Profile of the International Membrane Industry - Market Prospects to 2008, Third Edition

Profile of the International Membrane Industry Market Prospects to 2008 Third edition

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Copyright 9 2004 Elsevier Ltd Author: Ken Sutherland, Northdoe Ltd Programme Editor: Roisin Reidy All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the publishers. First edition published December 1996 Second edition published December 2000 Third edition published January 2004 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Sutherland, Ken, 1931Profile of the international membrane industry: market prospects to 2 0 0 8 . - 3 r d ed. 1. Membranes (Technology) 2. Water purification equipment industry 3. Water purification equipment industry- Directories 4. Market surveys I. Title 338.4'76281674 ISBN 185617414X Whilst every care is taken to ensure that the data published in this report are accurate, the Publisher cannot accept responsibility for any omissions or inaccuracies appearing or for any consequences arising therefrom. No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Published by Elsevier Advanced Technology The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Tel: +44 (0)1865 843000 Fax: +44 (0)1865 843971 Transferred to digitalprinting2005

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Introduction 1.1 Scope of Profile 1.2 Membrane Processes 1.3 Market Estimate Analysis 1.4 Economic Overview

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The World Market 2.1 The Structure of the Market 2.1.1 Corporate Structure of the Market 2.1.2 Market Consolidation 2.2 Market Determining Factors 2.2.1 Economic Considerations 2.2.2 Environmental Concerns 2.2.3 Water Quality and Availability 2.2.4 Finer Separations 2.2.5 Membrane Price 2.2.6 Other Market Determining Factors 2.3 Market Size Determination 2.3.1 Scope of Estimates 2.4 World Market Size Estimates and Forecasts 2.4.1 Total World Market 2.4.2 World Market Analysis 2.5 Regional Review 2.6 Europe 2.6.1 Germany 2.6.2 France 2.6.3 Italy 2.6.4 United Kingdom 2.6.5 Spain 2.6.6 Benelux 2.6.7 Nordic Countries 2.6.8 Austria and Switzerland 2.6.9 Rest of Western Europe 2.6.10 Russia 2.6.11 Other Eastern Europe 2.7 The Americas

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The Membrane Processes The Membrane Process Markets The Membrane Media Markets

End-Use Sector Classification The Chemicals Industries 4.2.1 Bulk and Fine Chemicals 4.2.2 Pharmaceuticals and Medicinals 4.2.3 Biotechnology Fresh Water and Wastewater Treatment Medical and Health Uses Electronics Equipment and Semiconductor Manufacture Food and Beverage Processing Extraction and Processing of Energy Materials Power Generation Wood Pulp and Paper Production Other Sectors End-User Summary

Membrane Technology 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6

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BW'I" AG Cantel Medical Corp Cuno Inc Domnick Hunter Group plc The Dow Chemical Co Esco Technologies Inc GEA Filtration GE Osmonics WL Gore & Associates Inc Gradipore Ltd H20 Innovation (2000)Inc Inge AG Ionics Inc ITT Fluid Technology Koch Membrane Systems Inc Millipore Corp Mykrolis Corp Nitto Denko Corp Norit Nederland BV Pall Corp Porvair plc Rochem Ultrafiltrations Systeme GmbH Sartorius AG Seprotech Systems Inc Toray Industries Inc Veolia Environnement Whatman plc Zenon Environmental Inc

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The World Market For Membrane Modules (US$ million) The Membrane Module Market in Europe (US$ million) The Membrane Module Market in The Americas (US$ million) Table 2.4.4 The Membrane Module Market in Africa (US$ million) Table 2.4.5 The Membrane Module Market in Asia (US$ million) Table 2.4.6 The Membrane Module Market in Australasia (US$ million) Table 2.6.1 The Membrane Module Market in Germany (US$ million) Table 2.6.2 The Membrane Module Market in France (US$ million) Table 2.6.3 The Membrane Module Market in Italy (US$ million) Table 2.6.4 The Membrane Module Market in the UK (US$ million) Table 2.6.5 The Membrane Module Market in Spain (US$ million) Table 2.6.6 The Membrane Module Market in Benelux (US$ million) Table 2.6.7 The Membrane Module Market in the Nordic Countries (US$ million) Table 2.6.8 The Membrane Module Market in the Alpine Countries (US$ million) Table 2.6.9 The Membrane Module Market in the Rest of Western Europe (US$ million) Table 2.6.10 The Membrane Module Market in Russia (US$ million) Table 2.6.1 1 The Membrane Module Market in the Rest Of Eastern Europe (US$ million) Table 2.7.1 The Membrane Module Market in the USA (US$ million) Table 2.7.2 The Membrane Module Market in Canada and Mexico (US$ million) Table 2.7.3 The Membrane Module Market in Central and South America (US$ million) Table 2.9.1 The Membrane Module Market in Turkey and The Middle East (US$ million) Table 2.9.2 The Membrane Module Market in South Asia (US$ million) Table 2.9.3 The Membrane Module Market in China (US$ million) Table 2.9.4 The Membrane Module Market in Japan (US$ million) Table 2.9.5 The Membrane Module Market in Taiwan and the Koreas (US$ million) Table 2.9.6 The Membrane Module Market in Southeast Asia (US$ million) Table 2.4.1 Table 2.4.2 Table 2.4.3

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Introduction

Profile of the International Membrane I n d u s t r y - Market Prospects to 2008 is a third edition of Elsevier's series of profiles of the filtration membrane business, the first of which was published in 1996. It is also part of wider set of profiles that deal with the filtration and other fluid handling industries published by Elsevier. As the term is generally understood, there are two broad types of membrane: 9

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those designed to keep two distinct zones completely separate, allowing no fluid passage through them. Examples include geomembranes, the damp proofing under a house, and, the base of a landfill site. Such membranes are not covered by this Profile; and, those designed to permit passage through them of a fluid, or some components of a fluid, under controlled conditions. Such membranes are fully covered by this Profile and represent its total content.

1.1 Scope of Profile This Profile of the International Membrane Industry - Market Prospects to 2008 is basically a market study. It has been researched and compiled through personal and telephone interviews with key manufacturers, literature searches, detailed analysis of published statistics, and desk research using Elsevier Advanced Technology's extensive in-house database covering the international filtration and separation industry. The research was undertaken between May and October 2003. As a result of this research, a set of market volume estimates has been made based on the state of the market in 2003. Forecasts are then provided through to 2008. The Profile deals with all the kinds of separating media that are now Profile of the International Membrane Industry

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accepted as membranes, whether they are polymeric, ceramic, metallic or liquid. The present chapter defines the scope of the Profile and its contents, and then supplies a brief overview of the worldwide economy as it was in the middle of 2003. This provides the context for the geographical market forecasts and estimates of the following chapter. Chapter 2 deals with the nature and size of the international membrane market, illustrating the structure of the industry, identifying key features of the market, and giving detailed estimates and forecasts of the market in the five continents and their constituent parts. Market size estimates are given for 2002 and 2003, plus forecasts of market size for 2004-2008. Brief economic notes are given for the same market areas. Chapter 3 looks at the membrane processes themselves, the ways in which membranes are used, examining the markets for each of the major membrane processes as applied in industry. Chapter 4 examines the end-use markets for membranes, looking at each of the major destination industries and their trends as they apply to the membrane marketplace. Chapter 5 looks at the technical aspects of the membrane market and examines the trends that are likely to make a mark in the immediate future. Chapter 6 lists the main corporate changes in the membrane production and supply industry since the last edition of this Profile. Chapter 7 contains profiles of 30 leading international suppliers of membranes. Chapter 8 is a directory of more than 400 manufacturing companies worldwide. Chapter 9 contains a listing of relevant associations and societies, as well as a currency exchange rate table. This Profile makes no attempt to be a textbook on membrane technology. For that function, the reader is directed to any of a number of recent books, especially Keith Scott's Handbook of Industrial Membranes, published by Elsevier Advanced Technology.

The review upon which this Profile is based has covered the worldwide market for membranes as used in a wide range of separation processes. In broad terms, the study looked at:

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reverse osmosis (RO) - the original process using separation membranes, separating ions and other dissolved materials from water. It is the process with the highest pressure for separations of materials with a critical size below 0.001 lam (although particle size is not really relevant to RO). The study also looked at nanofihration (NF), a rapidly growing sector of the process spectrum, a looser form of reverse osmosis; uhrafihration ( U F ) - the medium-pressure separation, of mainly larger molecules from fluids, in the size range 0.1 ~tm to 0.001 ~tm; microfiltration- the separation of solid particles from fluids at quite low trans-membrane pressures where the solid particle size lies between 10 ~tms and 0.1 lam; all others membrane separations in the liquid phase, many of which operate by diffusion through the material of the membrane rather than through pores, and which may use driving forces other than physical pressure; and, gas or vapour separation processes.

The Profile thus looks at all applications of membranes, concerned with separations involving both liquids and gases.

The total world market estimated for 2003 is given in Chapter 2, together with its geographical breakdown by major national market or by region. The forecasts through to 2008 are given in the same way, together with a historical estimate for 2002. The geographical breakdown features all five continents, with detailed analyses for three of them, especially Europe. The world market is analysed and described in terms of the five main membrane process categories ( R O / N F , UF and MF, other liquid phase processes, and, gas separations) in Chapter 3, with further development of the 'other liquid separations' category. The market is further analysed in Chapter 4 by its main end-user industry categories to highlight where the major developments in the market are expected to be. The membrane process and end-user analyses of the market are given with the same history from 2002, and forecasts through to 2008, as are the geographical segments.

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The world market for any engineering or processing product is likely to be determined largely by what happens in North America, Western Europe and J a p a n - although the fastest growing parts of the marl,:et are expected to be in the developing regions. The USA is showing signs of steady growth out of its 2001 recession, while Canada and Mexico are likely to keep pace with this growth, since their economies are heavily dependent upon that of their larger neighbour. The US boom came to a sharp end in 2001, mainly caused by the collapse of the dot.com bubble, and the revelations of bad accounting on a massive scale among a significant number of companies. These factors were then exacerbated by the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001 and the short Afghan war that followed them. These events caused a marked change in the US economy, and with it those of much of the developed world. Many of these areas, however, are now sufficiently strong economically as to be able to ride out a faltering of the US economy. The recession in the USA during 2001 surprisingly came to an end in November of that year, and the incipient recovery from 2002, although stumbling a little during the Iraq war of early 2003, seems not to have been stopped. Much now hangs upon how strong this recovery will be. This Profile adopts the view that the US economy will continue to grow at a moderate rate, slowly pulling some of the other large economies (especially Germany and Japan) out of the doldrums. Because of the slump in the American economy, that of the whole world was close to stagnation throughout 2001 and most of 2002, with recession in some parts of it. This Profile assumes that world output will only show a weak recovery by the end of 2003, with little strengthening until 2004. The period from 2005 to 2008 should then be better years for all concerned. The economy of Western Europe is being heavily influenced by political events. These include the proposed expansion of the European Union (EU) with 10 additional countries, mostly from the east of the continent, while negotiations are now under way that should lead to a formal constitution for the Union. Meanwhile, he formation of the euro-zone has split the EU into two parts, with current signs indicating that it has not been a great success. The economy of Western Europe has been affected by the continuing weakness of Germany, which is holding back that of the whole eurozone. The four countries in the region that are outside of the euro-zone

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are currently doing rather better in economic terms than many of those inside it. Reflation of the economy, and a reduction in the high levels of unemployment are the major problems for the immediate future. Eastern Europe as a region is dominated by Russia, both economically and geographically. It has recovered well from the problems of a few years ago, and Russia in particular is expected to continue to grow quite fast economically. The potential output from the region is much larger than is presently being achieved, and much still depends on accession by many of the smaller countries to the E U . The Eastern Asian segment contains the large economy of Japan, the large population of China, the Koreas and Taiwan. The economic crises of the late 1990s are now a thing of the past, but they have had a severe impact on Japan. The country has not recovered at all, but rather has suffered several periods of recession. By contrast, China continues to grow very rapidly, and this growth is expected to continue over the forecast period for this Profile. The smaller countries in the region have economies dominated by exports, and the varying fortunes of their larger neighbours will be reflected in them. At one stage the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic threatened to destabilize the whole area, but fortunately the disease was brought under control quite quickly. South East Asia has recovered well from the economic disturbances of several years ago, and some of the economies are growing quite rapidly. However, some of the countries have considerable political problems with which to deal, and these are hindering economic growth, partly by causing a reduction in foreign investment in the region. Once these problems are resolved, then the economic potential here is considerable. South Asia covers the very populous states of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, all with very low figures of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. Business potential here is enormous, but the area is sadly lacking in investment and still very troubled by inter-religious strife. The Central and South American region continues to be affected by political turmoil and economic problems, although the change of government in Brazil seems to have settled the largest country in the region. Some of the other problems appear intractable, resulting in a reduction of foreign investment. The Middle East, including Turkey and the ex-Soviet republics of the Caspian Sea area, also presents considerable contrasts. The oil and gas rich states are fending off political change, while the continuing conflicts in Palestine, Afghanistan and now Iraq are causing great concern for the future. Turkey's hopes of entrance to the EU suffered a setback in the recent negotiations, leaving it in an uncertain position. The region's oil

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and gas reserves make it a key source of energy for the developed world, so renewed investment can be expected to occur. Africa is a huge region, containing severe local area conflicts, but with great potential, once the investment climate becomes more attractive. It is a continent of extremes, with a comparatively rich zone along the Mediterranean Coast, and intense poverty around the Equator. The Australasian region is dominated by Australia, which has been growing well of late, despite the severe drought in parts of the country and the problems of the world around it. On the world scale, apart from a few unfortunate exceptions, a major change of recent years has been the marked reduction in rates of inflation, especially in the developed parts of the world. For most of Western Europe, the current inflation rate is close to zero, while that in Japan has been negative for two years. The problems of deflation, and its different risks, may well persist for a year or two yet. Despite most of the fears expressed for the immediate future, the markets for much of the membrane industry will remain firm. Most applications for membranes are in rapidly expanding industry sectors, so that the future for the industry looks very good, despite the economic problems awaiting resolution. Interest rates are at their lowest levels for several decades, so the cost of investment in plant and equipment is low, and such investment is attractive. Current estimates of world G D P growth suggest a rate of 3.2% by the end of 2003, and 4.1% for 2004 (up from 2.4% in 2001 and 3.0% in 2002). This is almost twice the level forecast for the advanced economies, including the USA, which are/were forecast to be 1.0% in 2001, 1.8% in 2002, 1.8% in 2003 and 2.9% in 2004. This Profile assumes that global growth will settle at around 3.0 to 3.5% during the next five years.

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The World Market

This Profile has four main tasks: to enumerate the international membrane market, in both geographical and membrane process terms; to review its end-use sectors; to summarize the technical state of the membrane business; and, to describe and list the suppliers to the market including recent changes. This chapter deals with the first of those tasks, the description of the numerical size of the membrane market with full regional and national analyses, as well as estimates of how it will grow during the next five years (leaving a description of the membrane process market to Chapter 3). The chapter begins with a look at how the market is structured, and continues by describing the major factors at work in the marketplace. Next comes a description of the market size assessment process. The bulk of the chapter covers a series of reviews of the marketplace by broad geographical division, including the local influences, with the size estimates fbr each region analysed broken down into five broad membrane process headings.

The prime feature of filtration membranes is that they are capable of separations down to very fine limits. This means they have become essential items of equipment for a wide range of processes, a trend that is increasing as environmental pressures on design and operation intensify. Most membranes are used as replaceable modules, so that there is a large sales aftermarket. The separation membranes industry includes: O

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the fabrication of the membrane itself; the formation of the membrane into a usable shape by rolling, folding, cutting, pleating, etc; and, the fixing of the shaped membrane into a module that can then be fitted into an appropriate housing.

The first two stages may be separate, as described (e.g. the track-etching of a pre-formed sheet of plastic), or combined (e.g. the creation of a polymeric membrane by phase-inversion). One supplier may undertake all of these stages or they may be the individual specialities of different companies. Membranes are made in one of two formats, although these are then shaped into several different configurations. These formats are" 9

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flat sheet, which has configurations that include: paper-thin and concertina folded sheets that create a pleated cartridge; thick, self-supporting sheets mounted to replicate stacked disc or plate-and-frame filters; a pile of several sheets of membrane separated by spacer sheets and then rolled to create the 'Swiss Roll' spiral wound format; - moderately thick sheets of ion exchange media, for use in fuel cells or as battery separators; and, tubular, which has configurations that include: - very fine diameter tubes mounted in bundles of hollow fibres (flow out-to-in) or as capillary tubes (flow in-to-out); moderately sized tubes, mounted in tube-sheets, like a shell-andtube heat exchanger; - cylindrical holes formed parallel to the axis of a roughly cylindrical block (usually for ceramic materials). -

Many membrane manufacturers specialize in one of these forms, especially for ceramic membrane companies, while others cover more than one type. They may make their own module housings or have these made by a separate manufacturer. The defining sales point for this Profile, in terms of market size assessment, is the last point in the manufacturing process. This is where the module is fully prepared and housed or, where a replacement module is being made, when it is ready for insertion into a pre-existing housing.

2.1.1 Corporate Structure of the Market The filtration industry, especially where replaceable elements are concerned, mainly consists of manufacturers and separate distributors, the latter often stocking the products of several different companies.. The same is true to some extent of the membrane business, although, as the

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membrane unit is a rather specialized (and quite expensive) item, it follows that most of the larger manufacturers employ sales offices in the markets of interest to them and sell through these rather than through independent agencies. As far as the manufacturers are concerned, the industry comprises a relatively small number of large companies, most of whom operate globally, with a network of their own offices, and a much larger number of small or medium sized companies, often specializing in just one market or type of membrane, for whom the distributor may well be a vital link in the marketing of their products. The 30 key companies listed in Chapter 7 supply a very large part of the market.

2.1.2 Market Consolidation As with any industrial sector, the manufacturing industry for membranes has experienced a number of changes by acquisition or merger. O f the 20 key companies described in the previous edition of this Profile, one-third have changed ownership or been broken up. That this is a continuing trend is shown by the list of changes given in Chapter 6.

As will be shown later, the membrane market is expected to grow strongly over the next few years. The forces driving this growth are: 9 9 9 9 9

general economic expansion; environmental pressures; the increasing cost and scarcity of water; the general demand for greater purity in most fields of separation; and, the decreasing price of membranes.

While the characteristics of the membrane marketplace that are peculiar to an individual country or region of the world are discussed later in this chapter, the factors that affect the whole marketplace are reviewed in the following notes.

2.2.1 Economic Considerations The separation membrane industry supplies its products, directly or indirectly, into a wide range of end-uses, such that a general improvement in economic performance in any country will be reflected in good growth for membranes, while a period of recession will cause a marked slowing in the growth. It is true that the main applications for membranes are in rapidly growing markets or in demanding sectors of

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the economy. These sectors, and the membrane market with them, will usually continue to grow even when the general economy is not flourishing. The relationship between general economic growth and growth in a particular market segment is not a universal one, because the requirement for something as advanced as a membrane system depends very much on the position of a particular country on the path from a basic agricultural economy at one extreme (as in sub-Saharan Africa) to a state of full industrialization (as is now approached by, say, Switzerland or Luxembourg). Nevertheless, this association between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates and the condition of the membrane market is a basic factor in the various regional assessments that follow.

2.2.2 Environmental Concerns As with almost every aspect of life, environmental concerns are leading to pressures upon industry to design or operate systems in such a way as to minimize any deleterious effect upon the total environment. These pressures are spreading globally, and manufacturers are now finding restrictions, originally expected only in Western Europe or the USA, applied in many other areas of the world. The membrane, with its ability to control very precisely the amount of any pollutant released to the environment, can play an important part in environmental pollution prevention (whether this be to stop pollutants leaving a process or entering a process from the outside). Regulations are steadily being accepted, in most of the developed world at least, requiting high standards of control, and this is having very important effects upon the membrane industry.

2.2.3 Water Quality and Availability A major application for membranes is in the treatment of fresh water and wastewater. While the quality of both could be covered by the environmental pressures just mentioned, there is a special case here in that water itself, normally thought of as a plentiful commodity, is actually extremely scarce in some parts of the world and is becoming quite expensive in others. There are even gloomy reports of the likelihood of future wars being fought over water resources. The ability of some membrane processes to treat brackish or salt water to produce drinking water is a major benefit to the business, while the increasing use of recycled wastewater is adding to the market quite considerably.

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2.2.4 Finer Separations Almost all processes - from the extraction of oil from below the sea or the clarification of machine tool coolant through to wine making or the production of m e d i c i n e s - are calling for finer and finer degrees of separation in their operations. Not all these demands are yet sensibly met by membranes, but the general trend makes it likely that membranes will become used in an ever wider range of polishing processes.

2.2.5 Membrane Price The steady reduction in the cost of membranes has been a major contributor to their greater use in industrial processes. Figures published by Judd 1 show unit prices of installed microfiltration membranes falling by an order of magnitude in 10 years, at rates that show little sign of reducing even by 2001. The U S $ 1 / m 2 membrane is not far offl It is barely 50 years since membranes were little more than a laboratory tool, with extremely high costs per square metre. The fall in prices has led to almost exponential growth in the use of membranes. O f course, there are still special membranes that command high prices, of U S $ 1 0 0 0 / m 2 or more, but even these prices can be expected to fall, as manufacturing techniques improve, and the range of applications expands.

2.2.6 Other Market Determining Factors There are several other market determining factors that are worthy of mention, although none with such impact on the market as those mentioned above. Although it impinges on the technical review that follows later in this Profile, brief mention must be made of the development in materials, which is vital for the progress of the membrane market. New polymeric materials are becoming available on a regular basis, providing a challenge to membrane manufacturers to incorporate such materials into suitable membrane formats. Developments in ceramic materials are also a vital requirement for the wider application of membrane processes. A very different effect is the globalisation of the market. The membrane producers are very largely American in origin, but their customers are increasingly worldwide in their operations. This is causing all companies that wish to have good local relationships with their customers to expand on a global basis using agents, joint ventures or subsidiary companies far from the home office. It is becoming more and more common for large purchasers of almost any intermediary product to set up preferred supplier arrangements. This 1 S Judd & B Jeffi:rson (Eds) Membranes for Indu.rtrial Wa.rtewater Recovery and Re-Use, 2003, Elsevier, pp. 10-11.

