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Weekly selected highlights in flow control, treatment and combustion from the many McIlvaine publications.

• Fabric  Filter Market, Competitor Shares, IIoT, and TCO are Inseparable
• Track the Clean Industry Projects on a Monthly Basis

Fabric Filter Market, Competitor Shares, IIoT, and TCO are Inseparable

There is no set of government or association statistics which provides fabric filter media and element sales let alone future projections. The building blocks to reasonable analysis are knowledge of the processes, knowledge of the total cost of ownership (TCO) of filters for each process, and the aggregation of sales by the individual participants. There is further iteration by comparing the sales of media to the sales of the elements and to the inventory of installed filters.

One venue with insights on market share and total cost of ownership was The Filtration 2018 conference and exhibition last week in Philadelphia. The key note address was by Michael Meis, Lead Research Specialist, 3M who described the use of a blue tooth enabled pressure sensor on each Filtrete furnace filter. An automatic purchasing program entails tracking of pressure by 3M and delivery of new filters when needed. The result is direct marketing and elimination of distribution discounts. The average fabric filter bag costs five times as much as the average furnace filter. So you can expect to see remote bag monitoring sooner rather than later.

When a company such as Arcelor Mittal which has centralized purchasing and buys based on total cost of ownership is remotely monitoring and analyzing the ownership cost of every bag, the sales environment will change significantly.

Filtration is an annual conference alternating between Philadelphia and Chicago. (it was just announced that the schedule is now being changed to every 18 months in Chicago).  The event features presentations and exhibitions by filter media suppliers as well as companies selling components. There was a large display of filter fibers and media. The filter element suppliers are visitors. Ten of the media exhibitors focused on dust collection. The distinction between HVAC media and dust collector media is that one handles light dust loads of ambient air while the other handles heavy dust loads and therefore requires cleaning of the media.

Bondex, an Andrew Industries company,  introduced Hydrolox®, a new technology to the industrial filtration market. It is produced from a unique process technology designed for better filtration performance and lower operating costs. This product is currently in operation in power utilities, agricultural, cement, mining, and asphalt filtration applications.

Lydall is a major supplier of non-woven media for fabric filters.

Nitto displayed dust collector media composed of various base materials such as woven fabrics and felt laminated with PTFE in a 2-layer structure; used in filter bags for high collection efficiency at factories and incineration facilities.

NXTNANO nMAX medias feature a gradient density & diameter nanofiber matrix which can deliver dust holding capacity in excess of 300% greater than standard nanofiber with no appreciable change in pressure drop. With their proprietary HYPR Spinning process NXTNANO produces nMAX in a single pass and can incorporate the technology on to most nonwoven medias used today including: Cellulose, Cellulose/Poly Blends, Spunbonds, Wetlaid Synthetics, Hydro-Entangled, and Felted Medias. nMAX can be employed in pulsed filtration applications while maintaining excellent dust release properties.

Shanghai Lingqiao Environmental HEPA  displayed a HEPA class pulsable high efficiency PTFE media specially designed for tough applications including plasma cutting, laser cutting, heavy dust loading, pharmaceuticals and industrial welding.

The world fabric media market in 2019 will be $1.8 billion.  The power industry and specifically coal fired generating companies will be the top purchasers.

More details on the media, elements, filters and systems are found at N021 World Fabric Filter and Element Market

Bob McIlvaine can answer your questions at rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com 847-784-0012 ext. 112.

Track the Clean Industry Projects on a Monthly Basis

Cleanroom Projects provides details of cleanroom projects in each industry. The database is supplemented by newsletters for each industry.  Here are the titles in the pharmaceutical project newsletter for one month.

 UNITED STATES

Evonik Expands Manufacturing Capacity in US and Canada

Novacap to Expand Pharmaceutical Offering

Alta View Specialty Clinic, Sandy, Utah

Vertex Opens Expanded Research Site in San Diego

Aldevron GMP Plasmid Manufacturing Facility, Fargo, North Dakota

Fresenius Kabi’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility Expansion, Melrose Park, Illinois

Thermo Fisher Opens U.S. Precision Medicine Science Center

Wuxi Biologics to Launch in US

Eisai to Launch Center for Genetics Guided Dementia Discovery

Q Laboratories Opens New Lab Facility

LSNE Announces Acquisition of PSC Biotech’s Parenteral Manufacturing Facility

Thermo Fisher Invests in Biologics Footprint

Mayne Pharma Opens Oral Solid Dose Facility

REST OF WORLD

Telstar Wins Baccinex Design and Build Contract

Cherwell Laboratories Completes Transition to ISO9001:2015

Tudertechnica Builds Cleanroom for Silicone Hose

Sanofi Expands R&D in China with Chengdu Hub

Tot Biopharm Launches Mab Manufacturing Plant in China

Boehringer Ingelheim Consolidates with Biologics Centre

Umicore API Facility Passes cGMP Audit

CellGenix Expands Germany HQ

Wuxi Biologics Expands with ADC Build in China

Investment in Scotland to Strengthen the UK’s Place in the Global Pharma Industry

Carleton University Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Juniper Pharma Services Expands Lab Facilities

Jansen Group Completes Interior Of Ultramodern Belgium Hospital

Zoetis’ Animal Vaccine Research and Manufacturing Complex, Suzhou

Samsung BioLogics’ Third Manufacturing Facility, Songdo

Cambrex Expands in Italy and Sweden

Cambrex Expands Generic API R&D Capabilities

Parker Details Investment Timeline, Launches New Single-Use System

Wasdell Group Invests in New Microbiological and Analytical Lab

More on Cambrex New Lab Expansion

Avara Pharmaceutical Services Acquires Major Sterile Manufacturing Facility and Development Center in Canada

While the focus is cleanrooms, the project report is equally valuable for any company selling into the semiconductor, pharmaceutical or other clean industries.  It is very valuable for replace and retrofit opportunities since it retains data on plants installed over the last 20 years.

For more information on Cleanroom Projects click on 80A World Cleanroom Projects