Keep Up With the Latest Market Developments in Air Filtration

In N022 Air Filtration and Purification World Market McIlvaine provides quarterly revisions of 50,000 forecasts and new insights on a rapidly changing market.  We also provide monthly updates (see April headlines below).  Most importantly we are integrating detailed forecasting with project and prospect opportunities.  We respond to the interests of our clients.  In fact, McIlvaine will even include the filtration opportunity in the marijuana growing industry as requested by INDA in a plenary speech to be given on November 8 at the Filtration Conference.  This was one of the following four subjects which were named:

·       Automotive filtration - As electric/hybrid vehicles increase in popularity, what is the threat to the auto filtration industry?

·       Power generation - Coal-fired vs. nuclear power plants; are there any market opportunities in coal-fired power generation or is all the growth in nuclear power?

·       Pharmaceutical manufacturing - The pharmaceutical industry is expanding to meet the medical needs of boomers in the U.S. and in Europe.  Pharmaceutical companies are also investing in BRIC nations too.  What opportunities exist in this market sector?

·       Medical marijuana grow houses - INDA members speculate that odor abatement in grow houses is a big concern in areas where medical marijuana is legal.  Has anyone looked at this niche market for possible opportunities?

AIR FILTRATION MARKET UPDATE

APRIL 2016

 CONSTRUCTION

• U.S. Housing Starts Down 8.8 Percent in March

COMPANY NEWS

• AAF Acquires Flanders Corp.
• Calgon Carbon to Acquire CECA’s Activated Carbon and Filter Aid Business
• Camfil Makes Finnish Acquisition
• MFRI Sells Filtration Businesses
• Donaldson Blue Filters - A New Standard in Performance
• Mogul Begins Production of PBT Meltblown Fabrics

FINANCIALS

• Ahlstrom Publishes Restated Segment Information for 2015
• Ahlstrom January-March 2016 interim report
• Clarcor Reports First Quarter Financial Results
• Donaldson Reports Second Quarter 2016 Earnings

NEW PRODUCTS

• Salt and Water Protection for Turbines from Clarcor E12 Rated Filter
• Mann-Filter Has a New Premium Cabin Air Filter Line
• Philips New Residential Air Purifier with Monitor for Real-Time Air Quality Data
• Dyson New Pure Cool Link Air Purifier, Sends Data to Dyson Link App

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Total Solutions is the Best Path for International Air Pollution Control Equipment Suppliers

The number of regulated air pollutants, stringency of regulations and technology are all changing rapidly.  No one would have predicted that direct sorbent injection would be a success twenty years ago.  In the preceding decade, lots of research money had been spent in the U.S. on the assumption that 60 percent SO₂ removal would be sufficient.  When the regulators ultimately opted for 90 percent efficiency, dry sorbent injection (DSI) was taken off the table.  Now, with new hydrated lime technology and the willingness of power plants to spend lots of money for sorbent to avoid capital investments, the outlook for DSI is very promising.

Today, plant owners must consider technologies that remove particulate, acid gases, mercury, CO, CO₂, NO_X and organics. Some technologies create new air and water pollutants which must also be addressed.

Various industries have unique challenges.  They also have many identical needs. Cement plants should pay attention to developments in the coal-fired power sector and vice versa.  McIlvaine just hosted a webinar which concluded that ionic liquid impregnated pellets designed for natural gas mercury removal could have wide applicability in power, waste-to-energy and other industries.

McIlvaine publishes a number of specific market reports and databases on each technology and industry.  It also publishes 5AB Air Pollution Management to guide executives making strategic decisions for their companies. One of the recommendations is to be a “Solutions Provider” whether you are selling complete systems or just a component.

Let’s take an example.  A typical valve controlling compressed air is a commodity product.  One application involves pulsing air to clean filter bags.  Pentair has become the world leader in this specialty niche by understanding the dust collection cleaning process and the variations needed for different industries.  Pentair supplies not only the valves but the headers and the controls to optimize the cleaning process.

W.L. Gore has developed a number of innovative solutions based on process and industry knowledge.  Most power plants have wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems. There are new rules to reduce mercury.  Wet FGD systems will remove most of this mercury with the right treatment chemicals.  The conventional solution to remove the remainder of the mercury is to use activated carbon upstream.  The problem is that any mercury removed by carbon reduces the amount captured in the scrubber.  W.L. Gore developed a module that can be installed after the scrubber and efficiently remove remaining mercury.

This technology fits particularly well into the processes employed at sewage sludge incinerators and power plants.  It is less attractive in some other industries.  The reasons have to do with the sub processes, processes and the specific industries. The air pollution control solutions provider who understands all these aspects is in a position to offer the product with the lowest total cost of ownership (LTCO).  This knowledge is the key to success in the international market.  In fact, owners and operators in developing countries are in greater need of these insights than those in developed countries.

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Asian Purchasers will drive the $5.6 Billion Cleanroom Hardware Market

In 2017, suppliers of cleanroom hardware will be paid over $5.6 billion by semiconductor, pharmaceutical and other operators of cleanrooms around the world.  Over 2.3 million people will be working in cleanrooms. This is the latest forecast in N6F World Cleanroom Markets.