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is slowly becoming noticeable in the membrane business, and can be expected to expand. In this very technological business, there are also agreements that see customers enter into technical development agreements with suppliers, passing on development results from their operations or entering into joint design a n d / o r test programmes. It has already been mentioned that this Profile covers both original sales and sales of replacement modules. In the membrane industry this is a vital consideration, because the aftermarket is an important part of the whole. In fact, if the number of replacements during the lifetime of a particular membrane installation is considered, then it can easily be seen that the aftermarket is the major component. While it is sound business sense for the manufacturer of any product to make it capable of as long an operating life as possible, it is still the case that membrane modules do have a limited life. This will continue to be true while the understanding of fouling and its prevention remains incomplete. As an extension to the aftermarket situation, membrane manufacturers should be aware that many equipment buyers are now looking at total lifetime costs before they buy. Consequently, the need to replace modules a little too often could restrict the chance of the sale of a membrane process- unless there is no alternative.

A prime component of this Profile is the numerical description of the size of the membrane module market, and of the way in which it is expected to grow (or decline) during the next few years. This description is presented as a detailed geographical analysis of sales and growth trends. The estimates and forecasts given here have been developed from a series of sources: by current enquiry of suppliers during the preparation of this Profile; from a database of capital investment, and, from consideration of other published estimates. Published sales figures of major companies have been a valuable source of comparative data, while a detailed aggregation of all sales has led to an indicator of the world market size.

2.3.1 Scope of Estimates One of the problems in dealing with published figures lies in establishing exactly what is covered by the market estimates given. Some appear to be for media only, some for modules, and some for complete systems. It is essential, therefore, that the reader of this Profile should be aware of what is included and what is not. The estimates are primarily for membrane filters and other separators,

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completely finished in a housing, and ready to be installed in a new separation process, together with all subsequent replacement (spare) units and modules of a similar kind. The figures given are not for fully equipped membrane systems. It is intended that the estimates should not include double counting of media sales, for example, followed by the same media made up into a filter element or module. The estimates thus include: 9 9 9

all membrane media, whether organic polymer metallic); all the components of an element or module medium in place and to house it ready for use; all replacement media or modules supplied for systems.

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any equipment outside the membrane module housing, such as feed or vacuum pumps, control valves, instrumentation, or fluid pipework external to the housing of the element or module; and, any or all pre-fihers for membrane systems (unless they themselves employ membranes as the filtration medium).

The overall membrane module market size data are presented here in a set of Tables. Table 2.4.1 carries the total world estimates, while Tables 2.4.2 to 2.4.6 give a breakdown of the global figures by a set of broad continental estimates, such that the regional figures add up to the world totals. Each Table gives an estimate for the appropriate market sizes in 2002 and 2003, followed by forecasts of changes in these estimates from 2004 to 2008. The values are given in constant 2002 US dollar (US$) values. Each set of estimates and forecasts is also analysed by broad membrane process9 9 9 9 9

reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofihration (NF) processes; uhrafihration processes; microfiltration processes; other liquid phase separation processes; and, gas or vapour separation processes.

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to the producer of an equipment package involving the particular membrane module. Consuhancy and other advisory services are excluded, as are the costs of equipment installation or packaging. The market, therefore, includes the sale to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), as well as replacement parts, either via OEMs or directly to the end-user. 2.4.1

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The total world sales for membrane modules, as defined above, are given as current year estimates and forecasts for the period from 2004 to 2008 in Table 2.4.1. The total sales in 2003 are estimated to have been just over US$8 billion, of which: 9 9 9 9

33.8% were in Europe (Western and Eastern combined); 23.5% were in Asia (including the Middle East); 39.9% were in the American continent (North, Central and South); and, 2.8% were in the rest of the world (Africa and Australasia).

This means that almost three-quarters of membrane sales were in Europe and the Americas. Total sales are forecast to grow from US$8 billion in 2003 to US$12.4 billion by 2008, reaching the US$10 billion total in 2006. These figures represent an overall increase of 54% for these a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9%. The growth rates increase from 8.3% in 2004 to 9.4% in 2008. membrane modules are forecast to be US$52.3 billion in from 2004 to 2008.

five years and actual annual Total sales of the five years

Table 2.4.1 The World Market For Membrane Modules (US$ million) Membrane Process

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2 0 0 7 2008

RO/NF Ultrafiltration

Gas Separations

1716 1441 2091 1786 453

1814 1536 2257 1946 497

1934 1653 2449 2138 547

2070 1779 2676 2359 610

2222 1927 2928 2605 679

2391 2090 3208 2887 758

Total

7487

8050

8 7 2 1 9494 10361 11334 12399

Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations

2571 2265 3517 3200 846

The division of the market by membrane process shows the following proportions" RO/NF Uhrafihration Microfihration

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22.5% in 2003 19.1% in 2003 28.0% in 2003

falling to falling to rising to

20.7% in 2008; 18.3% in 2008; 28.4% in 2008;

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Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

24.2% in 2003 6.2% in 2003

rising to rising to

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25.8% in 2008; 6.8% in 2008.

The CAGR for these membrane process categories are expected to be: RO/NF Uhrafihration Microfihration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

7.2% (41.8% overall); 8.1% (47.4% overall); 9.3% (56.0% overall); 10.4% (64.3% overall); 11.1% (70.3% overall).

The markets for the membrane processes are considered further in Chapter 3.

2.4.2 World Market Analysis The total world sales are split into the five main continental regions (Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australasia) in Tables 2.4.2 to 2.4.6. The fastest growing of the five continental regions during the fiveyear forecast period is expected to be that for the Americas. This region is forecast to grow at rates significantly above the world average, at 57.8% overall and 9.6% CAGR, led by a quickly recovering USA. Immediately behind is Australasia (57.7% overall, 9.5% CAGR) powered by an almost equally good economic performance by Australia. Those two continents will exceed the mean growth rates for the whole world, although Asia will grow in demand at just under the average rates (53.0% overall, 8.9% CAGR), with Japan's continuing poor performance offsetting the very fast growth in China. European performance is expected to lag behind the global mean (50.5% overall, 8.5% CAGR), most particularly because of continued slow growth in Germany, while Africa will have both the smallest market sector and the lowest growth rates (44.7% overall, 7.7% CAGR) because of its low level of economic development and the probable low level of investment. Much higher overall rates are forecast for some of the individual countries. The highest overall rate is expected to be that for China with a CAGR close to 12.3%, much higher than its Asian counterpart, Japan, at 7.7%. Russia will be another rapidly growing market, with a CAGR of close to 12.1%.

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Table 2.4.2 The Membrane Module Market in Europe (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF Ultrafiltration M icrofiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

595 482 718 589 152

625 510 774 640 167

662 548 834 699 182

704 584 907 768 203

754 631 990 844 225

808 682 1079 931 249

867 737 1179 1029 278

2536

2716

2925

3166

3444

3749

4090

Table 2.4.3 The Membrane Module Market in The Americas (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF Ultrafiltration M icrofi It ration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

666 572 822 728 184

709 614 891 797 203

761 663 975 881 226

820 720 1071 979 252

884 783 1177 1086 282

953 851 1294 1207 316

1027 924 1422 1340 354

2972

3214

3506

3842

4212

4621

5067

Table 2.4.4 The Membrane Module Market in Africa (US$ million) Membrane Process

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

23 19 27 21 3

25 21 30 23 3

27 22 32 25 3

28 23 35 28 4

30 25 37 30 4

32 27 41 33 5

34 29 44 36 5

Total

93

102

109

118

126

138

148

Table 2.4.5 The Membrane Module Market in Asia (US$ million)

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Membrane Process RO/NF. . . . Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

2002 405 346 492 421 107

2003 2004 426 ' 453 367 394 527 570 456 499 116 127

2005 484 424 621 547 141

2006 518 458 678 604 157

2007 559 497 744 670 176

2008 601 539 817 744 195

Total

1771

1892

2217

2415

2646

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Table 2.4.6 The Membrane Module Market in Australasia (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF

Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

27 22 32 27 7

29 24 35 30 8

31 26 38 34 9

34 28 42 37 10

36 30 46 41 11

39 33 50 46 12

42 36 55 51 14

115

126

138

151

164

180

198

2.5 Regional R e v i e w The majority of membrane sales are in the treatment of water and blood, both highly technical processes. Accordingly, membrane sales will be proportionally higher in those regions of the world where technological development has reached a high level. An important factor in the marketplace is thus the success or otherwise of the more complex process systems, and this in turn is closely affected by the developments in the overall economy of a country or region. The following reviews of the membrane marketplace highlight the major geographical markets, and the factors important to them. The largest single national market for membrane modules is that in the USA at US$2.6 billion in 2003, which puts it at the same level of importance as the whole of Western Europe (and 95% of that of the whole of Europe, including Asiatic Russia). The second largest is that for Japan at US$1065 million, or about 40% of the US figure in 2003. The third largest market size is that for Germany at US$600 million, under one-quarter of the size of the USA market and about three-fifths of that of Japan. Germany is followed in size order by France and the UK, with US$413 and US$398 million respectively, and then by Italy with US$332 million. Some way behind these countries, the next in size is China (including H o n g Kong) with a 2003 market o f U S $ 2 2 7 million. The specific national and local region markets are reported in the following sections, in the same format as for the larger area agglomerations of Section 2.4.

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Europe's apparently smooth progress to greater unity through the formation of the euro-zone (currently involving 12 of the 15 EU members), the opening of the EU to 10 candidate member countries (mostly in the east of the continent) and the impending constitution for the EU, has been considerably disturbed by the political fallout over the Iraq war and by Sweden's rejection of entry into the euro-zone. The plans for eastward expansion of the EU will make the region a stronger force in the market, although this will not formally begin until 2004 and it will then take some years for the new entrants to reach the standards of industrial development shown by many of the present members. The parallel arguments among the larger members of the Union concerning the way in which the EU should be run is not helping this to be a smooth transition. Another major driving force in Europe is the increasing impact of the EU Directives upon national legislation, on subjects as diverse as water treatment and pressure system design. This then impacts on the equipment needed to achieve the requirements of these Directives, with the membrane industry one of those sectors that is directly affected. The chemical industry of Europe, for example, is much disturbed by the current proposals that a vast range of common chemicals will have to undergo safety vetting. The continent is still very much divided economically between the relatively rich countries of the western part and the relatively poor ones in the east. The countries of Western Europe are well developed with relatively stable economies. Most of the world's countries with very high GDP per head figures are in Western Europe, with most of the region's countries quite heavily depend on exports to produce that GDP. By contrast, the countries of Eastern Europe (including those in the former Yugoslavia) are much less developed, economically and industrially. In overall GDP terms, the 18 countries of Western Europe (those in the EU, plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) had a total GDP figure that was nearly eleven times that for Eastern Europe in 2002. The ratio between the two regions is even more in favour of Western Europe when it comes to the market for membrane modules. The estimates for 2003 show more than US$2.5 billion estimated for Western Europe and only US$193 million for Eastern E u r o p e - a factor of 13. For the whole of Europe the 2003 market for membranes is expected to reach nearly US$2.72 billion, which puts it at 5% more than that of the USA, and 2.5 times that for Japan. The corresponding figure for 2008 is forecast to be approaching US$4.1 billion (as shown in Table 2.4.2). The

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five-year growth in the market for membranes is thus forecast to be 50.5%, a CAGR of 8.5%, which is below the global average growth rate. This means that the European share of the world market will decrease slightly, from 33.75% in 2003 to 33.0% in 2008. Even so, the expected sales of membrane modules in the five years from 2004 to 2008 are estimated at close to US$17.4 billion. O f the total European market, the 2003 market is made up of US$2.52 billion for Western Europe and US$190 million for all of Eastern Europe. However, the expected rates of market growth are very different, with 8.4% CAGR for the western part, and 10.5% for the eastern part. As a result, the global share will move in opposite directions during the fiveyear forecast period -decreasing in the west and increasing in the east.

2.6.1 Germany Although it is much the largest of the national economies in Europe, the German economy is currently in a period of low growth, the lowest of the four largest European countries. As it has been the mainstay of European growth for more than 30 years, this means that Europe, or at least the euro-zone, is being held back by the poor performance. The country is still troubled by the problem of slow assimilation of the former East Germany, and the resulting high levels of unemployment, although political integration is now complete. As the second largest exporter in the world (after the USA), Germany's economy is exceedingly sensitive to growth or decline in all other regions, and the surrounding countries are all struggling a little in consequence. The recent strengthening of the euro has not helped exports. The government is a delicately balanced centre-left coalition that has managed to achieve some of the necessary structural reforms in the economy, but more changes are needed, and will not easily be achieved. German labour is now less flexible and more expensive that that of most of the rest of Western Europe. Unemployment levels are uncomfortably high, at over 10.5% and rising, although inflation rates are low, almost at the point of deflation. Current forecasts suggest a GDP growth of only 0.2% for 2003, and 1.4% in 2004, and this Profile expects growth at not much more than 2% through 2008. The structural agreement on economic activity that was part of the establishment of the euro-zone required all members to set an upper limit of 3% of G D P on budget deficits or risk heavy fines. Germany has exceeded this limit already, and there seems little chance that the required reforms in the economy can be achieved without more government spending. Germany has usually led the way in the implementation of EU Directives,

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having frequently been the source of the technology that led to them. The resultant environmental pressures have driven the market quite strongly. Apart from oil and gas, Germany is quite rich in resources. It has a strong food and beverage industry, with brewing especially important. The engineering industry as a whole is very strong in Germany, especially in automotive and aerospace. The chemicals and petrochemicals industry is also strong, although less dominant than it once was, but the biotechnology component is relatively weak. The utility sector in Germany is still quite fragmented, although consolidation is occurring here, with some very large entities emerging There is a significant number of membrane manufacturers in Germany, although perhaps not as many as Germany's economic strength would suggest. The leaders, which include a significant ceramic membrane capability, are: 9

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

Atech Innovation Celgard Fresenius GEA Filtration Inge Membraflow Osmota Membrantechnik Porocer Keramikmembranen Sartorius.

Within Europe, Germany has the largest national share of the membrane market, and this is the third largest such share globally, after the USA and Japan. The membrane module market is estimated to exceed US$600 million by the end of 2003 (Table 2.6.1). The German market is forecast to grow to US$886 million by 2008, a growth rate of 47.2% overall and a CAGR of just over 8%, well below the global average, and below the corresponding rates for the other large European countries. As such its mainly responsible for the low overall growth rate for Europe. Five-year, constant US dollar sales will be almost US$3.8 billion from 2004 to 2008, while its share of the world market will fall from 7.47% in 2003 to 7.14% in 2008. Table 2.6.1 The Membrane Module Market in Germany (US$ million) Membrane Process

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2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

RO/NF Ultrafiltration M icrofilt ration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

136 107 161 130 37

141 112 170 139 40

148 119 183 151 43

157 127 197 165 48

167 136 214 180 53

179 146 233 198 58

191 158 254 218 65

Total

571

602

644

694

750

814

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2.6.2 France Although it is the largest country in Western Europe by area, France has a much smaller engineering industry, and a smaller GDP, than Germany. However, it is fating better than its neighbour in economic terms. France and Germany continue to make the political running within the eurozone, seeming to find the UK's non-inclusion to their advantage. The 2002 elections returned a government and President both of the centre-right (i.e. both leaders from the same political party), a situation that France has not experienced for some time. The economy was going well until the middle of 2001, when the slowing down of the US economy started to affect it, although it has held up rather better than that of Germany through 2002 into 2003. Even so, it has breached the 3% budget deficit agreement even more than G e r m a n y - and seems little perturbed by the situation. GDP growth forecasts for France are currently estimated at 0.8% for 2003 and 1.9% for 2003. Growth in GDP is expected to continue at 2.0 to 2.5% for the period of this Profile. Inflation is quite low, at around 2%, but unemployment is high at 9%, not far below that of Germany. Employment laws are still quite rigid. The GDP figures for France and the UK are close enough that changes in the relative currency values (euro and pound) are often enough to make the one larger than the o t h e r - although on purchasing parity terms, the French output is well above that for the UK. Despite the earlier comparison with Germany, the French engineering sector is still quite strong, especially in automotive (Peugeot-Citroi~n and Renault being world class companies), aerospace, rail and electrical power. Bulk chemicals are no longer a major sector, but the pharmaceutical sector has grown rapidly. Food and beverage processing is very strong, as is the oil and petrochemical sector. France has two of the largest water utility companies in the world. France, like Germany, has a strong representation in the making of ceramic membranes, the leading French membrane manufacturers being: 9 9 9 9

CeraMem Orelis Polymem Veolia/USFilter.

The membrane module market in France is much smaller than that in Germany, but still enough to put France in second place among European countries and give it the fourth largest national market in the world. The market is expected to reach more than US$410 million in 2003, and is then forecast to rise to US$616 million by 2008 (Table

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2.6.2) This is an overall growth rate of 49% and a CAGR of 8.3%, above those for Germany and Italy, but below that for the UK and well below the global average. Consequently, the French share of the world market will fall slightly, from more than 5.1% in 2003 to just below 5.0% in 2008. Total membrane sales in France over the forecast period from 2004 to 2008 are expected to reach just over US$2.6 billion.

Table 2.6.2 The Membrane Module Market in France (US$ million) Membrane Process

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

94 74 109 89 24

98 77 116 96 26

104 83 125 105 29

110 88 136 115 32

118 95 148 126 35

126 102 161 139 39

135 110 175 153 43

Total

390

413

446

481

522

567

616

2.6.3 Italy Italy has recently elected, for the first time in a long period, a strong, fight-of-centre government. Despite this change in government, few significant legislative changes have so far been made, perhaps because of the somewhat controversial prime minister. Even so, the opposition being in some disarray, this government looks like seeing out its term of officeunlike its 50 or so predecessors, who have only averaged a year each. There are considerable structural problems in the economy to be overcome, which have defeated several previous governments. The longterm problem of the economic divergence between the north and the south of the country seems as insoluble as ever (and EU funding for the depressed south could reduce when some of the candidate members in the eastern part of the continent become full members of the Union). Despite the strong government, the economy remains fairly flat with GDP growth for 2003 forecast at 0.6%, and a 1.6% increase expected for 2004. Inflation is currently at 2.4%, but is falling. Unemployment is stuck at 9%. The manufacturing industries in Italy have a record of doing rather well whatever was happening to the government, and this is expected to continue to be the case. Italy has a strong engineering industry, especially in the automotive (with Fiat a world-leading car maker, although currently not doing well) and marine sectors. Its oil and petrochemical sectors remain strong, although its bulk chemicals business is not what it was. Food and beverage production is strong, pharmaceuticals and electronics are growing fast, and general engineering still seems to be able to sell its products at very attractive prices. Water and waste treatment are very fragmented, and leave much to be desired by comparison with northern Europe.

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A relatively strong industrial scene is not reflected in the number of large companies. The two largest are Fiat and ENI, with sales between US$50 and US$55 billion, but there are not many more with sales above US$1 billion. Italy has no significant membrane manufacturing companies. The market for membrane modules in Italy in 2003 is expected to reach US$332 million (Table 2.6.3). This makes Italy the sixth largest of the national markets, behind the UK, and the fourth largest in Europe. The sales are forecast to rise to US$492 million by 2008. The overall increase in market size from 2003 to 2008 is forecast to be 48.3%, a CAGR of 8 . 2 % - rates that are significantly below the global mean figures. The estimated market in 2008 will thus have a slightly smaller share than in 2003, down from 4.1% to just below 4%. The five-year membrane sales figure, for 2004 to 2008, is expected to exceed US$2.1 billion.

Table 2.6.3 The Membrane Module Market In Italy (US$ million) Membrane Process

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

73 60 91 70 18

76 63 97 76 20

80 68 104 83 21

85 72 113 90 24

91 78 123 99 26

97 84 134 109 29

104 90 146 120 32

312

332

356

384

417

453

492

RO/NF Ultrafiltration M ic rofi It ratio n Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2.6.4 U n i t e d K i n g d o m The UK has a strong, centre-left, government with a very large majority, which is well into its second term. However, the government seems to have lost its way to some extent. It is currently experiencing problems of credibility following the events surrounding the Iraq war, and concerning its ability to fulfil its promises on spending on national services. Nevertheless, the country seems to be coming out of the recent recession better than most countries in Western Europe, with a surprising acceleration in growth at the end of 2001 and into 2002. The UK now leads the Group of 8 countries in growth terms for the first time since 1986. The bank base rate is at its lowest level in 48 years (although still twice that of the euro-zone), while unemployment is among the lowest in Europe at about 5% (compared with 9 or 10% in France, Germany and Italy). GDP growth in 2003 is expected to be about 1.8%, with 2.5% forecast for 2004, and this rate is further expected to continue for the forecast period. Sterling has been very strong for a few years, with a serious impact on export performance, but the pound has weakened significantly, certainly against the euro, during the past 18 months. Inflation is at a comfortable level of around 2.0 to 2.5% (depending on the measure used). Although manufacturing continues to decline as a contributor to GDP, in

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favour of services, the UK suffers from continuing problems of low levels of productivity and competitiveness. Even foreign owned companies do better within the UK than their domestically owned equivalents. On the scale of output per head, the UK is below Germany, France and Italy, and well below Japan and the USA. Until this problem is solved, manufacturing in the UK will not produce the returns that it should, prompting companies to seek manufacturing capability elsewhere. The UK is quite well represented in membrane manufacture, despite the loss of PCI Membranes, ultimately to US ownership. Key companies are" 9 9

9 9 9 9 9

Amersham - A / G Technology Axsia Serck Baker Domnick Hunter GKN Sintermetals Porvair Renovexx Technology Whatman.

The membrane module market in the UK is the fifth largest of the national figures, after France and ahead of Italy. The sales total for 2003 is expected to reach nearly US$400 million, rising to a forecast figure of more than US$600 million by 2008 (Table 2.6.4). Market growth b y 2008 is thus expected to show an increase of 52.7% over 2003, a five-year CAGR of 8.8%. These rates are below the overall market growth rate (because of a slower increase in manufacturing), and cause a very small drop in market share from 4.95% in 2003 to 4.91% in 2008. The total sales of membrane modules in the five years from 2004 to 2008 are forecast to be in excess of US$2.5 billion.

Table 2.6.4 The Membrane Module Market in the UK (US$ million) Membrane Process

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

87 70 101 88 23

92 75 110 96 25

98 81 119 105 28

105 87 130 116 31

112 94 142 128 34

121 102 155 141 38

129 110 170 156 42

Total

369

398

431

469

510

557

607

2.6.5 Spain Although on a par with the 'big four' Western European countries in geographical terms, Spain has a much smaller economy, even if it is one that has benefited greatly from EU membership. Despite having the highest rate of unemployment of all of the European countries (although falling steadily from its peak, and currently around 11%), Spain is growing quite strongly, but it is not expected that these high rates of growth will last.

