CARTRIDGE FILTER MARKET UPDATE
FEBRUARY 2015
INDUSTRY
Filtration Society to Unearth Unmet Needs in Power Generation
Conference
COMPANY NEWS
Clarcor Acquires Filter Resources Group of Companies
Lydall Sells Charter Medical with Focus on Core Businesses
FINANCIALS
Pentair Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Results
Clarcor Acquisitions Increase in Net Sales 39 percent for Q4
2014
Celanese Corporation Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full Year
2014 Results
Ahlstrom Operative Result More Than Doubled in 2014
NEW PRODUCTS
Johns Manville to Unveil New Products at Filtech
REVERSE OSMOSIS – DESALINATION PROJECTS
Israeli Group to build Desalination Plants in Dar-es-Salaam
Saudis to Build Second Expansion to Oman Desalination Plant at
Barka
Oman Awards $250 Million Contract for Desalination Project
Desalitech lands US $11 Million in Venture Capital Funding
New Rules Could Rein in California Coast Desalination
San Diego Gives Green Light to Potable Reuse Plan
Reverse Osmosis Treatment Plant Approved by Palo Pinto, TX
World’s Biggest Oil Refinery takes Energy Recovery De4salination
Delivery
Thermal Desal Plant Planned for Chennai
Africa’s Largest Desalination Plant Opens
Many projects are detailed in monthly updates under
Industry Analysis in
this Report’s Chapters.
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March 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AMERICAS
ASIA
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
AMERICAS
Brazil
Market forecasts for Brazil's economic growth and inflation worsened for an
eighth straight week, according to a central bank survey.
The median forecast of about 100 economists in the weekly central bank survey
projected Brazil's economy to shrink 0.5% this year, down from a contraction of
0.42% in the prior week's poll. Annual inflation is set to end 2015 at 7.33%, up
from 7.27% in the prior survey.
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ASIA
Japan
Japan’s economy pulled out of recession more slowly than expected last quarter,
with soft spending by businesses and consumers underscoring the challenges
facing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he tries to steer the nation to a robust
recovery.
The worst is likely over for Japan in the near term, economists said recently,
but Mr. Abe still faces a difficult balancing act as he tries to get prices and
wages to rise at the same time. Growth last quarter was driven by exports, while
sustainable expansion depends on instilling confidence in consumers who account
for around 60% of the economy, and whose wages have been rising more slowly than
prices for more than a year.
“I was surprised by how weak household spending was,” said Shotaro Kuga, an
economist at Daiwa Institute of Research, said of the fourth quarter results.
“The economy is recovering—it’s just the pace of the recovery is less than
forecast.”
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EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
Russia
Russia’s economy minister said that the country’s gross domestic product is
expected to shrink by 3% in 2015 with oil prices at $50 a barrel and an
estimated capital outflow at $115 billion, Russian news agencies reported.
The government previously predicted the decrease in GDP at 0.8%. Inflation in
2015 is now forecast to stand at 12%, up from the previous estimate of 7.5%,
Alexei Ulyukayev said, Russian news agencies reported.
The announcement comes a day after the Russian central bank unexpectedly lowered
its key interest rate by two percentage points, sending the ruble lower. Russia
was also recently downgraded to “junk” level, below investment-grade, by the
credit rating company Standard & Poor’s amid the mounting violence in eastern
Ukraine. .”
