the bank said consumer and business sentiment had probably weakened in 2Q15 compared with the preceding quarter, but manufacturing and mining production were likely stronger in 2Q15 due to positive net external demand. ….. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

Singapore's final second-quarter gross domestic product likely contracted 4.6% from the previous quarter on an annualized basis, in line with the government's earlier estimate, a Reuter’s poll showed.

The median forecast in a Reuter’s survey of 11 economists also showed that GDP probably expanded 1.5% in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, less than the 1.7% in the advance estimate. ….. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

Taiwan in the second quarter didn’t come close to reaching the government’s GDP growth forecast issued only in May, underscoring pressure from the easing expansion in mainland China’s economy and inventory build-up in the electronics industry.

Taiwan’s GDP rose by 0.64% in the three months to June, less than a projected increase of 3.05% issued in May, the Cabinet’s statistics office said. A 9.8% drop in exports in the second quarter dragged down GDP and manufacturing, the government said. ….. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

The Czech National Bank (ČNB) improved its GDP growth estimate for this year to 3.8% from the previous 2.6% and downgraded its estimate for next year to 2.8% from May's 3.2%, according to a presentation ahead of the bank's press conference.

The ČNB expects lower inflation — 1.6% in Q3 next year and 1.8% in the last quarter of 2016, while its previous forecast put the values at 2% and 2.1%, respectively. ….. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

Sanctions linked to the Ukraine crisis could end up costing Russia 9% of its gross domestic product, the International Monetary Fund said recently. Russia's economy is showing signs of stabilization after slumping under pressure from Western financial sanctions and Russian counter-measures.

Low international prices for its oil exports have added to pressure on the ruble and government finances. ….. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

The British economy grew by 0.7% over the past three months, according to figures released by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

Figures from the London-based economic think-tank showed that growth in Britain's GDP in the three months ending in July was 0.7%, the same as in the three months ending in June. ….. (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

This includes only projects where there was an update during the month. There are thousands of projects in the database.

New power generation projects are tracked in two publications. Fossil and Nuclear Power Generation includes both market forecasts and project data. World Power Generation Projects has just the project data.

Startup Date	Location	Fuel Comment	Project Title
Unknown	Bangladesh	furnace	Chapainawabganj power plant-Bangladesh Power Development Board
Unknown	Bangladesh		Madanganj-Summit Power
Unknown	Bangladesh	furnace	Sedpur power project
Unknown	Bangladesh	furnace	Dohar power plant
Unknown	Bangladesh		Barisal power plant-Summit Industrial
Unknown	Kenya		Rabai power plant-Kenya Power and Lighting Co.
Unknown	Panama	heavy fuel oil, 3% S	Miraflores expansion
Unknown	Saudi Arabia	heavy fuel, light crude as backup	Yanbu power plant
Unknown	Uganda	heavy fuel	Tororo power plant-Albatross Energy
Online	Kenya	diesel	Nairobi diesel plant
Online	NC		Buxton 1-5-North Carolina Elec. Mem. Corp.
Cancelled	IL		Elwood CFB-Indeck Energy
2017	Saudi Arabia		Jeddah South supercritical power plant-Saudi Electricity Co.
2015	Estonia	shale	Narva oil shale CFB power plants-Eesti Energia
2015	Niger	diesel	Goroubanda diesel power plant
2015	Saudi Arabia	Heavy fuel oil	Rabigh 6 - Saudi Electricity Co
2015	Vietnam		O Mon 2 power plant-Can Tho Thermal Power Co.
2014	Jordan	heavy and light fuel oil	Al Manakher power plant-Amman Asia Electric Power
2014	Jordan	heavy fuel oil, distillate	IPP4 Al-Manakher power plant-AES Corp.
2012	Bangladesh		PowerPacMutiara Jamalpur power plant
2012	Bangladesh		Kodda-BPDB-RPCL Powergen
2011	Bangladesh	furnace	Gopalganj peaking power plant
2011	Bangladesh		Ghorasal rental power plant-Aggreko
2011	Bangladesh	HFO	Dohazari power plant
2011	Bangladesh		Desh Energy power plant in northern region
2011	Bangladesh	HFO	Hathazari peaking power plant
2010	Bangladesh	diesel	Khulna project-Aggreko
2010	Brazil		Campina Grande power plant-Borborema Energetica
2010	Brazil	heavy fuel oil	Geramar 1,2-Geradora de Energia do Maranhao
2010	Brazil	heavy fuel oil	Termeletrica Viana SA power project
2010	Pakistan	furnace	Lilian Town power project-Private Power and Infrastructure Board
2010	Pakistan	heavy fuel oil	Lahore power project-Nishat Power
2010	Saudi Arabia	crude	Shuqaiq Water and Desalination Project
2009	Cameroon	heavy fuel oil	Dibamba power project-AES (Kribi Power)
2009	Pakistan		Lahore diesel cogen plant
2009	Sudan		Kosti power project-National Electricity Corp.
2008	Brazil	diesel	Salvador-Energetica Camacari Muricy ISA power plant
2008	Greece		Sitia-Public Power Corp.
2008	Pakistan	Residual fuel oil	Morgah-Attock Oil Group
2007	Saudi Arabia	crude	Shutata
2007	Uganda	Heavy oil	Namanve
2006	El Salvador	diesel	Colon diesel engine power plant-Comision Hidroelectrica del Rio Lempa
2005	Cuba	crude	Santa Cruz
2004	Estonia	shale	Eesti CFB repower
2004	Honduras	heavy fuel oil	Pavana III-Luz y Fuerza de San Lorenzo
2004	Sudan	diesel	Khartoum diesel engine plant
2004	Thailand		Krabi-EGAT
2003	Dominican Republic		Azua-Paliza-Viyella Group and Caterpillar Inc.
2003	Saudi Arabia		Enelpower SpA plant
2002	Guatemala	heavy fuel oil or emulsified fuel	San Jose-Duke Energy