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Its level of industrial development is considerably below that of northern Europe, but it is catching up fast. Spain has a strong government, but continues to be perturbed by the Basque separatist problem. The country has done well out EU regional aid, so looks unfavourably upon enlargement to the east that will probably reduce the money available in Iberia. Manufacturing industry is not yet particularly strong in Spain, although Volkswagen's SEAT operation in Spain is now a big one. Investment in Spain has been rising at quite a high rate, and this continues to be an exciting marketplace. There are no very large manufacturing companies in Spanish ownership, nor are there any membrane companies of note. The Spanish market for membrane modules is expected to reach nearly US$160 million in 2003 (Table 2.6.5). This gives it a world market share of almost 2%, making it the eighth largest national membrane market. The market size is forecast to grow to more than US$240 million by 2008, an overall increase of nearly 53% (8.9% CAGR) - j u s t under the global mean rate. The national share of the world's total membrane module market will, therefore, fall very slightly. The five-year total sales for the forecast period is estimated at just over US$1 billion. Table 2.6.5 The Membrane Module Market in Spain (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

32 28 42 37 6

34 31 46 41 7

36 33 49 44 8

39 35 54 49 9

41 38 59 54 10

44 41 64 60 11

48 45 71 66 12

145

159

170

186

202

220

242

2.6.6 B e n e l u x The tightly knit and strong group of the Benelux countries, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, is a union that predates the first of the European Communities. The Netherlands has the largest economy in this group, and is distinguished by having a population density that is much the highest of all developed countries. The country had a strong economy, running at about twice the rate of growth of the EU as a whole, up to 2000, but is currently suffering from the poor performance of its large neighbour, Germany, and is climbing slowly out of recession. Its unemployment rate has risen, from a very low value, that was getting close to exhausting reserves of skilled labour. Belgium has one of the highest rates of unemployment in Western Europe, and continues to be disturbed by the Fleming/Walloon

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disagreements. Luxembourg, meanwhile, enjoys quite strong growth and a very high per capita GDP. Membrane companies of note in this region include Solvay Membranes in Belgium and N u o n / N o r i t in the Netherlands. The market for membrane modules in the Benelux region is expected to reach US$190 million in 2003 (Table 2.6.6), rising by 47.2% to US$281 million in 2008, an increase of 8% per year over the five years. These rates are well below the global mean values, so the region's share of the total market will fall from 2.37% in 2003 to 2.26% in 2008. The five-year total sales for the forecast period is estimated at over US$1.2 billion.

Table 2.6.6 The Membrane Module Market in Benelux (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

43 34 50 41 11

45 35 54 44 12

48 38 58 48 13

50 40 62 53 14

54 43 68 58 16

57 46 74 63 18

61 50 80 70 20

179

190

205

219

239

258

281

2.6.7 Nordic C o u n t r i e s The Nordic group of countries comprises Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. All have high levels of development, both industrially and socially. These countries are on the northern fringe of Western Europe, and are not all that well integrated in it - Norway is not a member of the EU, while Denmark and Sweden are not in the euro-zone having both now voted quite strongly to stay out of it. Indeed, Sweden's rejection is causing some major rethinking about the benefits of the euro-zone (especially with France and Germany both flouting the budget deficit rules). Only Finland, because the EU provides welcome alternatives to its erstwhile dependence on Russia, seems fully enthusiastic about membership. The region has held up quite well during the recent recessionary period, with future growth expected to be steady, if unexciting. There is potential in Denmark for good growth, but the economy is very dependent upon its two large neighbours, Germany and Sweden. In 2003 a moderate GDP increase of 1% is expected, followed by an increase of 2% in 2004. Finland, with a strong coalition government in power, has been doing quite well economically, and has benefited considerably from EU membership.

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Norway's centre-right coalition government has to contend with pressure to join the EU, and is still faced with what to do when its oil and gas reserves run out. The country's North Sea operations have been very beneficial to the economy, but there is little else to sustain it once the fuel resources become depleted. The Swedish economy has been very strong, despite the very high level of taxation, with a tradition of excellence in engineering. The expected GDP growth rates are now 1.4% for 2003 and 2.1% for 2004. Inflation is moderately low in Denmark and Finland, a little higher in Norway, and very low in Sweden. Unemployment is at acceptable levels in Denmark and Sweden, low in Norway, but uncomfortably high in Finland. The assumption here on GDP growth for the group is an increase of 15-17% over the five years, or about 3% per year. Manufacturing levels are agreeably high in the whole area, with the extra feature of the pulp and paper industry in most of it. Car manufacture is important in Sweden (although no longer Swedish owned), as is shipbuilding in much of the area, food and beverage processing, pharmaceuticals and general engineering. The main business of the region is wood pulp and paper, with Finland and Sweden being one of the world's key production areas (together with North America and Russia). One of the largest membrane companies in the region, Denmark's DSS, is now in Swedish hands following its 2002 acquisition by Alfa Laval. The membrane module market in the Nordic countries is expected to reach US$200 million in 2003. Growth over the next five years will be almost 51% of the 2003 figure, reaching just over US$300 million by 2008. This is a CAGR of nearly 8.7%, somewhat below the global mean figure. The 2003 figure represents 2.5% of the world market, a proportion that will be only slightly lower in 2008. The expected sales total for the five-year forecast period will be just under US$1.3 billion. Table 2.6.7 The Membrane Module Market in the Nordic Countries (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

4O 34 54 46 12

43 36 58 50 13

45 38 63 55 14

48 41 69 60 16

51 44 75 66 18

55 48 81 73 19

59 52 89 81 22

186

200

215

234

254

276

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2.6.8 Austria and Switzerland The two mainly Alpine countries of Austria and Switzerland have very strong economies, with Switzerland having one of the world's highest figures for per capita GDP (although it is matched with of the slowest economic growth rates in Western Europe). Manufacturing industry is strong and living standards are high, so the membrane m a r k e t / G D P ratio is relatively high. Apart from the Swiss company Nestlr, the largest food processing company in the world, there are no other very large companies in the region. Key membrane companies in Austria include BWT and Microdyn-Nadir, while Rpour is an important Swiss membrane company. The membrane module market in Austria and Switzerland is expected to reach almost US$140 million in 2003 (Table 2.6.8), rising to more than US$200 million in 2008, an overall increase of 44.8% over the five years. This represents a CAGR of 7.7%, one of the lowest rates of growth shown by any of the areas considered in this Profile. The regional share of the global market, already small at 1.74%, will fall a little to 1.63%. The five-year total sales of membrane modules for the forecast period is estimated at US$870 million.

Table 2.6.8 The Membrane Module Market in the Alpine Countries (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF

Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

32 25 37 30 8

33 26 40 32

9

34 28 42 35 10

36 29 46 38 11

39 31 49 42 12

41 34 54 46 13

44 36 58 50 15

132

140

149

160

173

188

203

2.6.9 Rest of Western Europe Remaining to be considered in Western Europe are the three larger countries at the extremes of the continent, Greece, Ireland and Portugal, as well as the smaller, mainly island, states such as Cyprus, Iceland and Malta. The first three are somewhat behind the rest of the EU in economic terms (and, therefore, benefiting from EU grants). Ireland at least, however, is catching up fast, with a GDP rise of more than 5% in 2002. The market for membrane modules in this diverse area is expected to reach US$89 million in 2003 (Table 2.6.9), on a par with Russia. This is forecast to rise to more than US$140 million by 2008, corresponding to an overall increase of 57.5%, or a CAGR of more than 9.5%, well above

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the global average rate. As a result, the global share will rise slightly to around 1.1%. The five-year total sales of membrane modules for the forecast period is estimated at almost US$590 million.

Table 2.6.9 The Membrane Module Market in the Rest Of Western Europe (US$ million) Membrane Process

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

18 16 23 21 4

19 17 26 23 4

21 19 28 25 4

22 20 31 28 5

24 22 34 31 6

26 24 37 35 6

28 26 41 39 7

Total

82

89

97

106

117

128

141

This gives a total market for 2003 for Western Europe of more than US$2.5 billion, rising to US$3.77 billion by 2008. The expected CAGR of 8.4% is well below the global mean figure.

2.6.10 Russia The Russian Federation includes Russia itself (including its Asian region, but not the independent Asian republics), Belarus, Moldova and the Ukraine. Russia is by far the largest of these both geographically and economically, but is woefully weak compared with its potential. After a period of marked economic weakness in the late 1990s, the Russian economy is now growing quite rapidly, albeit from a depressed base. GDP growth rates of 6 to 7% are current, but inflation has also taken off, and it is not too certain how prolonged this high rate will be. The government is stable, despite the continuing Chechen problem in the Caucasus. The level of industrial development is significantly behind that of Western Europe, although catching up fast. The discovery of oil and gas in significant quantifies around the Caspian Sea has started a new oil rush that will have some benefits for Russia as well. There are some large companies developing in Russia, but mainly in oil and gas processing, although mining is also doing well. There are no membrane companies of note as yet. It is estimated that the 2003 market will reach close to US$88 million (Table 2.6.10), just 1% of the world total. An overall increase over the five years to 2008 of nearly 77% and a CAGR of 12.1%, the second highest of all the regions covered here, will produce a 2008 market of US$155 million. These growth rates are well above the global average. The five-year membrane sales total will be more than US$620 million.

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Table 2.6.10 The Membrane Module Market in Russia (US$ million) Membrane Process

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

17 15 22 16 4

20 17 26 19 5

22 19 29 22 6

24 21 32 25 6

27 24 37 28 7

30 26 41 32 9

33 29 46 37 10

Total

74

87

98

108

123

138

155

2.6.11 Other Eastern Europe The other countries of Eastern European region are made up of three groups" 9 9 9 9

the three small Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania); the larger independent countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia). All of these are seeking EU membership; and, Albania and the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and, Slovenia).

These countries are all westward looking, especially those who are candidates for EU membership (although some are much nearer joining than others). The economies of these countries were largely slowed by the economic crisis in Russia in the late 1990s, and they have mostly been slower than Russia to pick up again, with Poland still the weakest. As with Russia, the level of industrial development is significantly behind that of Western Europe. In emerging market terms, the first two of the above groups of countries have reasonably well developed levels of manufacturing and processing industry, whereas the third is not only less well developed but is also very subject to internal strife. There are neither any large manufacturing companies nor any membrane companies of note. It is estimated that the 2003 membrane module market for this region will reach US$106 million (Table 2.6.11), a very small share (1.3%) of the global market. An overall increase over the five years to 2008 of 55% (a CAGR of 9.2%), will produce a 2008 market of US$164 million, growth rates that are just above the global average. The total five-year sales of membranes will be US$690 million.

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Table 2.6.11 The Membrane Module Market in the Rest Of Eastern Europe (US$ million) , ,

Membrane Process

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

RO/NF Ultrafiltration M icrofilt ration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

23 19 28 21 5

24 21 31 24 6

26 22 34 26 6

28 24 37 29 7

30 26 41 32 8

32 29 45 35 9

35 31 49 39 10

Total

96

106

114

125

137

150

164

The total membrane module market for the whole of Eastern Europe will thus be over US$190 million in 2003, and almost US$320 million in 2008. This represents a CAGR of 10.5%, well above the global mean figure. The forecast total is, however, still under 8% of the Western European total and only 2.4% of the world total.

The American continent covers: 9 9 9 9

North America (Canada, Mexico and the USA); Central America (the seven smaller republics); the Caribbean (five larger island republics, and several smaller ones); and, South America (Brazil and 12 smaller countries or dependencies).

With the exception of the USA (covered next), the remainder of these countries are covered in two g r o u p s - the rest of North America, and, Central and South America. Economically, the USA dwarfs any other country on the continent. The next in GDP size order are Brazil, Canada and Mexico, none of which is as much as one-tenth of the size of the USA. Because of the size of the USA, the continent produces nearly two-fifths of the world's GDP, from less than 14% of the world's population. The total membrane market for the Americas is expected to be more than US$3.2 billion in 2003, rising to close to US$5.1 billion in 2008 (Table 2.4.3). These figures correspond to a global membrane module market share of about 40%. 2.7.1 T h e U S A The USA represents the largest national membrane module market, nearly 2.5 times that of the next in size, Japan. This is mainly due to the

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vast economic strength of the country, but also acknowledges that the membrane started its process separation life in the USA. Consequently, this is where most of the large companies in the business are based. The USA was already in an economic recession before the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC. The downward trend was quite rapid, after a prolonged period of high production. A finely balanced government was just beginning to make its mark when the attacks came, beginning the process that led to the Afghan and Iraq wars. The central bank cut interest rates steadily in an attempt to stave off the worst effects of the recession, in which aim it succeeded quite well, supported by a strongly resistant domestic sales pattern. The economic leader of the world, the USA is a very advanced country in technological terms (although still with worrying pockets of deprivation, both economic and technological). It has a major economic characteristic that differentiates it from most of the rest of the developed world (apart, perhaps, from Japan) in that trade for the USA is a relatively small proportion of its GDP. Although small in percentage terms, it is still very large in real terms, with the USA being the world's largest exporter (Germany, however, vies for this title when exchange rates are in its favour). The USA is also the world's largest importer, and is currently carrying a huge general trade deficit, and an even larger current account deficit because of the large volume of inward investment of recent years. The economy came out of recession at the start of 2002, since when slowly accelerating growth has been satisfactorily achieved. A growth rate for GDP of 2.6% is expected for 2003, with 3.9% forecast for 2004. The unemployment and inflation rates are rising again, more than 6% for unemployment and 2% for inflation, but at least deflation is a fear of the past. This Profile assumes GDP growth figures will stay around 3-3.5% for the forecast period. The manufacturing industry is returning to strength, after the recent recession, with all sectors that use membrane separation processes doing well. The country has a reasonably well-integrated marketplace for all capital goods, served by a very strong manufacturing industry and supported by a powerful infrastructure. The number of large companies that are based in the USA is out of proportion even to its large GDP value. The two largest manufacturing companies in the world (by turnover in 2002) are American: Exxon-Mobil and General Motors (the largest of all is also American, but that is a retailer). Other large companies are General Electric, Enron (before its devastating collapse), ChevronTexaco, Ahria (the former Philip Morris), Boeing, Merck, Procter & Gamble, ConocoPhillips and USX-Marathon. Of the 300 or more manufacturing companies in the world with annual sales greater than US$1 billion, 125 are based in the USA.

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The membrane business is also disproportionately in favour of the USA, with almost all of the large companies being American. Noteworthy suppliers are: 9 9 9

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

Applied Membranes BHA Group Cantel Medical CeraMem Corning Cuno Dow Liquid Separations ESCO Technologies GE/Osmonics W L Gore Ionics ITT/PCI Koch International MemPro Millipore Mykrolis New Logic Pall/Gelman/Rochem Polypure/Membrana TriSep.

Most of these companies have been involved in expansion and acquisitions in recent years (see Chapter 6). The membrane module market in the USA is estimated to have been just more than US$2.4 billion in 2002 (.Table 2.7.1), rising at about half of the real growth rate of subsequent years to nearly US$2.6 billion in 2003. This is more than 32% of the global market. The US market is forecast to increase by about 58% between 2003 and 2008, reaching US$4.1 billion in that year (at a CAGR of more than 9.6%). The total sales of membrane modules forecast to be achieved in the five years from 2004 to 2008 will be almost US$17.2 billion. The global share will rise slightly, from 32.2% in 2003 to 33.1% in 2008. Table 2.7.1 The Membrane Module Market in the USA (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

543 464 658 587 156

575 495 709 640 171

618 536 778 708 191

667 582 855 787 213

720 634 940 874 239

776 689 1034 971 267

837 748 1136 1079 299

2408

2590

2831

3104

3407

3737

4099

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2.7.2 O t h e r N o r t h A m e r i c a The other two countries of North America are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south of the USA, with both very heavily dependent upon it economically. Canada has a much smaller market than that of the USA, but it is of the same high quality. Canada tries hard not to let its economy be too strongly associated with that of its neighbour. Nevertheless, it was affected by the US recession, although it has come out of it well. Growth rates in Canada are expected to run at about the same values as those in the USA. Mexico has an economy that is strongly tied to that of its northern neighbour. It is thus growing quite fast, because of its benefits of close proximity and lower labour costs. Both countries have quite strong manufacturing sectors, with the water industry especially strong in Canada. There are four membrane companies in Canada worthy of note: 9 9 9 9

Aquatech Seprotech H 2 0 Innovation Zenon.

The membrane module market in 2003 in Canada and Mexico is expected to reach nearly US$275 million, increasing to an expected figure of US$435 million by 2008 (Table 2.7.2). This represents an increase of more than 58% on the 2003 figure, with a CAGR of more than 9.6%, well above the global mean value. The share of the world market for this region thus increases slightly, from 3.4% in 2003 to 3.5% in 2008. The total five-year sales between 2004 and 2008 are forecast to be in excess of US$1.8 billion.

Table 2.7.2 The Membrane Module Market in Canada and Mexico (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

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2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

55 47 74 62 14

59 51 81 68 16

63 55 88 75 18

68 60 97 84 20

73 65 107 93 22

79 71 118 104 25

85 77 130 115 28

252

275

299

329

360

397

435

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2.7.3 Central and South America The remainder of America covers the continent south of Mexico, namely Central and South America, and, the Caribbean. The countries of the region differ widely in size, both geographically and economically. The largest economy is that of Brazil, followed by Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela. Brazil, the largest of the Latin American countries, has had one of the fastest growing economies for parts of the last decade, interspersed with years of decline. These have often been triggered by problems in surrounding countries, although the recent power crisis was entirely its own making. The new government carries high hopes. Growth at the moment is quite low, with relatively high inflation. Unemployment is high, but the industrial picture is quite attractive, with strong engineering and chemical operations, and a growing paper industry. Argentina is in a severe crisis, with sharp reductions in GDP and industrial production, and high inflation, but there are signs that the new government is likely to reverse this state. Several countries in the region, especially Brazil, have quite strong manufacturing sectors. There are few large companies, however, and none of any consequence in the membrane business, although the business should start to pick up in this region once the economies have recovered. The membrane module market in 2003 for Central and South America is expected to reach nearly US$350 million, increasing to an expected figure of more than US$530 million by 2008 (Table 2.7.3). This is an increase of more than 53% on the 2003 figure, with a CAGR of 8.9%. These rates are just below the global mean values, so the global market share of 4.3% for this region decreases very slightly. The total five-year sales between 2004 and 2008 are forecast to be US$2.25 billion. Table 2.7.3 T h e M e m b r a n e

America (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

M o d u l e M a r k e t in C e n t r a l a n d S o u t h

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

68 61 90 79 14

75 68 101 89 16

80 72 109 98 17

85 78 119 108 19

91 84 130 119 21

98 91 142 132 24

105 99 156 146 27

312

349

376

409

445

487

533

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The continent of Africa contains most of the poorest regions of the world. It has two markedly different zones. There is a group of richer countries along the Mediterranean coast and to the far south of the continent, while the huge area in between is impoverished either by nature or human conflict (or both). It has 13% of the world's population, yet produces less than 2% of the global GDP. It is a continent with vast potential, but is hopelessly under-financed, and far too war torn for investors to pay much attention. The African membrane market in 2003 is expected to reach just over US$102 million, and it is forecast to be US$148 million by 2008 (Table 2.4.4). These figures represent an overall increase of less than 45% and a CAGR of 7.7%. These rates are well below the global average, and the lowest of any of the regions considered in this Profile. As a result, the share of the world total in 2003 will fall from 1.27% to 1.19% in 2008. Total membrane module sales in the five years from 2004 to 2008 will be under US$640 million.

Asia has 60% of the world's population, but produces only 25% of its economic output. The countries forming the continent of Asia include" 9 9 9 9

Turkey, Israel and the Arab states in the Middle East as far as Iran; South Asia, comprising India, Pakistan and the surrounding states; South-East Asia, consisting of the states of Indo-China, including Malaysia and Singapore, plus Indonesia and the Philippines; and, East Asia, namely Japan, China (including H o n g Kong), Mongolia, the Koreas and Taiwan.

Japan is by far the largest of these economies, with China some way behind as second in size, and India third. The membrane module market for the whole of Asia is expected to reach almost US$1.9 billion in 2003 (Table 2.4.5), rising to almost US$2.9 billion in 2008. This is a CAGR of 8.9%, just a little below the global mean.

2.9.1 Turkey and the Middle East Turkey forms a link between two continents - Europe and Asia. The country is firmly set on joining the EU, but the problems of a divided Cyprus are impeding its progress. The countries of the Arab Middle East, together with those of the ex-Soviet central Asian republics, hold a large

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proportion of the world's reserves of oil and gas, and their relations with their major clients in Europe, USA and Japan are greatly disturbed following the Afghan and Iraq conflicts. The Arab countries in particular have their own individual problems to resolve, and did not need such additional complication. There are two manufacturing companies in the region with annual sales greater than US$1 billion, the larger being SABIC, but there are no noteworthy membrane companies. This is an area that has a high demand for fresh water. It spends highly on water desalination processes including membrane-based solutions. The market for membrane modules in the Middle East is expected to exceed US$170 million in 2003, rising quite rapidly to US$280 million in 2008 (Table 2.9.1 ). These figures correspond to an overall increase of more than 63%, a CAGR of 10.3%. The regional share of the world's market will rise a little, from 2.1% in 2003 to nearer 2.3% in 2008. Total sales of membrane modules in the five years from 2004 to 2008 are forecast to be almost US$1.6 billion.

Table 2.9.1 The Membrane Module Market in Turkey and The Middle East (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

36 32 43 30 9

41 36 49 35 11

44 40 54 39 12

48 43 60 43 13

52 47 66 48 15

57 52 73 54 17

62 57 81 61 19

150

172

189

207

228

253

280

2.9.2 S o u t h Asia South Asia here refers to the Indian s u b - c o n t i n e n t - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri L a n k a - a densely populated, but not all that well developed region. India is worthy of special note more for its potential than for its present market size. It is the second most populous country in the world, with around one billion people, and has one of the highest growth rates. It had a GDP growth of more than 6% in 2002, even with the surrounding economic strife. On the other hand, India is one of the poorest countries in the world with a GDP per head figure not much more than half that of China. The country is held back by the rumbling conflict with Pakistan over Kashmir, and there are disturbances all round the country on which it must keep an eye, including Nepal, Burma and Sri Lanka. There are some sizeable manufacturing companies in India, but, as yet, none of note in the membrane business.

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The membrane module market for the whole South Asian region is expected to reach US$108 million in 2003, rising quite rapidly to US$180 million in 2008 (Table 2.9.2). This is an overall increase of 66.6% and a CAGR of nearly 10.8% between these years. The share of the world's market will rise from 1.34% in 2003 to 1.45% in 2008. Total sales of all membrane modules from 2004 to 2008 are forecast to be almost US$740 million.