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February 27, 2015
(Listed by most current date)
Cheniere and EDP Sign 20-Year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement
Revision Date: 2/27/2015
Bechtel Announces Curtis Island Plant to Fuel New Queensland Export Industry
Revision Date: 2/27/2015
GP Strategies Completes LNG Trailer Loading Facility for FortisBC
Revision Date: 2/27/2015
Exmar Selects Wison for FLNG Contract
Revision Date: 2/27/2015
Keppel Wins $705 Mln Contract to Perform 2nd FLNG Vessel Conversion
Revision Date: 2/26/2015
KBR, Daewoo Awarded Mozambique FLNG Contract
Revision Date: 2/26/2015
New Seabox Technology, SWIT Is Changing the Game in Water Injection
Revision Date: 2/17/2015
Slim's Carso Energy and Consortium Partners Wins Contract for Texas Pipeline
Revision Date: 2/17/2015
Williams Partners and Crestwood Midstream Partners Announce Commissioning of
Bucking Horse Gas Processing Plant
Revision Date: 2/17/2015
Kværner to Deliver $261 Mln Johan Sverdrup Riser Platform Jacket
Revision Date: 2/16/2015
Det Norske Commits to Viper-Kobra Subsea Tieback Offshore Norway
Revision Date: 2/16/2015
Lucius Enters Production in the Ultra-deepwater GoM
Revision Date: 2/16/2015
CO2 Use Extends Range of EOR Applications for GoM Operators
Revision Date: 2/16/2015
Acteon Establishes Clarus Subsea Integrity
Revision Date: 2/16/2015
Norway Releases New Production License Award Offers
Revision Date: 2/13/2015
University of Houston to Lead Offshore Energy Research Center
Revision Date: 2/13/2015
Bilfinger Wins $151.8 Mln North Sea Maintenance Contract with Taqa, Apache
Revision Date: 2/13/2015
Enbridge Plans New $130 Mln GoM Pipeline to Connect Hess’ Stampede Development
Revision Date: 2/13/2015
Malaysia Embarks on Ambitious Downstream Transformation Program
Revision Date: 2/12/2015
Compact Separation Technology Enhances Subsea Boosting
Revision Date: 2/12/2015
Seabox Will Lead New JIP to Investigate Subsea Water Treatment for Reinjection
Revision Date: 2/12/2015
Technip Wins Subsea Contract for K2 GoM Field
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Poland Raises Capacity of Its Gas Link from Germany to Reduce Dependence on
Russia
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Higher Volumes of Canadian Oil Flowing to U.S. Gulf Coast
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Canada Postpones Three Amigos Summit over Tensions Concerning Keystone XL
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Fugro Expands Services with High Resolution Subsea Laser Scanning
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
VBMS Completes Remote Platform Tieback for Wintershall Noordzee B.V.
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Shell Awards Multi–Million Contract to Subsea 7 for GoM Installations
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Slim's Carso Energy Consortium Wins U.S.-Mexico Gas Pipeline Contract
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Equatorial Guinea, Taleveras to Build Giant Oil Storage Hub
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
Greyrock Energy, Nerd Gas Form GTL Partnership
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
Williams’ Transco Pipeline Delivers Record Volumes in Early January
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
ExxonMobil Begins Production at the Sakhalin-1 Arkutun-Dagi Field
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
GE and McDermott Launch New Oil and Gas Consulting JV
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
Fossil Bay Signs IP License with Weatherford Technology Holdings for Exhaust Gas
Injection and Reservoir Pressurization Enhanced Oil Recovery
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
Azure Midstream to Acquire Marlin Midstream's General Partner and Azure to
Contribute Legacy Gathering System to Marlin, to Form Midstream Partnership
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
Petronas Carigali Awards $14 Mln Contract to Uzma Engineering
Revision Date: 2/9/2015
White House Orders Steps to Curb Oil and Gas Methane Emissions
Revision Date: 2/9/2015
EPA Approves Magellan’s $400 Mln Corpus Christi Splitter Project
Revision Date: 2/9/2015
McDermott Completes Kepodang Platform Installation Offshore Indonesia
Revision Date: 2/9/2015
Joint Open Season Offers New England and Atlantic Canada New Natural Gas
Supplies
Revision Date: 2/9/2015
BP Could Be Fined up to $13.7 Bln for Macondo Spill
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Gazprom Neft Receives Two Arctic Shelf Exploration Licenses
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Mexico Must Expand Infrastructure for Future Energy Demand
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Shale Firm Cuadrilla Awarded UK Exploration Permits
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Jereh Completes China’s First Shale Gas Liquefaction Plant
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
First Wood Group Mustang Norway-Designed Drilling Rig Delivered to COSL Drilling
Europe
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Keppel to Build One of World’s Largest Rigs for over $100 Mln
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Tall Oak Midstream Announces Natural Gas Gathering and Processing System Serving
OK’s STACK Play
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