East Asia will be the regional leader with three times the revenue in NAFTA.  This is due to the concentration of semiconductor, memory and flat panel display manufacturing in the region.  The NAFTA market share is mostly due to its leading position in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

As of December 2015, Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with nearly 22 percent of worldwide IC capacity installed in the country. Taiwan surpassed South Korea in 2015 to become the largest capacity holder after having passed Japan in 2011. China became a larger wafer capacity holder than Europe for the first time in 2010.

Mobile devices and wearable electronics are accounting for much of the cleanroom growth. Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 274.6 million wearable electronic devices will be sold worldwide in 2016, an increase of 18.4 percent from 232.0 million units in 2015.  Sales of wearable electronic devices will generate revenue of $28.7 billion in 2016.  Of that, $11.5 billion will be from smart watches.

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Utility E-Alert Tracks Billions of Dollars of New Coal-fired Power Plants on a Weekly Basis

Here are some headlines from the Utility E-Alert.

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1273 – May 20, 2016

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Emerson contributes to Longview Power’s Automation Project
• How about Paraffin in your Cooling Tower?

COAL – WORLD

• GE is combining Ultra-supercritical Boilers, Efficient Steam Turbines and Advanced Air Pollution Control Technology
• Jaguar Overseas Winning Bidder for the Harare Power Station re-powering Project fails to secure Funding
• Sahiwal Coal-fired Power Plant will be Ultra Clean with Ultra-Supercritical Boilers, Precipitators and FGD
• Hub Power is the Largest Independent Power Producer in Pakistan
• Howden Colfax has an increased Presence in Vietnamese Coal-fired Power Plants
• 600 MW Supercritical CFB in Operation at Baima Coal-fired Power Plant in China
• Flue Gas Heat Recovery being developed in China
• Chinese Coal-fired Power Plants dealing with Water Shortages
• GE to install ZLD System at Coal-to-Liquids Plant in Shaanxi Province
• San Miguel Corp. (SMC) plans New Power Plants
• ABB Medium-Voltage Drives have slashed the Energy Consumption of Two Boiler Feed Pumps at a Coal-fired Power Plant in Germany by 25 Percent
• Indonesian Power Plant Moving Forward Despite Protests
• BHEL to build 250 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Odisha, India

The 41F Utility E-Alert is issued weekly and covers the coal-fired projects, regulations and other information important to the suppliers. It is $950/yr. but is included in the $3020 42EI Utility Tracking System which has data on every plant and project plus networking directories and many other features.

Daily Project Posting in McIlvaine Oil, Gas, Refining Supplier Program

OIL/GAS/SHALE/REFINING E-Alert

April 2016 – No. 1

This alert is being issued twice per month for suppliers in flow control and treatment who are coordinating market research with targeted pursuit of the larger and longer term orders.

PROJECTS

The following projects each will result in millions of dollars of orders for flow control and treatment products. Each project has been rated. The opportunity size is rated from 1-10 with 1 being small and 10 being very large. The timing for flow and treatment orders has been provided by year, e.g. T 16 = timing of order is 2016.

Minatitlan Refinery $800 Mln ULSD Contract Awarded to Técnicas Reunidas (07,T17)

KBR Wins Multi-phased Contract for Front-end Engineering and Design for Woodfibre LNG

CNOOC and Shell to Expand Nanhai Petrochemical Complex in China

European Commission Approves Finnish Cash for LNG Terminal (06)

CB&I to Build Oil Storage Tanks in Edmonton (06)

Black & Veatch Win Chinese Shanxi Qixian Liquefied Natural Gas Project (T16)

Expansion of the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre for LNG and Other Fuels will Drive Environmental and Energy Solutions

Neste Jacobs to Perform Energy Study of INA's Oil Refinery in Croatia

Saudi Aramco Tenders for $500 Mln Uthmaniyah Gas Treatment Units (06, T17)

Boskalis Awarded Gas Pipeline Contract in Abu Dhabi (T16)

Technip Wins Engineering Services Contract by Total E&P Angola (T17)

PetroVietnam Plans to Build Natural Gas Plant in Vietnam (08, T20)

Meridian Bucking Trend with Proposed North Dakota Refinery

Deep Down Receives Mooring Line System Order from Shell

FEED Contract Signed within Framework of the Heydar Aliyev Refinery Reconstruction Project

Iraq Signs MOU with Egypt for Oil & Gas Cooperation

South Korea Continues Push to Become Northeast Asian Oil Hub, Despite Delays

Onesubsea Wins Contract for BP's West Nile Delta Fields in Egypt (T16)  

These projects are covered in more detail and are integrated in a database which is part of Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects. This semi-monthly report is available as part of this service or as a stand-alone subscription.

The Oil/Gas/Shale/Refining E Alert is issued twice per month to registered subscribers. It is not to be resent to others. Each subscriber must be registered. The first subscription is $950/yr. and additional subscribers are $90/yr. The newsletter is free for those who subscribe to N049 Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects.

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