Table 2.9.2 The Membrane Module Market in South Asia (US$ million) Membrane Process

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2 0 0 7 2008

RO/NF Ultrafiltration

Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

23 19 28 24 4

25 21 31 27 4

27 23 34 30 4

29 26 38 34 5

32 28 42 38 6

35 31 47 42 7

38 34 53 48 7

Total

98

108

118

132

146

162

180

2.9.3 C h i n a China is developing rapidly in an industrial sense. Socially, progress is a little slower, although even here vast strides are being made - not least because of the award of the Olympic Games. Indeed, its progress is such that regular reports are now appearing in the business press worrying over whether or not the growth can be maintained and what will happen to other parts of the world if it is. Relations with Taiwan (and hence with the USA) are still highly strained, and there are internal problems to the far south and west. The absorption of H o n g Kong is proving to be not so easy as was originally expected. Much strengthened by, and still highly dependent upon, the addition of H o n g Kong's financial resources, China is now a sizeable marketplace for most goods. The country is slowly opening to foreign investors and to the import of foreign goods, and its rapid growth makes it a very attractive market, even with the tremendous growth in its domestic economy. It has one-quarter of the world's population, so when further progress in standards of living and the infrastructure have been achieved, the potential for sales will be enormous. China has ridden through the economic crises that have surrounded it over the past ten or twelve years. G D P growth rates of 6-7% or more are now being achieved, while industrial production is growing in double figures. This growth is necessary to reduce the high levels of unemployment. Inflation, which was also in double figures not long ago, has been brought fight down, and in fact the economy has been deflating for the last two or three years.

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The high growth rates are expected to continue, and the market figures in this Profile assume a GDP growth of 6% on average over the next five years. There are no very large Chinese companies, and none of any note in the membrane manufacturing sector. However, international manufacturers are slowly establishing joint ventures in China, while the local manufacturers are growing rapidly. The Chinese market for membrane modules is the seventh largest national market (between Italy and Spain in size), and is expected to show the fastest growth, of almost 80%, during the five years of the forecast period, a CAGR of 12.3%. Admittedly this is from a relatively small base, but the Chinese economy is proving itself resistant to the problems afflicting all the countries adjacent to it. The market for 2003 is expected to be US$227 million (Table 2.9.3). This was 2.8% of the world total, greater than that for any of the smaller regional groupings in Europe. The market in 2008 will have increased to almost US$404 million, almost 3.3% of the world figure. Total membrane sales in the five years from 2004 to 2008 are forecast to be US$1.62 billion.

Table 2.9.3 The Membrane Module Market in China (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

46 40 58 50 11

50 44 64 56 13

55 48 72 64 15

61 54 81 72 17

67 60 91 82 19

74 67 103 94 22

82 74 116 107 25

205

227

254

285

319

360

404

2.9.4 J a p a n Japan has the second largest economy in the world, separated from the largest (the USA) and the next (Germany) by large differences, such that it can safely be assumed that it will also have the second largest membrane module market. The national economy has been stagnant for some time now, with recession and deflation having held the country in a firm grip. GDP growth of more than 1% has only been achieved in three years in the last decade. The economy, however, is at last showing signs of recovery. Positive, if small, growth is expected for 2003, and it is forecast to move ahead slowly to the end of the forecast period. Japan has an extremely well developed economy, so manufacturing and service sectors of interest to separations market are well represented, even if they down by the economic climate and the lack

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Manufacturing is continuing to lose out to some of the country's neighbours where labour is less costly. Japan has been very self-sufficient in manufactured goods, and has been unwilling to use non-domestic components in them. Non-Japanese companies have resorted to joint ventures to overcome this resistance, but recent events have forced a more open policy, that has extended this into actual inward investment, such as the Renauh-Nissan and Roche-Chugai associations. Conglomerate groups still feature prominently among the leading Japanese companies, and consequently Japanese companies feature strongly among the largest in the world. There are three Japanese companies among the dozen manufacturing companies with sales greater than US$100 billion - Toyota, Mitsubishi and Mitsui. Other large companies include Itochu, Sumitomo, Marubeni, Sony, Matsushita, Honda, Hitachi, Nissan, Toshiba, Tokyo Electric Power, NEC, and F u j i t s u - a list mainly of conglomerate trading companies, electrical manufacturers and automotive manufacturers. In the full list of manufacturing companies with sales above US$1 billion, there are some 45 Japanese companies- not surprisingly, the second largest component after the USA. The membrane manufacturing industry in Japan is perhaps not as strong as would be expected from its market size, and the country's normal preference for domestically produced goods. However, its members are large ones: 9 9 9 9 9

Asahi Kasei Kubota Nikkiso Nitto Denko Toray.

The membrane module market size for Japan in 2003 is expected to reach US$1.06 billion (Table 2.7.8). This is then forecast to grow to more than US$1.5 billion by 2008, an overall growth in the market up to 2008 of 45% and a CAGR of 7.7%, well below the global average rates. The 2003 market is 13.2% of the world total, which is indeed the second largest national m a r k e t - a share that is expected to fall to below 12.5% in 2008. The total membrane sales in the five years from 2000 to 2004 will be more than US$6.6 billion.

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Table 2.9.4 The Membrane Module Market in Japan (US$ million) Membrane Process

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

231 197 280 249 66

236 203 292 263 70

248 215 312 284 76

261 228 335 308 84

277 2 44 362 336 92

296 262 394 370 102

315 282 428 406 113

1023

1064

1135

1216

1311

1424

1544

RO/NF U Itrafiltratio n

Microfiltration

Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations ,

,

Total

2.9.5 O t h e r East Asia The East Asian countries of South and North Korea, and, Taiwan are very much smaller than their immediate neighbours China and Japan. South Korean and Taiwan are heavily dependent on Japan as a trading partner, although neither has been as badly affected by the recession. Economic growth is currently running at 3 - 3.5% in both countries. South Korea's slowly thawing relations with North Korea have reached a stalemate over nuclear power, while Taiwan has the problem of its complex relationships with China to deal with. Manufacturing is quite strong, offering a good market. The automotive industry is important in much of the area, and general engineering is growing in importance. South Korea and Taiwan are taking business from Japan because of their high manufacturing skills and lower labour costs. The level of industrial development level is high. The membrane module market for Taiwan and the Koreas is expected to exceed US$196 million in 2003, rising to over US$290 million in 2008 (Table 2.9.5). This is an overall increase of more than 48% and a CAGR of nearly 8.2%, both well below the global mean rate. As a result, the share of the world's market for these three countries will fall, from 2.44% in 2003 to 2.35% in 2008. Total sales of membranes from 2004 to 2008 are forecast to be close to US$1.25 billion. Table 2.9.5 The M e m b r a n e Module Market in Taiwan and the Koreas (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF Ultrafiltration Microfiltration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

43 36 53 41 11

45 38 57 44 12

48 41 61 48 13

51

44 66 52 14

54 47 72 58 16

58 50 78 63 18

62 54 85 70 20

184

196

211

227

247

267

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2.9.6 S o u t h East Asia The South East Asian region covers Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and the Indochinese countries, plus Indonesia and the Philippines. The largest country, both geographically and economically, is Indonesia, which is suffering from an unstable government and a series of secessionary movements. This is a description that also applies to the Philippines. The countries vary enormously in economic strength, from one of the richest in the world (Singapore, with a GDP per head of US$27 000) to some of the poorest, such as Vietnam with a GDP per head of US$370. The countries differ widely in their levels of development, but even all together they represent only a small part of the market, although a fast growth is expected after 2003. The membrane market for this whole region is expected to reach US$125 million in 2003, rising quite rapidly to a forecast total of US$197 million in 2008 (Table 2.9.6). This is an overall increase of 57% in the five years and a CAGR of nearly 9.5%, well above the global mean rate. The share of the world's market will rise slightly from 1.56% in 2003 to 1.6% in 2008. Total sales of membrane modules from 2004 to 2008 are forecast to be almost US$830 million.

Table 2.9.6 The Membrane Module Market in Southeast Asia (US$ million) Membrane Process RO/NF

Ultrafiltration Microfiltration

Other Liquid Separations

Gas Separations Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2 0 0 7 2008

26 22 30 27 6

29 25 34 31 6

31 27 37 34 7

34 29 41 38 8

36 32 45 42 9

39 35 49 47 10

42 38 54 52 11

111

125

136

150

164

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Australasia includes Australia and New Zealand, as well as the myriad island states in the South Pacific. Australia is by far the most important of these in market size terms, with much of the rest of the continent being vanishingly small. Australia has been having quite a good period, especially when compared with other leading countries. Projected economic growth rates are nearly twice those for Europe and the USA. Australia has been remarkably little disturbed by the financial crises in other parts of the world, although a prolonged drought is having a marked effect on some parts of the economy.

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The country is technologically well developed, with strong engineering and other manufacturing sectors. One of the most noteworthy Australian-owned membrane companies, given that Memter has disappeared into the depths of USFilter, is Gradipore. The membrane module market in Australasia in 2003 is expected to reach US$126 million, the same size as that for South East Asia. It is forecast to be almost US$200 million by 2008 (Table 2.4.6). The share of the world total in 2003 will be 1.56%, rising a little to 1.6% in 2008. These figures represent an overall increase of 57.7% and a CAGR of 9.5%, rates that are well above the global average. Total membrane sales in the five years from 2004 to 2008 will be more than US$830 million.

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The total market for membrane modules, as far as geographical market segments are concerned, has been described in Chapter 2. In each segment the market sizes were reported in terms of five types of membrane process. This chapter looks in detail at the membrane processes themselves, examining the likely trends in each.

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filtration, in which a fluid flows through pores in the membrane material that holds back those components of the feed that are above a certain size. This size limit is determined by average particle size in micrometres (or nanometres) or by molecular weight; and, diffusion, in which species from the feed material pass through the non-porous membrane by movement within the membrane material itself, which holds back some or all of the fluid.

The filtration processes are pressure driven by creating a pressure drop across the membrane. Almost all membrane separations, however, work on the cross-flow principle, so that cake build-up or concentration polarization at the membrane surface is minimized. The diffusion-based processes are driven by concentration difference or electrical potential difference (or both) across the membrane. The following notes are intended only as a guide to the coverage of this Profile, not as a instruction text on membrane separation processes. For that function, the reader is directed to any of a number of recent books, especially Keith Scott's Handbook of Industrial Membranes, published by Elsevier Advanced Technology.

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The pressure driven processes, operating by filtration, are generally grouped under three or four headings, namely: 9 9 9 9

reverse osmosis (RO); nanofihration (NF); uhrafihration (UF); and, microfihration (MF).

These are listed in the order of descending operating pressure, or decreasing effectiveness in terms of the fineness of the separation achieved. RO was the first of the filtration processes to use membranes. It was developed in order to provide absolutely pure water by preventing the passage of almost all suspended or dissolved materials from the feed water. It uses an almost impervious membrane, through which water can only be forced at high trans-membrane pressures. Nanofihration (NF) has appeared quite recently as a 'relaxed' form of RO, using lower transmembrane pressures and separating ions and dissolved materials in quite low molecular weight ranges. UF, operating at significantly lower pressures across the membrane, covers a range of larger size materials, from 0.1 ~tm down to 0.005 ~tm (or 5 nm). It deals with very fine suspensions (including virus particles), colloidal solutions, and 'solutions' of large molecules. In fact, the lower separation limit is more often defined in terms of MWCO (molecular weight cut-off) figures, expressed as Dahons (atomic mass units), such that the lower limit for UF might be given as 10,000 Dahons. UF is increasingly being used in the processing of fresh water and wastewaters. MF is entirely concerned with the separation of distinct solid particles from a fluid in sizes of 0.1 ~tm upwards, with a usual cut-off point of 10 ~tm (above which, 'macro-filtration' takes over). The lower level is effectively that required to remove suspended bacteria, although MF is being extended to lower sizes as higher flux membranes are developed. MF's applications are rapidly spreading throughout the whole of the processing industries. Dialysis is the most common of the diffusion processes. It uses a microporous membrane and operates by means of different concentrations on either side of the membrane. Its main application is in the field of medical separations, especially haemodialysis. Electrodialysis usually employs a non-porous, electrolytic membrane, and operates by the creation of an electric potential difference across the membrane, so that ions are separated from non-ionic materials. The major electrically driven diffusion process is that involving non-porous membranes in electrochemical processing, where ion exchange and diffusion with an electric potential gradient across the membrane is the driving mechanism.

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The fuel cell is an important application for this process. Great hopes are held for the future of fuel cells as power sources, with possible applications ranging from mobile phones to motor vehicles. Liquid membranes are created as a film in the pores of a cartier. They achieve separation by a combination of concentration gradient and reaction with the membrane material. They are coming into use for a range of ionic species or solute separations. The gas separations processes include gas and vapour permeation, pervaporation and molecular distillation. Vapour permeation uses a nonporous membrane, together with a concentration gradient, to separate volatile vapours from a gas/vapour mixture. Gas permeation adds applied pressure to concentration gradient as the driving force, to separate one gas from a mixture (or, more often, to enrich one of the components of a mixture). It is steadily increasing its share of the air separation market (for oxygen enrichment), while hydrogen separation (from waste petrochemical gases or hydrogen generation products) is a rapidly growing application. Pervaporation adds to the number of processes using concentration gradient (plus difference in vapour pressure) to effect a separation of a mixture of volatile liquids across a non-porous membrane, especially in the breaking of azeotropic mixtures.

The world market figures, outlined in Chapter 2, are reproduced here as Table 3.2.1. From this Table the relative importance of the five separate membrane process categories can easily be seen. Microfiltration is now the largest, followed by the 'other liquid separations' category.

Table 3.2.1 Total Membrane ProcessType Markets (us$ million) Membrane Process

2002

2003

2004

2005

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2008

RO/NF Ultrafiltration

Gas Separations

1716 1814 1441 1536 2091 2257 1 7 8 6 1946 453 497

1934 1653 2449 2138 547

2070 1779 2676 2359 610

2222 1927 2928 2605 679

2391 2090 3208 2887 758

2571 2265 3517 3200 846

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8721

9494 10361 11334 12399

Microfiltration

Other Liquid Separations

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relative to RO, and may soon justify a separate listing (it is already justifying whole conferences devoted to it). RO is still by far the larger of the two, and its market place is quite a mature one. Its slower rate of growth will affect the combined rates adversely. These two components of the membrane market are together forecast to grow at a rate well below that of the whole m a r k e t - 42% from 2003 to 2008, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2%. The market volume estimated for 2003 is US$1.81 billion (remembering that this covers only those membrane modules in their immediate housings, supplied with new equipment or as replacement parts), rising to the forecast level of US$2.57 billion by 2008. The growth rates are the lowest of the process types, and will result in a fall in total market share from 22.5% in 2003 to 20.7% in 2008. The total sales of R O / N F membrane modules in the five years from 2004 to 2008 are forecast to reach nearly US$11.2 billion. The actual annual growth rates over this period are forecast to grow from 6.6% in 2004 to 7.5% in 2008. There will be a continuing interest in RO processes for water desalination, especially in areas where water is already in short supply. This trend will be reinforced by rising living standards. Chemical and pharmaceutical applications will continue to increase in number.

Ultrafiltration The UF membrane process market in 2003 is expected to be US$1.54 billion globally, increasing to US$2.26 billion by 2008, representing about one-fifth of the total market. This rise in market volume will be at an overall rate of 47.4% for the five years to 2008, a CAGR of 8.1%. This rate of increase is significantly below the figure for all membrane processes, so the share held by UF is expected to fall from 19.1% in 2003 to 18.3% in 2008. The actual annual growth rates will increase from 7.5% in 2004 to 8.4% in 2008. The five-year sales total for UF membranes, from 2004 to 2008, is forecast to be US$9.7 billion. The growth factors at work in the UF market include an expanding requirement in the chemical and food industries for colloidal and high molecular weight separations and their rapidly increasing use in fresh water and wastewater treatment.

Microfiltration MF is expected to represent 28% of the world's total market for membrane modules in 2003, rising to 28.4% in 2008. The market size in 2003 is estimated to be US$2.26 billion, the largest of the five process types. The market is forecast to expand to more than US$3.5 billion by 2008, which is an increase of 56% during the five-year forecast period, a CAGR of 9.3%. This is a little above the growth rate for the total world

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market, hence the slight increase in total market share. From 2004 to 2008, the total world sales of MF membrane modules are forecast to be close to US$14.8 billion. The actual annual growth rates for the microfiltration market are forecast to increase over the five years, from 8.7% in 2004 to more than 9.6% in 2008. The MF membranes sector will be driven by two major trends, in addition to the steady acceptance in all markets of the cross-flow style of filtration (which normally employs membranes) at the expense of deadend filtration. The first of these is the use of micro-filtration in the removal of pathogens (bacteria and some viruses) from potable water as a main line of tertiary treatment of wastewaters or the polishing of fresh water. MF is presently extending its range downwards in particle size, in order to deal with this form of treatment in a single process step. The second application, also largely in water processing, is as a pre-fiher for other more intensive membrane separations, using uhrafihration, nanofihration or reverse osmosis.

Other liquid separations processes The 'other liquid separations processes' category covers a range of membrane processes, operating by diffusion from the well-established, such as dialysis or ion exchange, to applications like fuel cells that are not yet fully commercialised. The expected rates of growth in these applications are all expected to be high, except fbr the low figure for the electrochemical membranes used in chlorine cells. Dialysis processes are expected to make strong demands upon the membrane manufacturer. The total market volume in 2003 for the other liquid separations category is estimated at US$1.95 billion, increasing at quite a high rate to US$3.2 billion in 2008. This increase corresponds to an overall growth rate of 64.3% and a CAGR of 10.4%, both well above the figures for the total membrane module market. As a result, the market share for this component is forecast to increase from 24.2% in 2003 to 25.8% in 2008. Total membrane module sales in this category from 2004 to 2008 are expected to approach US$13.2 billion. The actual annual growth rates will increase from 9.8% in 2004 to 10.8% in 2008. Within the 'other processes' category, it is estimated that the breakdown into its components in 2003 is: 9 9 9

dialysis electrodialysis electrochemical

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Of these processes, electrochemical is expected to grow at about the same rate as the overall market, until the commercialisation of fuel cells, while electrodialysis will grow at about 12%, and dialysis at just under that figure.

Gas separation processes The gas separation processes are growing rapidly from a small base. The 2003 market for gas separation processes is expected to be close to US$500 million, 6.2% of the total, rising to nearly US$845 million, or 6.8% of the total, in 2008. These figures correspond to an overall increase of market size from 2003 to 2008 of more than 70% (11.2% CAGR), much the highest growth rates of the membrane process segments. The total sales of gas separation membranes from 2004 to 2008 is forecast to be more than US$3.4 billion, with annual growth rates rising from10.6% in 2004 to 11.6% in 2008. The demands being placed on small-scale air separation plants is greatly increasing the gas permeation business. Hydrogen separation processes, currently in petrochemical plants, but soon, it is hoped, to be a feed for fuel cells, will add to this growth. In summary, the division of the market by membrane process shows the following proportions: RO/NF Uhrafihration Microfihration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

22.5% in 2003 19.1% in 2003 28.0% in 2003 24.2% in 2003 6.2% in 2003

falling to falling to rising to rising to rising to

20.7% in 2008 18.3% in 2008 28.4% in 2008 25.8% in 2008 6.8% in 2008.

The CAGR for these membrane process categories are expected to be: RO/NF Uhrafiltration Microfihration Other Liquid Separations Gas Separations

7.2% (41.8% overall); 8.1% (47.4% overall); 9.3% (56.0% overall); 10.4% (64.3% overall); 11.1% (70.3% overall).

Membranes are effectively of two broad classes of material - organic and inorganic. The organic materials are now very largely based on man-made polymers, although cellulose-based membranes are still quite widely used. The inorganic materials are mainly ceramic in type, although 'm~'tallic' membranes are used, either as metal substrates with a metal oxide

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coating, or as finely porous metal sheets, and glass media have a very small share of the market. Of the total market volume in 2003, it is estimated that the breakdown by these two categories is: 9 9

organic inorganic

92.1% (including 4.0% cellulosic); and, 7.9%.

Expected growth rates are very high for the inorganic media, at close to 12.5%, with the organic segment forecast to increase by a near-average annual growth rate of 8.7% (of which the cellulose membranes will have a much smaller growth rate, nearer to 4.5%). These rates would make the 2008 market 90.8% organic (including 3.1% cellulosic), and 9.2% inorganic.

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Membrane market size estimates have now been given for geographic and membrane process segmentation of the total market. The general economic conditions affecting the market have been considered in some detail in Chapters 1 and 2, where it was shown that the market depends quite strongly upon the state of the economy in any region. It also depends, of course, upon the state of the end-user industries, especially those where liquids are processed. A major feature of the key end-use sectors is that they are increasingly worldwide industries, with global problems and opportunities. Most of the factors influencing the growth of the international membrane industry derive from the needs of the industrial, commercial and domestic sectors that it serves. The strength or weakness of these sectors dictates in large measure how well the industry does financially, so this chapter of the Profile examines the major end-user sectors for membrane modules, in terms relevant to their membrane needs.

4.1 End-Use Sector Classification A thorough examination of the end-use market needs a good classification of the various industry sectors. The system followed here is derived from the UK Standard Industrial Classification, although it is very similar to those used for various purposes by the United Nations, the European Union (EU) and the US Government. The structure is shown in Table 4.2.1, together with a very crude grading of each sector as to how important membrane processes are to it and, hence, how important the sector is expected to be within the total membrane market. The relative importance of many of these sectors in terms of overall investment in machinery and equipment is shown in Table 2.3.1 of Chapter 2. The coverage of end-uses for membranes obviously needs to

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look at all of the major users. This, consequently, includes a wide range of industries, differing both in size and in nature. They have widely differing needs for membrane systems, and the total size of a sector in output terms may be quite unrelated to its proportional requirement for membranes. The purpose of Table 4.2.1 is to indicate the relative importance of membrane separations to the different categories of activity. This is done under the four classifications" major, moderate, minor and nil. These classifications relate to the relative importance of each category to the membrane market. Clearly these four simple terms, in themselves, cannot suggest the actual division of the market among the end-user industry sectors. Table 4.2.1, therefore, shows relative importance, not actual values. However, based on this classification, the rest of this chapter looks especially at those large end-user sectors where membrane separation equipment is an important feature of the sector. These sectors, of course, become a significant part of the membrane module market. The largest end-use sector is that for the whole chemicals, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology industry, which accounts for 30% of the market. The fresh water and wastewater processing sector is next, taking nearly one-quarter, and then comes medical and health uses, which represents 15% of the total market. Reviews of these sectors, plus five other industries, make up the bulk of this chapter.