MRC Global Awarded Five Year Supplier Agreement by MarkWest
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
Southwestern Energy Completes Acquisition of Southwest Marcellus and Utica
Assets
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
Select Energy Services Launches Pecan Hill Water Solutions Facility
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
Egypt Signs Six New Petroleum Agreements with Minimum Investments of $485
Million
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
Eni Signs Agreement for South-West Melehia Block in Egypt
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
FMC Technologies Awarded $393 Mln Subsea Systems Contract for Eni's Project
Offshore Angola
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
L&T Hydrocarbon Wins EPCI Order from ONGC for Vasai East Project
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Pioneer Natural Resources Says Severe Winter Impacted Production and Drilling in
West Texas
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Qatar Kentz Awarded Four-year Call-off Contract by Qatar Shell for its Pearl
Gas-to-liquids Facilities
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Wood Group Secures Major $750 Mln BP EPC Contract
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Orpic Logistics Awarded EPC Contract for $320 Mln Sohar Pipeline
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
FirstEnergy Working on New Shale Gas Transmission Projects and Evaluating
Systems Upgrades
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Swiber Wins $710 Mln EPCIC Contract in West Africa
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Technip Awarded €100m Oil & Gas Terminal Project in India
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Sinopec Starts 16-mln-bbl Crude Storage Base in Hainan Province
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
PBF to Acquire Tank Farm at Ohio Refinery for $150 Mln
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Federal Court Case against Canadian Pacific May Have National Implications for
Crude-by-rail
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
New Canada Safety Chief Urges Tougher Oil-by-rail Measures
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
FMC Technologies Awarded $268 Mln Subsea Contract for Chevron's Agbami Phase 3
Project
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Breitling Energy Announces Drilling of New Wilcox Shale Project
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Purestream Services Begins IGF Plus Water Treatment and Re-Use Project in
Permian Basin
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Alfa Laval Wins SEK 55 Mln for U.S. Natural Gas Order
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Ranger Offshore Closes Diving Assets Acquisition from Technip USA
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Hungary Prime Minister, Upset over South Stream Pipeline Set-back, Blames
Brussels
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Kinder Morgan Hopes to Resurrect Texas-to-California Freedom Pipeline
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Kinder Morgan Subsidiary Adopts Two Alternative Routes for Northeast Energy
Direct Project
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Colombia to Invest $1.74 Bln to Expand Oil Pipeline Network
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Saipem Could Lose $1.55 Bln in 2015 Revenue on South Stream
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Shell Pipeline Leak Spills Thousands of Barrels into Niger Delta
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Greece, Cyprus and Israel to Explain Mediterranean Pipeline Vision to EU
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Burying Carbon as Climate Fix Widens Gap among Environmental Groups
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
India's ONGC, MRPL to Turn Mauritius into Petroleum Hub
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
TransCanada Pausing Work on Cacouna Export Terminal Due to Endangered Whales
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
China's Sinopec to Push Ahead with $10 Bln Coal-to-gas Plan
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Ice Complicates Cleanup in Yellowstone's Rare Oil Spill
Revision Date: 1/30/2015
Alfa Laval Wins Canada SEK 115 Mln Compact Heat Exchangers Order
Revision Date: 1/30/2015
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INDUSTRIAL EMITTERS UPDATE HEADLINES
February 2015
AMERICAS
Mining
Iron/Steel/ Metalworking
Pulp and Paper
Chemicals
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ASIA
Mining
Chemicals
Waste to Energy/ Biomass/ Biogas
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SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY UPDATE
February 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TSMC to Expand Taiwan Fab
Phoenix Semiconductor Growth
Singapore, India Expand Semicon Industry Collaborations
India Reforms Panel on Semiconductor Units
Samsung Electronics Starts Producing 8-gigabit Graphics DRAM
JTC Building Semiconductor Facility in Tampines
CHEMICAL UPDATE
FEBRUARY 2015
COMPANY NEWS
WR Grace to Split in Half
Kemira Reports Growth, Improved Profitability
Dow Corning Profits Up for the Year
BASF Plans Worldwide Expansion of PVP Production