The whole range of chemicals activity (including the makers of personal care and household consumable products), if taken together, is the largest end-user of membrane modules among those listed in Table 4.2.1. It incorporates a very wide range of industries, varying both in nature and size, including the manufacture a n d / o r production of: 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

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Table 4.2.1 End-User Classification Activity

Use of Membranes

Agriculture, hunting & forestry Fishing & fish farming Mining & quarrying- energy Other mining & quarrying Foods, beverages & tobacco Textiles & textile products Leather & leather products Wood & wood products Pulp, paper, printing & publishing Processed energy products Chemicals & chemical products Rubber & plastic products Other non-metallic mineral products Basic metal production & fabrications Mechanical machinery & equipment Electrical & electronic equipment Transport equipment Other manufacturing Electricity, gas & water supply Construction Wholesale & retail trade Hotels & restaurants Transport, storage & communication Financial services Other business services Public administration & defence Education Health care & social work Other community services Domestic services

Minor Minor Moderate Minor Major Moderate Minor Minor Moderate Minor Major Nil Minor Minor Minor Major* Minor Minor Major Nil Minor Minor Nil Nil

Nil Minor Minor Major* Major* Minor

Note: * 'Major' in part of the sector only

The first three of these are normally classed together as 'bulk chemicals and petrochemicals', while the next four are considered to be 'fine chemicals'. This whole chemicals sector represents 30.9% of the membrane module market in 2003, with expected sales of nearly US$2.5 billion. It is forecast to increase by 52.6% to US$3.8 billion in 2008 (a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.8%), when its share of the global market will have decreased a little, to 30.6%. As well as being the largest part of the membrane module business, this sector also has the widest range of membrane modules in use. Product quality is usually vital, while sanitary construction is important in some parts of the sector. Most of the other industrial sectors covered in this Profile deal with liquids that are relatively bland as far as operating

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conditions g o - moderate temperatures and pressures, low viscosities and little, if any, corrosive action. In the chemical industries, this is not the case. The sector's membranes frequently have to be specified to withstand highly corrosive liquids and toxic materials, and even high temperatures, in addition to the high pressures that are inevitable in some of the membrane processes. The trends in all of these factors are for increased, rather than decreased, severity. The world's chemicals output is worth in the region of US$1800 billion at present, with a division very much along Gross Domestic Product (GDP) lines. Thus the largest industries are in the USA and Japan, with the whole of Europe roughly comparable in size with that of the USA. The German chemical industry is by far the largest within Europe. During the last decade or two, the chemicals industry has undergone a major structural change. Prior to the restructuring, all of the large companies were quite well diversified over the whole range of chemical products. Slowly this has changed to a situation where companies now concentrate on specialty (fine) chemicals or life sciences, with the latter steadily being split further into agrichemicals and pharmaceuticals. Bulk, or commodity, chemicals have largely been spun off or sold, quite often to investment groups. Much of this movement has been a reaction to competition from other parts of the world, where labour or raw m~,terials are less expensive. The corporate scene in the chemicals sector is complicated by the significant chemicals operations of firms normally thought of as oil companies (such as BP, Exxon Mobil and Shell), as well as those of companies in the personal care and household goods sector, such as Unilever, and, Procter and Gamble. The chemicals sector is a major user of all types of membrane equipment, with every format and material of construction employed somewhere. Reverse osmosis (RO), uhrafihration (UF) and microfiltration (MF) separations are now commonplace, but so soon will be the more exotic separations. For example, pervaporation membranes are used for the splitting of azeotropes, or where rinse waters are contaminated with Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) like solvents, degreasers, and petroleum-based mixtures. These solutions lend themselves to this method, as 99% contaminant removal can be achieved. Gas permeation is widely used for the separation of gas mixtures, mostly by the petrochemical and chemical industries where gas recovery is an essential process task. Ceramic membranes are becoming more widely used for this purpose, while glassy polymers and zeolites are also used. Gases recovered by this process include hydrogen, carbon dioxide, ethylene and aromatics, as well as the components of air. Vapour permeation, which is used for the separation of saturated mixed vapours,

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can be combined successfully with distillation to separate solvents from air streams. Although energy consuming (heat and pressure), vapour permeation is found to be useful in degassing operations, such as in resin production.

4.2.1 Bulk and Fine Chemicals The key bulk chemicals are the inorganic acids (sulphuric, nitric and hydrochloric), phosphates, chlorine and caustic soda, plus fertilizers, and the organic intermediate materials for petrochemicals (olefins, methanol, and aromatics). Inorganic chemicals, on the whole, have been rather slow to grow during the past few years, while organics, especially petrochemicals, have been expanding more rapidly. This part of the chemicals industry has been having a difficult time of late, with most of those companies left in the business, certainly in Western Europe, running with low profits or at a loss. This is a major reason why most major companies have transferred significant parts of their manufacturing operations to areas where costs are lower (for both raw materials and manpower) or have sold them altogether. The markets for this part of the chemicals industry are spread around the world, and are widespread in industrial uses as well, such that place of manufacture is not a critical factor in the marketplace. Although it is difficult to disentangle sales and growth rates of bulk chemicals from those for fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, it is believed that worldwide sales of bulk chemicals in 2002 were in the region of US$750 billion. Growth rates around the world have been low, but are beginning to pick up again, towards an annual rate of 3% in Western Europe and a little higher in the USA. There are about 35 bulk chemical makers in the list of US$1+ billion companies, a number whose derivation is complicated both by the bulk/ fine split, and also by the chemicals operations of the energy companies. The leading four, all with sales of more than US$20 billion, are: 9 9 9 9

BASF Bayer Dow Chemical Du Pont.

The next largest is Akzo Nobel, with sales of nearly US$14 billion. Merger and acquisition activity in the sector has been considerable during the past few years, with the same two main purposes: combination of similar companies to attempt to achieve economies of scale; and,

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disposal of bulk (or commodity) chemical production units to concentrate on speciality chemicals, where the markets are more narrowly defined and profits are expected to be higher.

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the purchase of Union Carbide by Dow Chemical; the addition of Arco to B P Amoco, now 'rebadged' as B P; the purchase of BTP by Clariant (at too high a price, leaving Clariant struggling); the purchase ofAlbright & Wilson by Rhodia; the creation by the investment group Industri Kapital of a Nordic chemical conglomerate, now called Dynea, from Neste Chemicals, Dyno and Perstorp; the sale by Henkel of Cognis to an investment group; the sale by BP of the chemicals components of Burmah-Castrol, such as Foseco; the purchase by B P of the remainder of Erd61chemie; the sale by Aventis of the shares it had acquired with Hoechst in Messer Griesheim and in Wackerchemie; the sale by Huntsman of a minority share in itself to an investment group; the sale by I CI of chlorine and fluorine chemicals operations to Ineos, and its eventual disposal of its share in the joint venture with Huntsman; the acquisition of Laporte by Degussa, which sold Phenolchemie to Ineos; the sale of Degussa to RAG (a mining company); and, the sale by Hercules of BetzDearborn to General Electric.

A typical exchange of specific parts of the business has seen Honeywell selling its worldwide engineering plastics business to Bayer, while the latter sold its global nylon fibres business to Honeywell. The fine chemicals sector includes the whole range of speciality chemicals such as dyes and pigments, agrichemicals, paints, soaps and toiletries, and, essential oils. The fine (speciality) chemicals component is a strong one, with many major chemical companies moving into the business. Much of the sector's sales are in niche markets with strong demands, so that this part of the sector presents a good and growing market. The bulk and fine chemicals industry is a major one in the membrane module market, on its own the third largest of the market sectors, after water and medical. It is expected to achieve sales of US$1.05 billion in 2003, rising to US$1.49 billion by 2008. These figures show an overall increase of 40.9% (7.1% CAGR), well below the global mean values. The

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sector share thus falls from13.1% in 2003, to 12.0% in 2008, although the sales of membrane modules in the five-year forecast period are still expected to reach US$6.5 billion.

4.2.2 Pharmaceuticals and Medicinals The pharmaceutical sector involves an equally wide range of production processes, ranging from simple chemical syntheses to complex drug production. The range of process needs for membrane separation equipment is similarly wide, and in many cases vital to the manufacturing process. An important component is the wide use of batch processes, with its requirements for the accurate transfer of liquid reagents and products. The equipment needs in this sector combine the wide range of processing conditions found in the bulk chemicals sector with the high production standards of the food and beverage sector, if not higher. The suppliers of this equipment have developed membrane systems well able to meet these needs, but the development process needs to be a rapid one to keep pace with the developments in the sector. Many pharmaceutical processes handle quite toxic materials and need very clean workspaces fbr their production facilities. This is creating a good market for absolute air filters, where membranes also have an important part to play. The pharmaceutical chemicals sector is a strong one, with many major chemical companies moving into the business. Much of the component's sales are in niche markets, with strong demands, so that this part of the sector presents a good and growing market for separation equipment. This is a sector that covers some large and very fast moving businesses. It also has companies with some of the highest ratios between market capitalisation and turnover. Growth rates have been high in the pharmaceuticals industry, and are expected to continue to be high for the foreseeable future. It will thus be a good market for membrane equipment. There are plenty of large companies in the pharmaceuticals business. About 50 of the top 300 manufacturing companies are found in this sector, although the top dozen represent three-fifths of the industry's sales. The three leading companies in the whole sector are Merck, Pfizer (since its merger with Pharmacia), and, Procter and Gamble, all with sales in excess of US$40 billion. The next group of companies, all with sales of US$20 billion or more, are: 9 9 9

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Aventis Roche.

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the merger of American Home Products with Wyeth, taking the name of the latter; the purchase of Warner-Lambert by Pfizer, to end a saga of failed mergers involving Warner-Lambert; the merger of Astra and Zeneca, followed later by the merging of the agrochemical interests of Novartis and AstraZeneca into Syngenta; the merging of most of Hoechst and Rh6ne-Poulenc into Aventis; the merging of Pharmacia & Upjohn with Monsanto to create Pharmacia, followed by a spinning off of the agrochemicals business under the Monsanto name; the purchase by Abbott Laboratories of Knoll, effectively the whole of the pharmaceuticals business of BASF; the merger of Reckitt and Colman with Benckiser to form Reckitt Benckiser; the sale of AstraZeneca's speciality chemicals division, as Avecia, to an investment group, that subsequently bought Cytec; the purchase of Du Pont Pharma by Bristol-Myers-Squibb, and then sale by the latter of its household products company, Clairol, to Procter and Gamble, which has also bought Wella; the hostile purchase of 20% of Roche by Novartis; the acquisition of ChiRex by Rhodia; the acquisition by Bayer of the CropScience division of Aventis; the sale of Acordis's fine chemicals business in the UK to Tessenderloo; and, the disposal of its Swedish research and development (R&D) business by Pharmacia as a new company, Biovitrum.

An important development in the marketplace has been the move by Western pharmaceutical companies into Japan, typified by the purchase of Chugai, Japan's fifth largest pharma company, by Roche. The expected sales of membrane modules to the pharmaceuticals sector in 2003 will reach US$912 million, rising to US$1.4 billion by 2008. This is an overall increase in market volume of nearly 55.4% (a CAGR of 9.2%). These rates are well above the world average figures, so the share of that total held by pharmaceutical companies is expected to rise from 11.3% in 2003 to 11.4% in 2008. The total sales of membrane modules into this sector from 2004 to 2008 are forecast to reach close to US$6 billion.

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4.2.3 Biotechnology The biotechnology sector has two components: the steady production of a range of speciality chemicals by fermentation methods, and, the very high profile bioengineering industry. The latter area has had huge amounts of money invested in it, but as yet has made very little in the way of profits. When bioengineering gets going, membrane separation equipment will have a significant part to play. The recent development of genetically engineered products has equally strong needs for containment and for sophisticated separation processes. It is a development that is having severe problems of acceptance in the marketplace, with different countries adopting quite different views as to the safety of the products. Among the more important developments in biotechnology are the production of enzymes as reaction promoters and the use of enzymes in an immobilized state, using membranes as supports. Biotechnology provides one of the major uses for pervaporation membranes, which can be employed in the concentration of delicate byproducts such as amino acids and enzymes, or the removal of volatile byproducts. The need identified for good space enclosure filters in pharmaceutical work applies even more in some biochemical processing, not only a need for ultra-clean inlet air, but also for very good vent air filters to prevent the escape of toxic materials into the external environment. This is the smallest of the three components of the chemicals industry analysed here, with 6.5% of the global membrane module market in 2003, representing a sales volume o f U S $ 5 2 3 million. This is expected to increase to US$897 million in 2008, a share now of 7.2% of the total. The increase during the five-year period to 2008 is expected to be 71.5%, which corresponds to a CAGR of 11.4%, well above the world market average. Total sales of membrane modules in the forecast period are expected to exceed US$3.6 billion.

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the collection, transport and treatment of waste waters of all kinds, rendering them fit for discharge into the environment, or for re-use. Each of these components has a great need for the kinds of product clarity that can only be achieved by membrane processes, especially desalination. As a result, the fresh water and wastewater industries represent the second largest sector of the membrane market, with a share in excess of one-fifth of the total. Indeed, it is actually the largest sector if the chemicals industry is split into its components. In all of the end-use sectors discussed here, there is none with so important a role and with so universal a need for membrane separations, as is the case with the supply of drinking water and the treatment of wastewaters. The quality demands on these processes are increasing every year, and the membrane is at the heart of the solution to the better water quality problem. The quantities of liquid involved are huge. With an average domestic consumption of 150 litres per head for most of the developed world, the scale of fresh water supply can be seen to be enormous for potable water alone, while similarly large quantifies are needed for industrial activities. A population of 50 million consumes 7.5 million tonnes of fresh water per day just for domestic use (most of which ends up as waste), while there is a similar consumption (and production of waste) by industry. A recent estimate gave British water extraction as 201 m 3 per year or nearly four times the domestic consumption (150 litres per day is just under 55 m3/year). It also gave a corresponding figure of 712 m a per year for Germany and 1688 m a per year for the USA, the latter eight times the British figure! Many industrial uses, of course, require a much higher quality of water than is supplied for drinking, but the necessary purification processes for that quality are here counted within the appropriate industry sector's need for membranes. However, the required standards of drinking water production are also rising (pushed in part by a new EU Drinking Water Directive), while the consumer's perception of received water quality is slowly changing so as not to accept what was once acceptable in terms of taste, odour, colour and turbidity. The treatment of fresh water or wastewater involves many similar operations, often coveting large land areas, with much development going into producing efficient, compact treatment systems. Also set to expand rapidly are the tertiary processes for the polishing of treated effluents, as discharge consents become steadily more restrictive concerning residual impurity levels. As with most other parts of industry and commerce, this sector has seen a considerable amount of corporate acquisition activity. Historically, this has been a sector largely managed by local government bodies. The last 50 years have seen a great movement to privatise the industry, and the

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consequence has been a major change in ownership, both from within and outside the established range of formed companies. The largest water companies in the world are French with Ondeo (formerly Suez), Veolia (formerly Vivendi) and Bouygues/Saur among the leaders. RWE, Germany's second largest utility company, has moved into third place in world water, with its purchases of Thames Water in the UK and American Water Works. The later company is the largest water company in the USA, while the second largest, United Water Resources, was recently acquired by Suez. This situation is currently changing as the ownership of Vivendi Environnement is being divested by its parent company. The British water companies, the first to be privatised, seem constantly to be changing ownership, partly because of the restrictions placed on them as part of the privatisation process. E On, the giant German multi-utility company, has been forced to sell five major assets as part of its price for acquiring Ruhrgas, and has just disposed of Gelsenwasser, the largest German water company, to a joint venture of two municipal water companies. The provision of fresh water in regions where rainfall is low leads into one of the major applications of membranes, the desalination of brackish or seawater to produce potable water. This is a major application for RO systems, which nowadays are preceded by MF a n d / o r UF to lengthen the life of the RO membranes. The need to rely on water sources of ever decreasing quality is increasing the pressure on the membrane suppliers to provide suitable processes to use these sources and still meet the higher water quality criteria. The treatment of wastewater is a task of similar magnitude to that of the provision of fresh water (most of which ends up as wastewater after use), but with much more severe treatment problems and reaction conditions. The membrane processes have to cope with effluents from secondary treatment, from digested sludge effluent and from tertiary treatment for the less tractable (and usually dissolved) impurities, such as phosphates and nitrates. A particularly demanding application lies in the need to remove heavy metals from treated wastewater before it can be dispersed into the environment. Water shortages even in richer parts of the world are leading to the development of so-called grey water recycle systems. Grey water is the waste (other than foul water) from any house, office, hotel, or similar building that can be recycled for lower grade uses, such as toilet flushing or garden irrigation. A simple membrane system may be the answer to this means of amplifying water u s a g e - once the enormous logistical problems of re-piping every house or office block to permit the re-use are solved.

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The provision of fresh water and the treatment of wastewater will continue to provide excellent business for the membrane systems maker, at growth rates well above the average, for the foreseeable future at least. This sector has 21.5% of the global market in 2003, with sales estimated to be US$1.73 billion. This sales figure is forecast to increase by 66.4% to 2008, when the market will be almost US$2.9 billion (a CAGR of 10.7%). These higher growth rates will increase the sector's share to 23.2% by 2008. Spending on membrane modules between 2004 and 2008 is forecast to be US$11.85 billion.

The artificial treatment of blood by dialysis, known as haemodialysis, is literally one of the most vital uses of the semi-permeable membrane. It is the most publicly recognized application for dialysis, and perhaps for membrane separations as a whole, and represents a major part of the membrane market with just under one-sixth of the total. Haemodialysis is accomplished by circulating blood from the body to an external membrane. This membrane removes waste products and excess fluid from the blood, which is followed by the addition of minerals and chemicals back into the blood in order to correct any nutritional deficiencies or chemical imbalances. The cleaned, supplemented blood is then returned to the body. High-flux dialysis uses synthetic membranes that can more efficiently remove larger-sized waste products and larger quantities of fluid, allowing shorter treatment times for patients. UF may also be combined with dialysis in order to achieve the degree of separation required. This is one of the largest single uses of membranes in the whole spectrum of applications, and far outweighs any other uses in the medical and health sector. There are, however, many smaller uses for membranes as laboratory or small-scale separators, with a growing demand in screening processes. The sector represents the third largest sector examined in this Profile, although some way smaller than the two largest. As blood processing is a well-established use for membranes, however, the rate of growth in this sector is not expected to be very high, in relative terms. The estimated sales volume of membrane modules into this sector is estimated to be US$1.27 billion in 2003, rising to US$1.87 billion by 2008. This is growth at a CAGR of 8.0%, or 46.9% during the five years. The sector share of the world total will fall from 15.8% in 2003 to under 15.1% in 2008, while the total sales of membranes during the five-year forecast period is expected to be more than US$8 billion.

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The electrical and electronics component of the machinery manufacturing sector has two very different components as far as the membrane market is concerned. The first is the production of consumer durables (such as domestic 'white goods'), major electrical generation and conversion machinery, while the second area is the manufacture of components and equipment for the electronic products sector, whether for the computer and related industries or for the domestic video and audio market. Standards of manufacture are quite high in the provision of electrical equipment, but they are even higher in the semiconductor business. It is in this latter area that the membrane has an important part to play. The semiconductor industry has been hit quite badly by the slowing in demand for personal computers (PCs), as well as the poor economic performance of the Japan, where many of the companies are based. Within the 'Electronic and electrical equipment' category of large companies, there are more than 20 with sales above US$1 billion, of which 13 are Japanese (although a German company, Siemens, is the largest). On the other hand, among the similar number of companies classified as 'Information technology hardware', 14 are North American, and none is Japanese. The sector is, however, expected to pick up again, but its growth rates for the forecast period will be low in relation to the rest of the market. The production of electronic materials, such as semiconductors, recording tapes and memory chips, requires an exceedingly clean environment. This means that working space air and all washing and cleaning liquids have to be as absolutely clean as possible. The manufacture of electrical equipment and electronic components has always required a fairly clean environment, but in the case of the semiconductor components the working space is now as much in need of cleaning as is any input material or processing fluid. Thus, the two main separation duties of importance here are: 9 9

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The demands on the separation equipment are becoming steadily stricter, with suppliers continually developing ever more efficient membranes, especially filters for water, to meet these demands.

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The membrane market in the semiconductor sector is the fourth largest of all of the sectors, with a global share of 11.2% in 2003. It will fall, because of below-average growth rates, to 10.3% in 2008. The 2003 market size is expected to be just over US$900 million in 2003, rising to US$1.28 billion by 2008, an overall increase of 41.9% (7.25% CAGR). In the five years from 2004 to 2008, membrane module sales are expected to total almost US$5.6 billion.

There is a very wide range of liquid processes involved in the food and beverage sector, some with quite high intrinsic values, offering a wide range of separation processes. Almost all the separation processes in this sector involve liquid suspensions, as varied as full cream milk for cream separation and the final clarifying (or polishing) operation on beer just prior to bottling. These involve almost every type of membrane process. The accent, of course, is on sanitary operation, including clean-in-place and steam sterilization capability, which will test the membrane's suitability for any length of life. Waste treatment processes are also important to recover recyclable material and to diminish waste volumes. The full range of food and beverage processing includes: 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

processing and preserving of meat, fish and their products; processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables; manufacture of oils and fats from animal and vegetable sources; manufacture of dairy products (milk, cheese etc); milling of grain and manufacture of cereal and starch products; manufacture of animal feeds; manufacture of bread, sugar, confectionary, and processing of tea and coffee; production of beverages, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, and of mineral water; and, processing of tobacco and production of tobacco products.

Some of these activities are completely dry processes, but there are a sufficiency number with liquid processing requirements to make this the fifth largest of the membrane end-use sectors. In many parts, it is a mature sector, with steady growth close to changes in GDP values, but there are some exciting new developments as well. New and replacement production lines are regularly being installed in all regions of the world, with strong growth in Asia, especially as the economies of India and China move slowly towards higher standards of living.

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The newer developments should give the sector an above-average growth rate, but there are still some problems to face. The most pernicious of these have been the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy/CreutzfeldtJakob Disease (BSE/CJD) problems (i.e. Mad Cow Disease) of the last few years, mainly confined to Western Europe, but erupting occasionally in other parts of the world, as well as the foot and mouth disease epidemic in the UK in 2001. These, together with the occasional salmonella or dioxin scare, have lead to serious concerns over food safety. Problems, of course, can create opportunities, and the rise in popularity of organic farming and food production has been promoted by these safety problems. Other developments that are affecting the whole sector are: 9 9 9 9

the appearance of 'functional' foods and 'energy' drinks to meet perceived human needs for personal improvement; the rapid growth in volume of convenience foods, for a 'busy' market; the increasing awareness in the marketplace of better diets, and foods to match; and, the movement of many of the large retailers into food processing, and the production of 'own brand' foods by major retailers.

Product clarity is an interesting concept in much of the food, and especially beverage, sector. For many products the higher the clarity the better, but there is a reverse trend visible in some drinks - such as 'real' lemonade (where nostalgia may be playing a part). On the whole, though, 'clear' is equated with 'good', and the need for equipment providing adequate clarity will continue to rise. In the long term, the arrival of genetically modified food products onto the market may be the largest development in food provision for some time (or its largest problem, depending upon one's point of v i e w science has some way to go yet to justify the wilder claims of either view). Nestl~ is by far the largest of the world's food producers, with annual sales in 2002 of US$65 billion. The company has been active in the acquisition market, buying Ralston Purina (mostly animal foods), Dreyer (ice cream), the ice cream business of M/~venpick, Powwow (drinking water systems), and, Chef America (frozen foods). The next largest food company is Unilever, with total sales of US$55 billion. Unilever recently opted out of the chemicals market, but bought Bestfoods to augment its food business (although it is also a sizeable member of the 'Personal care and household products' category). It has recently sold off its edible oils businesses. This comparison of size is complicated by the other business facets of

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several of the main players, as just shown in the case of Unilever. This is even more the case for Altria. The firm was recently formed out of Philip Morris, and so is classified as a tobacco company, but with sales of US$80 billion and including Kraft Foods it could easily be counted as a food manufacturer. Apart from these three companies, the leading members of the industry, all with sales of more than US$20 billion are" , ,

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the sale of Nabisco to Philip Morris; the acquisition of Pilsbury by General Mills; the acquisition of Keebler by Kellogg (the breakfast cereal company); Tate and Lyle's withdrawal from the US sugar market by selling Domino to an investment group; the acquisition by Siidsucker, Europe's largest sugar producer, of Saint-Louis Sucre, France's second largest; Cadbury Schweppes' acquisition of the Adams gum business from Pfizer; the purchase of Minnesota Corn Products by ADM; the break up of Eridania Brghin-Say into four separate companies; the purchase of Quaker Oats by Pepsico; and, the major threat to Europe's food retailing market represented by Wal-Mart's purchase of Asda.

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the purchase of Kronenbourg by Scottish and Newcastle, followed by that of H P Bulmer; the purchase of Bass Brewers by Interbrew, followed by that of Beck's; the merger of Constellation Brands (of the USA) with Hardy (of Australia) to form the world's largest wine company; the merger of South African Breweries and Miller to form SABMilIer, followed by the purchase of Peroni; and, the battle for Seagram's drinks division, won by a Diageo/Pernod joint venture.

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and soft drinks sector, which has a sizeable input to the membrane market. There is a wide disparity of consumption rates among the major countries- the French drink about 105 litres per head annually, but the British drink only 10 litres per head and Japanese consumption is less than 5 litres per head. If all countries increased to the French level this would be a very exciting market for clarifying and polishing equipment. The leading beverage companies are Pepsico and Coca Cola, Diageo, the three Japanese breweries (Kirin, Asahi and Sapporo), Anheuser Busch, Heineken and Interbrew. The main driving force in this sector (apart from costs) is the continual search for higher standards of purity. The part played by the international membrane industry in achieving higher standards of food and beverage quality should ensure its increasing position in this market sector, and a higher rate of growth than the food and beverage sector itself. Thus the sector is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 9.3% from 2003 to 2008. It mill increase from US$757 million to US$1.18 billion at the end of the forecast period, an overall increase of 56.1%. The sector's market share will increase from 9.4% in 2003 to more than 9.5% in 2008. The five-year sales of membrane modules during the forecast period will be almost US$5 billion.

The extraction and processing of fuels, the raw materials for the production of energy, are major processors of fluids, particularly gas, oil and water. As a result, they are major users of separation equipment, with a small, but steadily increasing, proportion of it requiring the kind of performance that only membranes can give. This is a huge industrial sector, operated by huge companies, including many of the world's largest manufacturers. The chief components of the industry's operations arc: 9 $ $ $ $ $ $

the mining of coal from surface and underground mines; the processing of the mined coal to match the market needs of size and quality; the processing of coal into coke and other solid fuels; the processing of coal into liquid and gaseous fuels; the extraction of oil and natural gas from wells on land and under the sea; the cleaning and purifying of gas prior to its distribution to the market; the refining of crude oil to produce the various commercial grades of oil;

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the cracking of oil fractions and residues to produce petrochemical raw materials; the blending of oil fractions to produce further products such as lubricating oils; and, the manufacture and reprocessing of nuclear fuel.

Also of interest is the recovery of methane from secondary sources, such as landfill sites and old or undeveloped coal workings, and the transport of natural gas after its liquefaction. The energy materials industry is vital to all aspects of life, and the price of crude oil is a widely used indicator of economic confidence and political uncertainty. The need to secure the output from Iraq, for example, was almost certainly one of the reasons for the recent war. Oil prices have recently escalated, perhaps as a delayed consequence o f that war, although on an un-inflated price scale they are still really quite low. There are some major policy questions that are affecting the sector as a whole. Chief among these are the choice to be made among the fuel materials for use as energy source or as feedstock, and the legislative consequences of global warming. In terms of resource lifetime, some fuel materials are in potentially short supply, as little as 10 years in some cases, as is shown in Table 4.7.1. Oil and gas generally have much shorter lifetimes than coal, with regional availability mainly lowest for oil and much higher for c o a l - the world figures range from under 41 years for oil to more than 200 years for coal. The much lower lifetimes for oil and gas, and their value as chemical feedstocks, would indicate a preference for coal as an energy source, but current economic considerations suggest otherwise.

Table 4.7.1 Energy Material Lifetimes, End 2002 Region

Energy Material Lifetime, Years Oil Gas Coal

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10.3 42.0 17.0 92.0 27.3 13.7 40.6

9.4 68.8 58.9 238 88.9 41.8 60.7

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Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2003.

The lifetime picture could change in favour of oil and gas as new discoveries are made of these materials, and as extraction methods reduce in cost for the more exotic locations of these reserves. The reality is, however that no major changes along these lines have occurred in recent years. Lifetimes for oil have fallen every year since 1990, those for gas were lower in 2002 than in 1992, while those for coal have increased.

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However, there are still those experts who say that the industry has always found more oil and gas when it was needed. A key element of the current oil and gas scene is the eastward expansion into Russia and the former Soviet Asian republics. Significant purchases are being made by Western oil and gas companies of parts of Russian companies, which are themselves also beginning to merge. There are quite exciting developments in the Caspian Sea region, where sizeable investments are being made in the region's oil and gas reserves. The energy/feedstock situation is further complicated by the increasingly evident problems resulting from global warming, the main blame for which is being laid at the feet of the burners of fossil fuel. Many governments have made promises to curb the emission of combustion gases, but much remains to be done to achieve satisfactory agreement. These moves will have an effect on the rates of consumption of energy materials, beginning with the imposition of energy taxes. The energy that is finally produced from these materials is consumed in the wide range of human activity (including losses in the energy production processes). Industrial uses consume 31.5% of the final consumption (with the chemicals industry the largest user, although just over half of this usage is as chemicals feedstock); transport of all kinds consume 33.5% (with road transport responsible for 27% of this 33.5%); while, the largest consumer is the agriculture, domestic and commercial sector with 35% (of which the domestic uses account for 20.5%). In corporate terms, the energy source materials production sector is dominated by the integrated oil companies, the largest of which is the fairly recently merged Exxon Mobil, the largest manufacturing company in the world. Following in order of size are Royal Dutch/Shell and BP, both with sales of around US$180 billion. Then comes the product of another recent merger, Total and ChevronTexaco, with sales of around US$100billion, while yet another such product, ConocoPhillips, is in seventh place (just behind ENI). This merger activity has its parallel in the retail part of the business, where B P has acquired German retail operations from RWE and E.On, and, Shell Oil has bought Pennzoil, and Enterprise. A major sales component for membranes lies in the petroleum oil refineries. The world average utilization of refinery capacity in 2002 was under 83%, a factor that has changed little during the last several years. There is, therefore, sufficient spare capacity, especially with relatively low demand forecast, to support the view that there are unlikely to be very many major new processing plants, especially crude oil refineries, in the near future. Most of the investment expenditure can be expected to go into the revamping of existing plants.

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The coal industry in Europe is quite depressed, as, to a lesser extent, is that of the USA, with most of the commercial activity in the Asia-Pacific region. The obvious need for better use of coal reserves will lead to reactivation of research and development in four areas: 9 9

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the production of cleaner coal to reduce the acid gas exhaust problem from coal-burning processes; the gasification of coal to a high calorific value gas, either using mined coal (including low grade material) or underground gasification; the production of liquids from coal, by pyrolysis or hydrogenation, for use as fuels or feedstocks; and, direct use of coal as a feedstock in the production of 'carbochemicals'.

There is very little market for membrane processes in the prese~;t day mining and processing of coal, but when the day comes for these more advanced processes, the membrane market will expand even though the conditions will be quite arduous. The nuclear fuel processing and reprocessing business is in a state of suspension at the present time. Popular feeling is opposed to its use, and even to the existence, of nuclear power stations. Technical and economic sense, however, suggests that nuclear power plants (with safeguards) will regain their former importance in energy production. The market for membrane systems in the extraction of energy materials (particularly oil and gas) will stay firm. It will not, however, be an exciting sector for the next few years as the world accommodates itself to the present wild swings in oil prices and as gas takes more of the share of energy generation. Extended exploration into deeper marine sources for oil and gas will continue to provide a market, but the increasing costs will not make this a rapid expansion. One of the major separation problems in oil production is the need to separate oils from water (a need which is repeated in petroleum refineries, and in mechanical and electrical engineering workshops). Membrane processes for this duty are under intense development, and a successful process will greatly expand the potential for membranes. The production of hydrogen in electrolytic cells is likely to become an important application for membranes, of the bipolar type, where the hydrogen is being made as an energy source (for use in fuel cells) or as a chemical feedstock. The energy materials sector is a small part of the membrane market, with expected sales of US$314 million in 2003, just 3.9% of the total market. The sales in 2008 are forecast to be US$485 million, an overall increase

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for the five years of 54.5% (9.1% CAGR). These very slightly above mean value rates of growth will leave the market share at 3.9% after the fiveyear period. Total sales of membrane modules to the energy materials sector will be more than US$2.05 billion from 2004 to 2008.

4.8 Power Generation In most developed countries the once publicly owned electricitygenerating utilities have been privatised. Only France, of all of the major countries, still has state-owned utility companies. Electricity and gas, which once were provided by separate utilities, are now often available from the same company. Indeed, there has been a recent trend towards the 'total' utility, supplying electricity, gas, fresh water and even telephone services, as well as taking care of wastes of all kinds. Thus RWE, for example, has expanded rapidly into the water sector, while the former British Gas now offers electricity supply and telephone services. This feature of the 'multi-utility' has arisen partly because of the privatisation of the state utilities and partly through the deregulation of the energy markets. That the latter step has been a very mixed blessing is apparent from the problems in the USA that include the energy crisis in California and the spectacular collapse of Enron. In the present context, power generation is taken to refer to the production of electricity by 'central' power stations for either local distribution or for feeding into a national grid for wider distribution. It also includes the power stations set up to supply a single factory, whether they are steam, gas or engine driven, as well as standby installations on individual sites that are designed to protect against the failure of the main supply. The distribution of gas is also covered, which is becoming an important market for the gas separation range of membrane processes. Electric power is fairly easily moved over long distances (as is now done between France and several of its neighbours), and there is much talk of the possible creation of a single energy market within Europe. This is certainly favoured by the EU. Considerable investment in better distribution grids is obviously called for in the light of major power failures during 2003 that included the North East of the USA, the whole of Italy, as well as much of London, UK. The sector is also much concerned with prices at present, especially in view of the excess of generation capacity that was observable in 2002, which was in turn followed by a rapid reversal during the hot summer of 2003. The UK's once powerful British Energy is on the verge of bankruptcy, almost entirely because of price reductions.

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The choice among fossil fuels for power generation is moving in favour of gas, and, to a lesser extent, oil. Gas and good quality crude oil are both much better utilized as raw materials, but short-term economics dictate their use as fuel, and it will be some years yet before there is a return to interest in low quality fuel processing for power generation. The apparent problems of global warming may mean that this never happens. The sources of generated electricity for the world in 2000 were: Coal Oil Gas Nuclear power Hydroelectricity Other renewables

5660 1080 2790 2090 2870 80

TWh TWh TWh TWh TWh TWh

38.9% 7.4% 19.1% 14.4% 19.7% 0.5%

This distribution shows that fossil fuels represent almost two thirds of the source material, although the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that gas consumption for power generation will treble during the next 20 years, while other sources will expand much more slowly. Much has been said, written and planned recently about expansion in renewal energy systems, but they can only ever be a top-up to established sources. Even in 2020, renewable sources are not expected to exceed 2% of the total. The use of nuclear power is an important, yet controversial issue. Representing more than 14% on a world scale (and nearer 25% for OECD countries), its position would seem to be entrenched. Yet this power source is to be phased out in Sweden and Germany if present government plans are actually implemented, while the UK's nuclear development is 'on hold'. The reason for its current disfavour is almost entirely a problem of potential risk, although it has also never delivered its early promise of cheap power. It also has serious problems at the discharge point for its expended fuels, for which there is, as yet, no fully accepted means of waste disposal. Forecasts issued in the middle of 2001 suggest that a major expansion of nuclear power supply is expected for East Asia, with China more than quadrupling its installed base by 2020 (orders for power station equipment in China up to July 2003 were 50% greater than those for the whole of 2002). In the long term, nuclear power probably has to become a major source of power generation, but this will clearly not happen for at least another decade or two. The power generation sector, like most of the other industries, has experienced a great deal of corporate change in recent years. The power supply market is a complex one, with very differing corporate structures.

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The USA and Germany have had private supply, in the hands of many suppliers, for the last half-century. France, Italy, Spain and the UK, on the other hand, started with state monopolies, and, apart from France, have only relatively recently opened the market up to private purchase. The result has been a lot of ownership transfer, within and across national borders. This is continuing and shows little sign of abating. More than 10% of the companies with 2002 sales of US$1 billion or more are utility companies. Tokyo Electric is the world's largest of the 'pure' electricity companies with sales of more than US$43 billion, although Germany's multi-utility RWE is larger, with sales of nearly US$51 billion. The generation of electric power is effectively a dry process, using rotating machinery, so it is nominally a small market for separation equipment. However, a major use for membrane processes exists in the production of pure water as a boiler feed. More and more stringent requirements are being placed on water quality, and the membrane processes have an important part to play. Potentially a much greater development for membranes lies in their use as media in electrolytic systems for the small-scale generation sector, especially for remote locations, by means of batteries or fuel cells. Here, great strides are being made in finding economic forms of cell, and the electrically driven membranes will have an enormous market once this development is complete. The power generation sector is expected to show a membrane sales volume for 2003 of US$298 million, quite a small component of the total market at 3.7%. It is, however, forecast to increase at rates that are significantly above the global mean figures, to a 2008 sales forecast of US$474 million, which corresponds to an overall increase of 59.1% (9.7% CAGR). The share of the market in 2008 will have risen a little, to 3.8%. Total membrane module sales into the power generation sector are forecast to be almost US$2 billion.

4.9 Wood Pulp and Paper Production The processing of wood into pulp, and the subsequent conversion of that pulp into paper, use vast quantifies of water, both clear and as a suspension of wood pulp. The manufacture of paper is effectively a filtration operation - a slurry of cellulose fibres is sprayed onto a filter medium (the wire) and drains to an acceptable solid content before being pressed to reduce its moisture content prior to thermal drying. Even though it is generally not regarded as a filtration process, the making of

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paper does involve other filters and separators, while its product is one of the leading materials for filter media. The prime use of membrane separators comes in the sector's attempts to close its water cycle, for environmental as well as economic reasons. The sector has had to work hard to accommodate environmental pressures, from concern over excess logging of forests through to the need to reduce pollution in the paper processes. This move has benefited the separation equipment suppliers, and there is still quite a bit to be done in the industry before the task is complete. There are also uses deriving from the high levels of paper recycled at pulp mills, which now represents a significant part of the newsprint market. Recycling presents problems in the de-inking of the resultant pulp, and membranes have a task within the treatment of these wastes. During the last few years, the sector has experienced widely varying fortunes, with surpluses in capacity and shortages following one another quite quickly. Despite mergers within the industry, the top ten producers still supply only one-quarter of the world's output. The leading companies as measured by sales in 2002 are: 9 9 9 9

International Paper Georgia-Pacific Weyerhauser Stora Enso.

Kimberley Clark could also be included in this list, but is now classed as a maker o f ' Personal care' products. The takeover of Willamette by Weyerhauser moved the combined company to third place. Other recent corporate changes include" 9 9 9 9 9

the purchase of Consolidated papers by StoraEnso; the purchase of Haindl by UPM-Kymmene; the purchase of Fort James by Georgia-Pacific, followed by the sale by the latter of four of its mills to Domtar; the merger of Mead and Westvaco; and, the purchase of Fletcher Challenge Paper by Norske Skog.

The industry is concentrated geographically into North America, Northern Europe and Japan, but its world prospects are encouraging, as the developing parts of the world, especially China, catch up in paper consumption with the more developed areas. Spain and Portugal are rapidly increasing their output of paper. The prospects for the market in developing areas are exciting: China consumes less than one-tenth as much paper per head as does the USA, and even a doubling of per capita consumption would have a major impact upon the market. Expansion in paper consumption is expected be of the order of 11% in the USA during

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the next ten years or so, with 28 % growth in Western Europe and almost 50% in China. As far as membranes are concerned, however, the pulp and paper industry still does not have a great use, and this sector is the smallest of the named sectors in this Profile. The 2003 sales volume is expected to be US$137 million, rising to US$202 million in 2005, at the relatively low overall rate of 47.5% for the five years (a CAGR of 8.1%). The sector's share of the total market will fall from 1.7% in 2003 to 1.6% in 2008, while total membrane module sales for the five years from 2004 to 2008 are forecast to be US$870 million.

As can be seen an examination o f Table 3.2.1, there are many more sectors that use membranes in some form or another then have so far been discussed. However, these other sectors are all small, with individual market shares of well under 1% o f the total market. Among these small applications are: 9 9 9 9 9 9

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treatment of farm (especially pig) slurries; processing of fish liquors; clarification of salt solutions prior to crystallization; treatment of dyes and other textile processing liquids; fine filtration of molten polymers ahead of extrusion; and, clarification of rolling mill coolants.

In total, these other sectors make up just 1.9% of the total market in 2003, when the sales of membrane modules to them are expected to reach US$153 million. There will be just below average growth here, reducing the share very slightly by 2005, when the sales are forecast to be US$233 million. The CAGR will be 8.8%, or 52.3% during the five years to 2008. Total sales of membrane modules in the five years of the forecast period will be more than US$990 million. This group includes domestic, commercial and institutional uses for membranes. At the moment these are almost nil, but if applications can be found then the market could be huge, because the number of households alone runs into hundreds of million and the totality of offices and other places of work must be not far short of another hundred million.

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The individual end-user sector shares and growth rates have been described in the earlier parts of this Section. Table 4.11.1 gathers the key elements of these sectoral figures together, so that comparisons may be more easily made among them. The major components of the marketplace, chemicals, water, and, medical processes, can clearly be seen, with electronics, and, food and beverage, not far behind them. Table 4.11.1 End-User Membrane Markets End-User Sector

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1054 912 523 757 902 314 298 137 1728 1272 153

13.1 11.3 6.5 9.4 11.2 3.9 3.7 1.7 21.5 15.8 1.9

1485 1417 897 1182 1280 485 474 202 2876 1868 233

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40.9 55.4 71.5 56.1 41.9 54.5 59.1 47.5 66.4 46.9 52.3

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The technical aspects of membranes and membrane processes can be considered under a number of general headings" 9 9 9 9 9

the basic material from which the membrane is made; the particular structure of the membrane material as prepared for separation use; the format into which the membrane is shaped and held; the operating conditions for the particular process; and, the required performance, including separation ability, efficiency, and useful lifetime.

It is the last of these, of course, that dictates the requirements of the others, all in search of the ideal membrane. The international membrane industry now supplies large parts of the manufacturing industry, and is recognized as a mature and essential part of the filtration and separation sector. The membrane has been in practical use for separation purposes for more than half a century, and so membrane technology is based, in part, on long-standing practices. It is, therefore, as much evolutionary as dependent on innovation. Nevertheless, it is still a rapidly developing technology, because it offers the process designer such an excellent separation device in terms of its ability to remove contaminants to very low levels. The developments seek always to improve separative techniques: making them more selective; enabling them to remove ever finer particle sizes; operating them with lower energy consumptions; and, enabling them to operate for longer periods of time (before cleaning or disposal). In terms of the overall filtration and separation industry, membrane separations are its fastest growing, and most exciting, component. Most of the major developments in membrane t e c h n o l o g y - materials, methods and processes - have already been made, with the scene now more one of steady improvement in all of them. A three-year reporting

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period is thus unlikely to include any significant changes, and those reported here are more in the line of such improvement. Probably the most important of these changes has been the continual reduction in membrane cost, thus opening the membrane process to larger feed volumes, and so expanding rapidly its use in water treatment. The process needs of end-user industries and the increasing impact of environmental legislation are the two main driving forces for improved design and performance of products, with customers increasingly looking to membrane suppliers for specific and novel solutions to separation requirements.

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it should have sufficient mechanical strength to enable it to resist the trans-membrane pressures that are to be experienced in the appropriate membrane process (some of which are very high), and sufficient chemical and thermal strength to enable it to resist the operating conditions of the separation process; it should permit, under the operating conditions of the appropriate process, a high flux of fluid or diffusing materials, and keep this high flow rate for a long time; and, it should be highly selective for the desired degree of separation of fluid or other feed component.