MeadWestvaco to Separate Specialty Chemicals Business
MERGERS/ ACQUISITIONS
Tronox to Acquire FMC’s Soda Ash Business for $1.64 billion
Kemira Acquires AkzoNobel's Paper Chemical Business
PPG to Acquire Majority Interest in French Aerospace and Automotive Sealants
Business
Solvay Completes Purchase of Ryton PPS for $220 million
Lubrizol Completes Acquisition of Weatherford Oilfield Business
Lubrizol Acquires Warwick Chemicals
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NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS UPDATE HEADLINES
February 2015
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ARKANSAS
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FLORIDA
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
CANADA
BUSINESS
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Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Industry Update
February 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNITED STATES
Cambrex Announces Expansion of Large-Scale API Capacity
Juno Therapeutics Adds New Biomanufacturing Facility
Enteris BioPharma Launches Contract Manufacturing
Repligen Completes Expansion of U.S. Facility
Medical Murray Holds Ribbon Cutting at New N.C. Facility
Mega Medical Complex Opens in San Francisco’s Mission Bay
SAFC Expands Irvine Facility
Prosolia expands Capacity
Ash Stevens’ Riverview Facility Gains FDA Approval
Dalton Expands Capabilities
SGS Completes West Chester Facility Expansion
Hackensack UHN and Seton Hall University to Form School of Medicine
DPT Enhances Capabilities with New High-Speed Filling Center
L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute, University of Utah
James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building, Utah, US
Georgia Tech, Engineered Biosystems Building, Atlanta
Platinum Press to Open New Packaging Facility in NJ
LSNE Successfully Completes PAI
Hospira to Close Clayton, NC, Production Plant
REST OF WORLD
Delta-IBN Life Science and Diagnostics Lab Opens at Biopolis
FEI and National Center for Protein Sciences Beijing Launch Training & Research
Facility
Aesica Continuing FDA Approval for Manufacture and Packaging Sites in Germany
SAFC Dry Powder Media Manufacturing Plant, Scotland, United Kingdom
G-CON Manufacturing Selected to Build ISO 5 POD for Instituto Butantan
National Center for Single-Cell Research Established in Sweden
Pirbright Institute’s Biocontainment Facility
U of Huddersfield Launches Genomics Research Center
Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical to Invest
WH Partnership Completes Cancer Facility for TC BioPharm in Glasgow
ICON Establishes Innovation Hub in Ireland
Vetter Completes Construction Phase at Ravensburg
Joint Open Laboratory Established by Waters & ChP
Recipharm Completes Serialization Solution in China
Otsuka Establishes Australian Ops
Vetter Completes First Phase of Major Facility Expansion
New Labs in Sierra Leone Africa and Middle East
PPD Expands GMP Laboratory
Catalent Expands Services in Germany
Teva: More Biomanufacturing Space Needed
Roche Announces Investment on New Facility
SGS Completes Glasgow Expansion
Fareva Invests in Capacity
Translational Research Institute (TRI), Brisbane, Australia
Biotec Completes Clinical Supply Facility Expansion
Randox Announce Plans for New Science Park
Crown Expands Precos Site
AstraZeneca R&D Centre and Corporate Headquarters, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Piramal Approves Expansion for Manufacturing
Roche to Acquire French Biotechnology firm Trophos
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PULP MILLS UPDATE
March 2015
COMPANY NEWS
Voith Develops New Tecnology for Pulping Recovered Paper
Kadant Obtains $10 Million in Equipment Orders from Paper Producers
Sappi, Edinburgh Napier University Develop Low-Cost Process to Make
Nanocellulose
EXPANSIONS/ UPGRADES/ NEW PROJECTS
AMERICAS
CRPE Receives Environmental License for New 2.2-Million Tonne/Yr BEK Mill in
Brazil
Glatfelter Prepare Woodchip Recycling Test Project at Chillicothe, OH, Paper
Mill
Xerium Plans Expansion Strategy at Two Plants
Neenah Paper Plans Mill Expansion
Georgia Pacific's Palatka Mill Boosts Energy Efficiency
KapStone to Expand in Kentucky
ASIA
Valmet’s Opticoncept M Containerboard Line for Yuen Foong Yu Packaging in Taiwan
Fujian Qingshan to Add 500,000 tonne/yr Food Packaging Capacity in China
EUEA
Iggesund Paperboard Mill in Sweden to Increase Capacity by up to 40%
Andritz to Supply Equipment for New Bio-Product Pulp Mill
Andritz to Upgrade Mondi's Frantschach Cooking Plant
Felix Schoeller Commissions Bellmer for PM 14 Rebuild
LEIPA Expanding Containerboard Production Capacities at Schwedt Mill, Germany
SCA to Build Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant at Kunheim Mill in France
Peterson Packaging to Install New Biofuel Boilers at Ranheim Mill in Norway
Finnpulp Mulls New NBSK Pulp Mill in Finland
Metsä Board to Increase FBB Capacity, Exit Paper Production at Husum, Sell
Gohrsmühle
SCA to Commission New Lime Kiln at Munksund Kraftliner Mill in Sweden
Stora Enso Invests in Wooden Building Element Production in Finland
ACQUISITIONS/ DIVESTURES
Valmet Buys Process Automation Systems Business from Metso
Cascades Selling NA Boxboard Mfg. and Converting Assets to Graphic Packaging
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