These characteristics are a combination of the intrinsic properties of the membrane itself and of the properties given by the format in which it is used. Thus a polymeric membrane may actually be quite weak in tension, but capable of resisting high pressures when formed into a hollow fibre with feed on the outside. Strength is usually provided for a membrane by forming it on the surface of a much more porous but intrinsically much stronger substrate -developments continue to find membrane/substrate combinations, preferably of the same basic material, with the minimum thickness consistent with the required strength. High flux is relatively easy to build into a membrane. It is keeping it high that is the problem, when blockage in depth, surface blockage (fouling), or concentration polarization in the adjacent fluid zone, are conspiring to reduce the flow. A major development task is thus still the search for methods by which fouling can be minimized, or even eliminated, and by which diffusion towards the membrane surface can be maintained. Technologies exist now to create membrane media of very high flux by forming holes of a precise aperture on an ordered array in a layer of metal (and so easily cleanable), but still at very high cost. 80

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It is a rare membrane that is absolutely perfect in terms of selectivity for a particular process. There will always be minor imperfections in the m a t e r i a l - a few micropores where there should be none at all, or some larger pores in a microporous medium. Development also continues, therefore, into manufacturing processes that can produce as near to the perfect medium as possible. It is unlikely that any single membrane can ever be made that would be as suitable for one membrane process as for any other. The best that can be hoped for is that the ideal membrane should be usable in as wide a range of membrane processes as possible. Without doubt it can be said that the ideal membrane should be available at the lowest possible cost, in a fully reproducible form, and in the widest possible range of structures, so that it can be prepared in as wide a range of formats as possible. Needless to say, the characteristic of low cost is still largely unachievable if any of the other characteristics are to be met in full but the search goes on.

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5.2 Developments in Membrane Materials Improvements in membrane systems of all kinds have been made possible by the continual production of new materials from which membranes can be made. There is now a very wide range of materials with specific properties that can be utilized to make membranes with improved system performances. Polymeric media are by far the most widely used materials, and new polymers, of ever increasing complexity, are being developed to meet some of the needs of modern industry. However, other materials are also receiving considerable attention, with the ceramic 'membrane' growing rapidly in its range of application. Particularly noticeable is the availability of ceramic membranes in hollow-fibre and flexible sheet formats. O f great interest to the chemical process industries are the increasing number of membranes becoming available made of fluorinated polymers, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and PVDF, show marked resistance to chemical corrosion and quite good thermal resistance. Typical of these are the expanded PTFE (ePTFE) membrane range of W L Gore, and the Ravensworth embedded membrane coating, also using ePTFE. Profile of the International Membrane Industry 81

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Ceramic (and so-called 'metallic') membranes are now being made by the sintering of very fine spherical particles, enabling the creation of pores as low as 0.5 nm in diameter. Carbon and ceramic membranes are also being made from very finely spun fibres. In high technology industries such as electronics, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals, the reliability and integrity of membranes are paramount. This presents quite a challenge to the membrane manufacturers, in which they are being aided by the development of membrane characterization techniques that enable rapid determination of membrane properties. Another important development on membrane materials is the ability to make 'smart' (or functional) membranes, such as those with useful chemicals grafted onto their surface, which can then be selective for certain chemicals (such as enzymes) or which enable them to resist fouling more easily. This may mean converting the upstream membrane surface from being hydrophobic to being hydrophilic.

By far the greater part of the membrane business is satisfied by one of the wide range of synthetic polymers, usually made by the phase inversion technique. However, the word 'membrane' is being used increasingly to refer to a filter medium capable of separation at cut points well below one micrometre, independently of the way the medium is formed. Thus an increasingly wide range of 'membranes' is now being made by the use of novel fibre spinning techniques (spun-bond, melt-blown, flash spun) to produce membranes that may be made into pleated formats quite easily. The manufacturing techniques for these materials are reaching the stage where fibre diameters of the order of a few nanometres are now possible, creating media whose separative capacity is measured in similar sizes. The ability to combine materials, which is aided by the development of new manufacturing technologies, is making the mixture of performance and strength in a membrane a much more precise possibility and brings more efficient solutions to the end-user industries. The formation of integral asymmetric media is now commonplace, and there are also many different materials finding wide application as substrates for membranes.

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hollow fibre bundles; flat sheets individually mounted in a frame structure as a single sheet or in multi-sheet form; pleated papers, usually in the form of a cylindrical cartridge; spiral-wound sheets or papers; relatively large diameter single tubes; multi-tubular arrays; and, monobloc materials with interna tubular passages.

These formats are then fixed into a module appropriate to the format and its purpose. The essential feature of the format (module) in which it is used is that file membrane medium is presented to the incoming feed in the most effective way possible to achieve the required separation. In addition to having the ideal membrane referred to above, the most suitable module format will offer: 9 9 9 9 9

the highest possible separation area per unit volume of the module; the highest possible degree of turbulence on the feed side of the membrane; the lowest cost per unit area of separation surface; the lowest operating cost, usually measured in terms of energy cost per unit volume of separated product; and, the most easily cleanable format, whether by mechanical cleaning, backflushing, or chemical cleaning.

As with the characteristics of the ideal membrane, these ideal module characteristics are not all fully realisable at the same time, and some compromise has to be reached. For example, a densely packed module is not very easily cleaned. Alternatively, a low operating cost may be best achieved by having a very easily cleanable module. Development activities here are concentrated on maximizing the degree to which each of these characteristics can be achieved, most especially in design for minimum fouling combined with maximum ease of cleanability. The use of moving membranes is one way of decreasing the effects of fouling. This will have a considerable effect on the system involving the membrane, and can create quite complex mechanical needs. Movement can be by oscillation, vibration or rotation, each requiring a different drive mechanism. A continuing trend in membrane technology is the availability of different basic membrane materials in a gradually extending range of these formats. Thus, ceramic membranes originated mainly as monobloc units, but are now found in tubular formats, while flat (even flexible) sheets are also available.

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Where membrane modules are eventually discarded as no longer u s a b l e as most are eventually- the disposal process is now subject to scrutiny, as plastics are progressively more completely recycled. It helps, therefore, even where the disposal is by incineration, if the membrane and all its associated parts within the housing are made of the same material.

Reverse osmosis (RO) was the first of the membrane processes to be commercialised, but its applications continue to widen beyond their origins in medical and desalination uses, especially with new membrane materials becoming available. These new materials have resistance to chemical and biological corrosion, as well as high water permeability and high salt rejection. A major development in this area is the thin film composite membrane made by interfacial polarization techniques, improving chemical resistance while delivering higher flux rates. It is a filtration process and operates under very high trans-membrane pressures. Lower pressure membranes are gaining favour in RO systems as they can cut operating costs for end-users, as well as extending the membrane process regime into the nanofiltration (NF) range. This reduction in pressure needs is brought about by advancements in the polymers from which the membranes are made, combined with improved manufacturing methods. The savings in energy used by the low-pressure systems can be as much as 50%. Ultrafiltration (UF), as well as being an important technique on its own in water treatment, is increasingly becoming the preliminary filtration stage ahead of RO in the desalination of brackish and salt waters. In its water treatment uses, UF has a major advantage (over microfiltration (MF)) of being able to guarantee removal of pathogens such as Cryptosporidia. Here again, new membrane materials are being developed to enable lower pressures to be used to achieve the same degrees of separation. MF processes have benefited enormously from the arrival on the scene of membrane materials as filter media. All types of material are now in regular use, and the relaxed requirements (by comparison with the higher pressure systems) for membrane manufacture will ensure continued growth for this component of the market. Media are being produced to enable the cut point to be taken below 0.1 pm under MF conditions, so as to cope with most bacteria, and the consequent benefit in water and wastewater treatment is easily observed.

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Chief among the diffusion processes, dialysis has its main usage in medical systems, but also has industrial use in the removal of acids and alkalis from liquid solutions. Dialysis separation in industry is a very slow membrane process, which limits the scope of applications that can economically use this method. However, although the applications are narrow, the range of industries that can benefit from dialysis is widening, especially in the food and beverage sector, for which the complete removal of acids and salts has become an important sales issue. Electrodialysis is one of the electrically driven membrane processes. It is employed for very specific reasons, but these are also expanding, as better membrane materials become available. Electrodialysis can offer the benefits of greater selectivity and lower membrane fouling. Membrane distillation is based on hydrophobic porous membranes operating at ambient pressure to achieve separation. The membrane allows vapour to pass but does not allow a liquid to move through the membrane. The result is that very little fouling of the membrane occurs, which can eliminate the usual steps of pre-treating the feed and the need to backwash the membrane. It is still mainly a small-scale technique in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, with the resultant product being pure and f?ee from contaminants, but a potential market for membrane distillation is developing in the semiconductor manufacturing industry where tolerances have become so fine that water used in the process has to be of the highest quality. Pervaporation membranes can be used to remove one liquid from a liquid solution and are often employed as one stage in a multi-stage filtration process. Pervaporation competes with distillation, which is usually the more economic process, but is finding a place in the treatment of process and wastewaters, especially those contaminated with Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), as 99% contaminant removal can be achieved. In biotechnology, pervaporation can be employed in the concentration of delicate by-products, such as amino acids and enzymes, or in the removal of volatile by-products. Gas permeation has been widely adopted by the petrochemical and chemical industries, where gas recovery is an essential process task, but its prime application is now the on-site production of enriched oxygen and nitrogen from air, and in the recovery of hydrogen from waste process gases. Vapour permeation is rapidly catching up with gas permeation in the process industries. It is used for the separation of saturated mixed vapours, and can be combined successfully with distillation to separate solvents from air streams. As the system operates at close to 100~ the temperature performance of the membrane is vital to the operation. Electrofiltration utilizes the differences in polarity across an electric field as the transport system through the membrane. The system is mostly

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applied to dewatering, concentration and pre-treatment of fluids, and is employed to treat industrial wastewater, containing very low solid content. Membrane processes driven by electric fields have, of course, been in use for a long time in the electrolytic chlorine industry, but they are now in a stage of rapid development, to provide the electrochemical membranes needed for the operation of fuel cells. These seem at last to be close to taking a significant place in small-scale power generation. Other electrolytic techniques employing ion exchange membranes are being developed, such as one recently announced that extracts tantalum metal directly from a tantalum concentrate using a solid oxygen-ion-conducting membrane. Another major development is that of the membrane bioreactor, used for processing in a wide range of industries, but most specifically in wastewater treatment where it has the potential to take a significant share of the secondary waste treatment process market. It can operate in the normal way on a by-pass system, or it can be submerged in the reactor vessel, where it works in-line and operates by means of vacuum suction at low trans-membrane pressures. The gas flow essential to secondary waste treatment processes is then a bonus in scouring the membrane surface. The use of membranes is also of interest in those systems that are using immobilized enzymes as a processing tool.

The fouling of a membrane is the greatest problem that the membrane industry has to face. It involves the deposition of material on the membrane surface, or within its pores, such that the flux through the membrane is progressively reduced until the system ceases to function properly. It is actually not any different in kind from the deposition of solids on any other filter medium, but it is more serious with membranes, because of the smallness of their pores, or because diffusion through the membrane material can be completely stopped by fouling. It also differs because many of the finer separation processes (RO, UF) treat liquids with organic matter suspended or dissolved in them, which can then experience biological growth in any accumulated material, greatly adding to the problem. A significant recent move in the understanding of fouling has been the development by a number of research institutions of fouling indexes for membrane media and process fluids. This is leading to better knowledge of the causes of fouling, and the ability to design better media and systems to counter its effects. 86

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pre-treatment of the process liquids. Techniques used for this purpose include better pre-fihration with microfihers or deep sand beds (possibly with prior coagulation or flocculation) and chemical processes, such as chlorination; the addition of components to the process liquids to create a fully reversible fouling layer. This does not avoid the problem, but makes it much easier to effect the cleaning of the fouled membrane using, for example, coagulants or activated carbon; using flexible membrane media rather than materials with a rigid surface; choosing membrane materials that are intrinsically less liable to foul (i.e. hydrophilic rather than hydrophobic); creating shear at the membrane surface additional to that achieved by the fluid flow across it. This may be achieved by vibrating or rotating the membrane or by the use of turbulence promoters; dosing the membrane material with some component that makes it less liable to foul (such as chemically modified polyethersulphone, altered through the addition of low fouling compounds during manufacture, for example, by further sulphonation, such that the membrane has the high flux advantages of polysulphone, and the low fouling properties of cellulose acetate); the use of electric fields or ultrasonic vibrations; and, improved cleaning processes, to make the removal of unavoidable fouling that much easier and more complete.

Probably the most important of these developments is that of the moving membrane. New Logic's VSEP system is a prime example, using torsional oscillation of the membranes to repel suspended solids from the membrane surface. Increasingly two-phase fluid systems are being used, with gas bubbles introduced adjacent to the membrane surface in order to scour it. These systems are being used with great success in submerged membrane bioreactors for the treatment of wastewater. These techniques, and others, are all the subject of quite intense research and development activities. Several may need to be applied together to achieve the objective of minimal fouling. It is of little value, for example, to use a microfiher ahead of RO, if the MF membrane fouls nearly as quickly as one it is aiming to protect.

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As with all other sectors of industry, and especially in a period of recession, the membrane industry has been subject to a continual process of company acquisition activity. The main reasons behind this activity are" 9 9 9 9

to take advantage of poor economic performance by a competitor or a market entry opportunity: as a strategically planned entry into an exciting market; to obtain new technology or gain access to new industrial markets; and, to expand geographical operations.

The previous edition of this Profile reported quite a high level of merger and acquisition activity, with about 25 significant changes in the three years from 1998 to 2000, including such key events as: 9 9 9 9 9 9

USFiher buying Culligan; Pall buying Rochem; Koch buying Fluid Systems; Vivendi buying USFilter; McLeod Russel buying Vokes; and, Norit buying Stork.

The subsequent three years have shown no let up in such changes, neither in number nor in magnitude. The lists that follow include about 40 acquisitions of note. This activity has been such that the list of key companies in the previous edition of this Profile shows some major changes, including: 9 9

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Norit Osmonics PCI Membranes Stork Membranes USFiher

bought by Nuon; bought by General Electric sold to ITT; sold to Norit; and, large part sold to Pall.

In addition to these changes, others of major importance to the membrane business during the last three years include those involving: RWE + Thames; KCS + Nadir; Porvair + Microfiltrex; Amersham + A / G Technology; Polypore + Membrana; Donaldson + Ultrafiher, and, Alfa Laval + DSS.

The following notes record the main acquisition, merger and joint venture activities during the past three years. They only relate to changes where acquisition or merger concerns the membrane business, although they also note major changes in the water treatment sector in general.

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On 16 October 2003, Nuon announced that it had reached an agreement to divest Norit to Dutch investors Gilde Investment Management and Euroland Investments for ~152 million. The divestment is in line with Nuon's strategy, adopted in 2002, to concentrate on production, transport and supply of energy and related products and services in North West Europe; and,

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US-based General Electric announced a deal to acquire all the outstanding shares of UK diagnostic imaging agents and life sciences company Amersham. Amersham has three main business areas: medical diagnostics, operating as Amersham Health; and, protein separations and discovery systems, together operating as Amersham Biosciences. Protein separations, which amounted to 17% of the company's total sales in 2002, develops, manufactures and distributes chromatography purification systems, membrane products and reagents that are used in the development and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals and for the laboratory-scale separation of proteins for drug research and development (R&D).

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Veolia Environnement announced that it intended to sell USFiher's consumer and commercial business, comprising Culligan and Everpure, and its equipment and industrial services operations, to focus on long-term operating contracts;

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Esco Technologies put its microfiltration (MF) and other separations businesses up for sale, including the PTI companies;

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Cantel Medical entered the water treatment business by acquiring MarCor Services and Biolab Group, both in the USA, for US$16.3 million; and,

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Matrix Desalination and Devcon International set up a joint venture, called Devco/Matrix Utility Resources, 80% owned by Devcon, to build, own and/or operate reverse osmosis (RO) systems for fresh water and wastewater treatment, and power generation systems.

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Hydranautics, a subsidiary of Nitto Denko, acquired a majority stake in Kalsep, from Smith and Loveless's UK affiliate. The acquisition is to trade as Hydranautics, while Smith and Loveless retains marketing fights for Fibrotex systems in the Americas; and,

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Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure acquired Envirogen, a supplier of membrane biological reactors, for US$3.6 million.

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H20 Innovation (2000) signed an agreement with Inge of Germany to enable it to use Inge technology in its home market of Canada. Inge is a specialist supplier of ultrafihration (UF) hollow-fibre technology for fresh water and wastewater treatment and other industrial applications;

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Alfa Laval and Sartorius signed a development agreement for improved cross-flow filtration processes for beer, which also included distribution fights for sterile filtration using membranes;

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RWE completed its acquisition of the whole of American Water Works by buying West Virginia-American Water;

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Pall acquired some of the assets (concerning blood filtration) of HemaSure from Whatman, for approximately US$6 million, including the settlement of some patent disputes;

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Nuvera Fuel Cells, of the USA, and BWT AG, of Austria, established a joint venture to develop fuel cell membranes for industrial use, especially for temperatures above 90~ and,

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General Electric, through its subsidiary GE Power Systems, acquired Osmonics, one of the leading membrane system suppliers. The acquisition is to be integrated with GE Water.

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ITT Industries acquired PCI Membranes from Thames Water (a subsidiary of RWE), to be integrated into its Sanitaire Division, especially to develop membrane bioreactor and secondary effluent filtration systems.

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Alfa Laval established a membranes capability to supplement its highspeed separator business by acquiring Danish Separations Systems, a specialist supplier of membrane filtration systems;

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Seprotech Systems, of Canada, acquired CMS Group, a supplier of water treatment equipment;

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Toray acquired 20% of Suido Kiko Kaisha, a manufacturer of water treatment equipment, to expand its business beyond membrane supply;

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Thames Water, through its Spanish subsidiary RWE Aqua, bought 75% shares in each of Pridesa (RO systems for desalination and wastewater reuse) and Ondagua (municipal water supply);

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Polypore merged its newly acquired Membrana business with the Liqui-Cel membrane business of Celgard;

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Clarcor, a maker of pleated membrane cartridges, acquired Total Filter Technology, a maker of mehblown and yarn wound cartridges;

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Inge acquired the Dutch membrane filtration R&D company S.Search;

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Personal Chemistry, a Swedish company, acquired EsyTech, a supplier of miniature membrane separation systems;

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ESCO Technologies acquired technologies from N Carolina SRT, related to flat sheet modules;

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Enron sold Wessex Water, out of its Azurix subsidiary, to YTL Utilities (UK), a subsidiary of a Malaysian company, for US$776 million;

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Polypore acquired Membrana GmbH, a major supplier of medical system membranes, from Acordis;

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GE Specialty Materials acquired the water treatment services business of BetzDearborn from Hercules, for US$1.8 billion; and,

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Pall acquired the Filtration and Separations Group from Vivendi's subsidiary USFilter, including the American businesses Filterite and Fluid Dynamics, the German businesses Schumacher and SeitzSchenk, and the French business Exekia, all for US$360 million.

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Amersham Biosciences, the US life sciences division of Amersham, acquired two American membrane companies, A / G Technology, and InnovaSep Technology, for a price between US$40 million and US$60 million depending upon future performance; and,

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Ionics sold its Aqua Cool Pure Bottled Water operation to PerrierVittel, a subsidiary of Nestlr, for US$220 million, in order to concentrate on its water treatment business.

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RWE started the acquisition of American Water Works, the largest publicly traded water company in the USA, for a total price of US$7.7 billion, to be merged with Thames Water's US operations. The acquisition is not completed until Q1, 2003.

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Cantel Medical acquired Minntech, a specialist manufacturer of medical filtration systems;

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ESCO Technologies acquired BEA Filtri, of Italy, a MF specialist, to join ESCO's PTI business; and, Watts Industries acquired Premier Manufactured Systems, a supplier of water filtration systems including membranes, to take its first step into water filtration.

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Fairey Group disposes of its filtration interests, Microfiltrex going to Porvair for US$17 million;

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Celanese sells Nadir Filtration (ex Celgard - which was sold to Daramic in December 1999), a maker of flat sheet membranes, to the Austrian group KCS Industrie Holding, a specialist in acid regeneration technology, now eager to enter the industrial water treatment business; and,

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Whatman acquired HemaSure, a developer and supplier of blood filtration technologies, for about US$13 million;

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The French industrial gases company, L'Aire Liquide, formed a joint venture with Nuvera Fuel Cells, to be based in France, to develop complete power production systems based on fuel cells;

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Severn Trent Services, through its Water Purification Solutions Division, acquired Universal Aqua Technologies, which designs and manufactures packaged water purification systems;

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Crane Environmental acquired Force Filtration Systems, a specialist supplier of small and medium sized RO systems; and,

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Nuon, a Dutch energy and water utility, acquired Norit, which had just acquired the Stork Membranes business from Stork Friesland;

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A number of the items in Section 6.2 report the formation of joint ventures. This is an increasingly important element of the membrane business, and there is usually at least one new one reported in every monthly issue of Elsevier Advanced Technology's newsletter, Membrane

Technology. Joint ventures are established both for marketing and technical reasons. Marketing agreements may be set up within the home country or market of both partners simply to capitalize on combined sales strengths. They are much more important, however, where entry into a new geographical market is concerned, such as China, where one partner has the technology and the other partner has local market knowledge and access. Equally important are the technological parmerships, established to combine particular skills for the benefit of both partners. This has been especially noticeable in the field of membranes for the attractive business of fuel cells.

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Stavangervej 10 DK-4900 Nakskov Denmark Tel: +45 70 20 49 00 Fax: +45 70 20 49 10 Web: www.alfalaval.com

Sweden's Alfa Laval AB added membrane filtration to the company's technology portfolio in September 2002 by acquiring Danish Separation Systems (DSS). Established in 1965 as D DS Filtration, the Danish company was one of the pioneers of cross-flow membrane separation. DDS Filtration was the membrane development and production facility of De Danske Sukkerfabrikker A/S, later part of Danisco A/S. The first membrane plant was sold in 1970 and today more than 2000 membrane filtration systems have been installed and commissioned worldwide. DDS Filtration was acquired by The Dow Chemical Co in 1989 and became part of Dow Liquid Separation Systems, operating as the company's European membrane and membrane filtration facility. Following a management buyout in 1997, Danish Separation Systems AS (DSS) was formed. At the time of the Alfa Laval acquisition, DSS had annual sales of about SKr90 million and employed 65 people within research and development (R&D), manufacturing and sales. Alfa Laval's membrane activities are concentrated in Nakskov, Denmark, where the company has its own industrial process membrane manufacture, R&D, application and engineering facilities primarily serving the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries. Following the acquisition of DSS, Alfa Laval established the Membrane Technology Segment (PMT) within the company's Process Technology Division. The range of Alfa Laval membranes covers all filtration processes - reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration (NF), ultrafiltration (UF) and microfiltration (MF). Alfa Laval's membrane filtration product range includes membranes, membrane filtration systems, pilot laboratory equipment and spare parts and service.

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Since the acquisition in 2002, the focus has been on taking DSS applications into new markets benefiting from the global Alfa Laval presence. The main priorities in the near future will be to continue the geographical expansion of established membrane applications, to develop new membrane applications using Alfa Laval's process knowledge, and, to explore the synergies with other Alfa Laval technologies. With the organization now in place, Alfa Laval is aiming to grow membrane sales considerably in the coming years. Key Figures (SKr million) Alfa Laval AB Year ended 31.12

Net Sales Of Which:

Equ i pment Process Technologies Operating Income Of Which: Eq u i pme nt Process Technologies Net Income No of Employees

1-1-2 Yuraku-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo

Japan Industrial Membranes Division

Tel: +81 3 3507 2682 Fax: +81 3 3508 1474 Web: www.asahikasei.co.jp/membrane/ Ion Exchange Membranes Division Tel: +81 3 3507 2608 Fax: +81 3 3507 2630 Web: www.asahikasei.co.jp/membra ne/

2002

2001

14 594.9

15 829.6

8129.6 6377.1 1219.5

857 6.2 6872.0 1231.4

1078.3 521.4 120.2 9292

1083.6 472.7 36.1 9693

Asahi Kasei Corp is a chemical and materials science focused business with consolidated sales ofu billion. On 1 October 2003 all core operations were transferred to seven wholly owned corporations operating as autonomous business units: Asahi Kasei Chemicals; Asahi Kasei Construction Materials; Asahi Kasei EMD; Asahi Kasei Fibers; Asahi Kasei Homes; Asahi Kasei Life & Living; and Asahi Kasei Pharma. Asahi Kasei Chemicals' main businesses are organic and inorganic industrial chemicals, synthetic resins, synthetic rubber, high-compound fertilizers, coating materials, latexes, pharmaceutical and food additives, explosives, photopolymers and platemaking systems, separation and ion exchange membranes, systems, and equipment. Membranes and systems activities include Microza UF and MF membranes and systems, Hipore fine porous membranes and ion exchange membranes, electrolysis and electrodialysis systems. During fiscal 2003, operating profit in industrial membranes increased as demand rose for Hipore fine porous membranes in lithium-ion

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rechargeable battery applications, and sales of Microza hollow-fibre filtration systems grew in large-scale water clarification applications in overseas markets. While operating profit for ion exchange products decreased, substantial new orders were secured for membrane-process salt electrolysis plants in Europe and China.

Key Figures (u billion)

Asahi Kasei Corp Year ended 31.3

Net Sales Of Which: Chemical and Chemical-Related Operating Profit Net Income/(Loss) R&D Expenditures No of Employees

2003

2002

2001

1193.6

1195.4

1269.4

477.6 61.6 (66.8) 49.3 25 730

440.7 45.7 5.2 49.6 26 227

449.5 96.0 25.2 49.8 26 695

7.3 BVVT AG Walter-Simmer-StraPoe 4 5310 Mondsee Austria Tel: +43 6232 5011-0 Fax: +43 6232 4058 Web: www.bwt.at

Austria's BWT AG (Best Water Technology) has four business divisions: Aqua Ecolife Technologies (AET); Aqua Systems Technologies (AST); Fuel Cell Membrane Technologies (FCMT); and Aqua Finance. AET specializes in water technology products for drinking water, service water and swimming pool water treatment. AST concentrates on customer-specific water treatment plants serving the pharmaceutical, semiconductor, beverage, energy, municipal drinking water and wastewater industries. FCMT focuses on proton exchange membranes, while Aqua Finance covers real estate and financial administration. Following the acquisition of Christ AG at the end of 2001, the BWT project engineering companies and the Christ Group were combined to form the Christ Water Technology Group. The group's processes and technologies include membrane technology, ion exchange, electrodeionization, evaporation, biological processes, flocculation and precipitation, disinfection and filtration.

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BWT AG Year ended 31.12

Sales Of WhichAqua Ecolife Technologies Aqua Systems Technologies Fuel Cell Membrane Technologies Profit

Overlook at Great Notch 150 Clove Road- 9th Floor Little Falls NJ 07424-2139 USA Tel: +1 973 890 7220 Fax: +1 973 890 7270 Web: www. cantelmedical.com

2002

2001

431.0

419.5

261.2 174.5 1.1 15.2

249.2 173.1 1.3 15.2

Healthcare company Cantel Medical Corp provides infection prevention and control products, specialized medical device reprocessing systems, water treatment systems, sterilants, diagnostic imaging and therapeutic medical equipment primarily focused on endoscopy, hollow fibre membrane filtration and separation technologies for medical and nonmedical applications, and, scientific instrumentation. Minntech Corp, which Cantel Medical acquired in September 2001, designs, develops, manufactures, markets and distributes disinfection/ sterilization reprocessing systems, sterilants and other products for renal dialysis, and, filtration and separation products for medical and nonmedical applications. Filtration and separation products include hemoo concentrators, hemofihers, gas and water filtration, and, disinfectants. Minntech's polysulfone hollow fibre technology is the core component of a wide range o f filter applications. In May 2000 Minntech introduced the FiberFlo Membrane Degassing System, a hollow fibre module and customized housing for the addition or removal of gasses from liquid streams.

Key Figures (US$ million)

Cantel Medical Corp Year ended 31.7

2003

2002

2001

129.3 Net Sales Of Which: Filtration and Separation Products 15.1 81.1 Cost of Sales 48.2 Gross Profit 7.9 Net Income 4.5 R&D Expenditures Of Which: Minntech

120.0

49.0

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7.5 Cuno Inc 400 Research Parkway Meriden CT 06450

USA

Tel: +1 203 237 5541 Fax: +1 203 238 8977 Web: www.cuno.com

Cuno Inc designs, manufactures and markets a broad line of filtration products for the separation, clarification and purification of fluids and gases. Proprietary products include depth filters and semi-permeable membrane filters that are sold in the potable water, healthcare and fluid processing markets. The company operates eight manufacturing facilities in the USA, Europe, Japan, Brazil and Australia, and has sales offices throughout the world. Cuno's membrane products are sold under the Zetapor, Microfluor, PolyPro, Zetabind, Electropor II, BevASSURE, MaxMedia, Synchro, Acro, A C / P H Lithowater and LifeASSURE brand names for applications in water purification for electronics, semiconductor manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, as well as residential use for drinking water. Cuno was the surname of the company founder, Charles Cuno, who began manufacturing a variety of products, primarily for automobiles, in 1912. From 1986 to 1996, Cuno was the Fluid Purification business of Commercial Intertech. In September 1996, Cuno Inc became a publicly listed company.

Key Figures (US$ million)

Cuno Inc Year ended 31.10

Sales Of Which: Potable Water Fluid Processing Healthcare Cost of Products Sold Net Income R&D Expenditures Capital Expenditures

2002

2001

2000

258.2

244.4

243.1

119.5 68.7 70.0 142.5 23.0 7.4 17.6

107.3 71.9 65.3 136.1 20.0 7.3 11.0

101.5 78.8 62.8 138.6 17.4 6.5 12.1

7.6 Domnick Hunter Group plc Founded in 1963, Domnick Hunter Group plc is an international group of companies focused on filtration, separation and purification products for a wide range of industries and applications.

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Durham Road Birtley DH3 2SF UK Tel: +44 191 4105121 Fax: +44 191 4104497 Web: w w w . domnickhunter.com

The group has trading subsidiaries and associates in 24 countries, 10 manufacturing plants and more than 1400 employees. Group operations are divided into two business segments: Industrial Operations and Process Operations. Industrial Operations serves the compressed air treatment product needs of all industries. A high proportion of Industrial Operations' turnover is filters and their consumable spares. Process Operations specializes in the manufacture and supply of filters for the clarification, stabilization and sterilization of liquids and gases mainly in the pharmaceutical, beverage, food and electronics industries, and also in laboratories. Process Operations also develops and manufactures a range of on-site gas generation equipment for the production of both nitrogen and hydrogen. Key Figures (s million) Domnick Hunter Group plc Year ended 31.12

Turnover Of Which: Industrial Operations Process Operations Cost of Sales Operating Profit Of Which: Industrial Operations Process Operations R&D Expenditures

Liquid Separations PO Box 1206

Midland

MI 48642-1206 USA Tel: +1 800 447 4369 Fax: +1 989 832 1465 Web: w w w . dow.com/liquidseps/

2002

2001

2000

123.0

120.0

103.0

93.5 29.4 72.6 11.7

93.1 26.9 71.6 10.5

10.3

8.1 3.6 5.6

7.3 3.2 5.3

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Dow Liquid Separations specializes in ion exchange resins, and, RO and NF membrane elements. The business serves all major water treatment markets, including industrial water treatment (primarily boiler feedwater), municipal potable water treatment, seawater desalination, ultrapure water production for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, and, commercial and home drinking water purification, as well as sweetener processing and selected other specialty applications. Dow's Liquid Separations business supplies two lines of products: DOWEX ion exchange resins, and, FILMTEC membranes. Customers are mainly original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of membrane or ion exchange water treatment systems, engineering companies that specialize in the design and installation of water treatment systems, water

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service companies, public and private water utilities, and water end-users including power generation plants and semiconductor manufacturers. Operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Co since 1985, The FilmTec Corp was established in 1977 with the introduction of the FT-30 RO membrane, the first commercially viable thin-film composite polyamide membrane for brackish water treatment. Today FilmTec manufactures a complete line of RO and NF membrane elements. Dow Liquid Separations has resin manufacturing plants in Stade, Germany; Fombio, Italy; and Midland, Michigan, USA; while FilmTec's manufacturing plant is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

7.8 Esco Technologies Inc 8888 Ladue Road, Suite 200 St Louis MO 63124-2056

USA

Tel: +1 314 213 7200 Fax: +1 314 213 7250 Web: www.

escotechnologies.com

Esco Technologies Inc supplies engineered filtration products to the process, health care and transportation markets worldwide. The company also markets proprietary, special purpose communications systems. The company operates in four business segments: Filtration/Fluid Flow; Communications; Test; and Other. Filtration/Fluid Flow includes Fihertek Inc, PTI Technologies Inc, PTI Advanced Filtration Inc, PTI Technologies Ltd, PTI SpA and Vacco Industries. Esco offers a broad range of filtration products used in the separation, purification and processing of liquids and gases. Engineered filtration products use membrane, precision screen and other technologies to protect critical processes and equipment from contaminants. Major applications include the removal of contaminants in fuel, lubrication and hydraulic systems, various health care applications, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical applications, food and beverage processing, potable water, semiconductor processes and oil production. On July 31 2003 Esco announced that it had decided to sell its MF and separations businesses. These businesses include PTI Advanced Filtration, which manufactures high performance membrane elements and is located in Oxnard, California; PTI Technologies, based in Sheffield, UK, and PTI, located in Milan, Italy.

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Esco Technologies Inc Year ended 30.9

Net Sales Of Which: Filtration/Fluid Flow Cost of Sales EBIT Of Which: Filtration/Fluid Flow Net Earnings R&D Expenditures Capital Expenditures Of Which: Filtration/Fluid Flow

1600 O'Keefe Road Hudson Wl 54016 USA Tel: +1 715 386 9371 Fax: +1 715 386 9376

2002

2001

2000

367.5

344.9

300.2

192.5 248.5 34.9

188.2 236.6 27.4

181.7 208.3 -

13.1 21.8 21.1 13.2

11.5 30.1 15.0 11.9

12.4 16.8 10.1 10.4

11.1

9.4

9.0

GEA Filtration specializes in cross-flow membrane filtration, with RO, NF, UF and MF as core technologies. The business is part of GEA, an international process engineering group within MG Technologies AG. Formed in July 2001, GEA Filtration combines the membrane filtration expertise from a number of GEA companies, such as Niro, Tuchenhagen, Scami Tuchenhagen and Westfalia Separator Co, under one umbrella. GEA Filtration supplies its membrane filtration process technology and systems to a variety of industries, including dairy, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, as well as related wastewater applications. The business provides customized membrane filtration plants, as well as complete process lines.

Application centres in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Denmark provide pilot trials and application development, system scaleup, project engineering, process integration, fabrication, installation and start-up, service, and, membrane replacement. The Membrane Filtration Center of Excellence, located in Hudson, Wisconsin, USA, is responsible for developing new applications and processes. The company has recently undergone a major reorganization to allow it to focus more strongly on the European market.

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GEA AG Year ended 30.9

Sales Of Which: Liquid Processing Earnings before Tax Net Income No of Employees Of Which: Liquid Processing

2002

2001

2379

2392

296.0 174.0 92.7 13 304

324.3 159.9 64.8 13 503

1281

1379

7.10 GE Osmonics 5951 Clearwater Drive Minnetonka MN 55343-8995 USA Tel: +1 952 933 2277 Fax: +1 952 933 0141 Web: www.gewater.com

GE Water Technologies, a subsidiary of US-based manufacturing giant General Electric (GE) Co, brings together GE Betz, GE Osmonics and GE Glegg. In February 2003 GE Specialty Materials completed its acquisition of Osmonics Inc, a global manufacturer and marketer of high-technology water purification, filtration and water handling systems based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA. GE Osmonics, with operations at eight locations in the USA, France and Thailand and 2001 sales of US$207 million, joined GE Betz within GE Specialty Materials' water and process technologies business, creating a US$1.4 billion business with more than 5400 employees worldwide. The GE Osmonics brand offers a complete line of RO, NF, UF and MF membranes and a variety of specialty and microfibre filtration products. In addition to providing complete engineered water treatment systems, the business also offers components such as instruments, pumps, valves and controls for commercial, industrial and household water treatment USC.

GE Osmonics' Filtration and Separations Group supplies filtration and separation products for customers in the beverage, municipal drinking water, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, bioengineering, bottled vvater, laboratory, power generation, food and dairy processing, general industry, electronics manufacturing, acid recovery, wastewater treatment, desalination, petroleum and gas extraction, car wash and wine production businesses. The Process Water Group offers standard and customdesigned RO water purification systems and components for the

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beverage, municipal, pharmaceutical, medical (dialysis), power generation, general industrial and controller/instrument segments. The Household Water Group provides point-of-use filtration and control valve products for residential and commercial markets.

555 Papermill Road Newark DE 19711 USA Tel: + 1 410 506 7787 Web: www.gore.com

WL Gore & Associates Inc is a privately held company with worldwide sales of US$1.2 billion. Founded in 1958, in Newark, Delaware, USA, by Bill and Genevieve Gore, the company's proprietary polymer polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) technologies have resulted in numerous products for electronic signal transmission, fabrics, laminates and medical implants, as well as membrane, filtration, sealant, and fibres technologies for diverse industries. Approximately 6000 associates work in more than 45 plants and sales location worldwide. Sales and customer service sites are located in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the USA. Manufacturing operations are clustered in the USA, Germany, Scotland, Japan and China. For more than 40 years, WL Gore has been a world leader in the development of membranes and laminates for thousands of products for high-volume, cost-sensitive markets. WL Gore & Associates was ranked in the top 200 of the Forbes Top 500 privately held companies for 2002.

22 Rodborough Road Frenchs Forest NSW 2086 Australia Tel: +61 2 8977 9000 Fax: +61 2 8977 9099 Web: www.gradipore.com

Gradipore Ltd is a global biotechnology company that researches, develops, manufactures and markets separation and haematological technologies for the life science R&D market. The company has three primary business streams: Gradiflow; Gels; and, Diagnostics. Gradipore's core separations technology platform, Gradiflow, is a membrane-based process for biological separations and has a wide range

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of applications in research, scientific and commercial environments including blood purification and biological drug manufacturing. Gradiflow is used in conjunction with the company's line of pre-cast gels. The Diagnostics Division produces diagnostic tests for haematological applications, and is also responsible for overseeing the application of the Gradiflow technology to diagnostic protein separations. Gradipore operates from two primary locations" a state-of-the-art scientific, administrative and manufacturing facility in Sydney, Australia, and a newly established scientific research and office facility in New York, USA.

Key Figures (AS million)

Gradipore Ltd Year ended 30.6

Total Revenue Of Which: Life Science Separations Diagnostics Commercial Separations R& D Profit/(Loss) from Ordinary Activities Of Which: Life Science Separations Diagnostics Commercial Separations

2003

2002

6.9

5.4

1.0 3.1 1.5 5.7 (16.7)

0.6 2.5 0.9 7.6 (18.5)

(3.0) 1.9 (0.5)

(2.8) 1.5 (0.8)

7.13 H20 Innovation (2000) Inc 420 boulevard Charest Est Suite 240 Qudbec Canada G 1K 8M4 Tel: +1 418 688 0170 Fax: +1 418 688 9259 Web: www. h2oinnovation.com

H20 Innovation (2000) Inc designs, develops and markets a package of products and services for the treatment of drinking water and wastewater using membrane filtration systems, biological procedures and physical treatment alternatives that are environmentally friendly. Through a series of acquisitions, the company has developed two complementary technological platforms" membranes, and, biological processes. H20 Innovation's water treatment portfolio serves the municipal, industrial, food, native communities and tourist sectors. With more than filtration, through Innovation works Engineering and

20 years of experience in the the October 2000 acquisition of closely with the University of Sigma Tau Technologies. In

field of membrane Darv-Eau Inc, H20 Victoria, Chadwick May 2002, H20

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Innovation had completed the acquisition of Groupe OxydH20 for C$1.1 million, a specialist in the design and manufacture of biological systems to treat wastewater. In March 2003, H20 Innovation signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Germany's UF hollow fibre membrane technology specialist Inge AG, allowing H 2 0 Innovation to become Inge's exclusive distributor in the Canadian water treatment market for a two year period.

Key Figures (C$ million)

H20 Innovation (2000)Inc Year ended 30.6

Sales

Cost of Goods Sold R&D Expenditures Net Profit/(Loss) for the Year

Flurstral~e 17 D-86926 Greifenberg Germany Tel: +49 8192 997 700 Fax: +49 8192 997 999

Web: www.inge.ag

2002

2001

3.4 2.5 0.2 (1.8)

4.0 3.1 0.2 (3.1)

An independent newcomer to the UF business, Inge AG manufactures membrane technology and modules for the processing of drinking water and wastewater treatment. Worldwide more than 6.4 million m s of water are purified annually by Inge UF membrane technology. In addition to the treatment of municipal drinking water, Inge membranes are also installed in hightechnology applications, such as aviation and aerospace equipment production, as well as in the food industry. Inge has its headquarters, as well as R&D and manufacturing facilities, at Greifenberg, near Munich, Germany. The company merged with S.Search BV through a stock swap transaction in June 2002. S.Search, located in Dedemsvaart, the Netherlands, will further advance the development of new membranes and membrane materials in the Netherlands, while the activities in Greifenberg will focus primarily on industry applications. S.Search in Almelo, the Netherlands, conducts most of the UF R&D work, with the focus on new membranes and membrane materials. In November 2002 Inge took steps to expand in the Chinese market by signing distribution contracts with Spring Membrane Technology in Nanjing, and, Beijing Landi Technology Co Ltd in Beijing.

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During 2002 RWE Venture Capital Fonds GmbH and Taprogge Group both invested in Inge as minority shareholders. At the time Inge said that the E3.5 million would be used primarily to establish the mass production of UF membranes and membrane modules at the new headquarters in Greifenberg.

65 Grove Street Watertown MA 02472-2882 USA Tel: +1 617 926 2500 Fax: +1 617 926 4304 Web: www.ionics.com

Ionics Inc operates worldwide supplying water and related activities and water treatment equipment using proprietary separations technologies and systems. Products and services are used by the company and/or its customers to: desalt brackish water and seawater; recycle and reclaim process water and wastewater; treat water in the home; manufacture and supply water treatment chemicals and ultrapure water; process food products; and, measure levels of waterborne contaminants and pollutants. Customers include industrial companies, consumers, municipalities and other governmental entities and utilities. Incorporated in 1948, Ionics pioneered the development of the ion exchange membrane and the electrodialysis process. Since then the company has expanded its separations technology portfolio to include a number of membrane and non-membrane-based separations processes such as electrodialysis reversal, RO, UF, MF, electrodeionization, electrolysis, ion exchange, ozonation, carbon adsorption, and thermal processes such as evaporation and crystallization. Ionics believes that it is the world's leading manufacturer of ion exchange membranes and of membrane-based systems for the desalination of water. Ionics has four business segments: Equipment Business Group; Ultrapure Water Group; Consumer Water Group; and, Instrument Business Group. The Equipment Business Group provides technologies, treatment systems and services for seawater desalination, surface water treatment, brackish water desalination, wastewater reuse and recycle, potable water and high purity water. The Ultrapure Water Group supplies equipment and other related products for specialized industrial users of ultrapure water, such as companies in the life sciences, chemical, microeiectronics and power industries. The company's Instrument Business Group designs and manufactures analytical instruments that serve the pharmaceutical, microelectronic,

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chemical, power generation, environmental, municipal water, food and beverage, and, medical research industries. During 2000, Ionics formed a joint venture with Toray Industries Inc and Mitsui & Co to manufacture and market RO membrane modules for the desalination of seawater and brackish water using Toray's proprietary manufacturing technology. Ionics has a 43% interest in the joint venture company, Toray Membrane America Inc (TMA). In 2001, TMA started manufacturing RO membrane modules in space leased from Ionics in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA.

Key Figures (US$ million)

Ionics Inc Year ended 31.12 Revenue

2002

2001

2000

335.4

466.7

474.6

154.4 102.4 38.7 27.7 12.2 4.8

161.6 133.6 123.7 26.6 21.2 44.7

162.1 156.4 108.0 28.4 19.7 (1.9)

Of Which:

Equipment Business Ultrapure Water Consumer Water

Instrument Business Affiliated Companies Net Income/(Loss)

7.16 ITT Fluid Technology .

10 Mountainview Road

Upper Saddle River NJ 07458 USA

Tel: +1 201 760 9800 Fax: +1 201 760 9692 Web: www.ittfluidtechnology. corn

PCI Membranes Laverstoke Mill

Whitchurch

Hampshire RG28 7NR

UK

Tel: +44 1256 896966 Fax: +44 1256 893835 Web: www.pcimem.com

110

In December 2002 ITT Industries Inc's ITT Fluid Technology moved into membranes with the acquisition of PCI Membranes from Thames Water plc. PCI Membranes added chlorination disinfection technology to the group through its Portacel division in Winchester, UK, while PCI's membrane technology was leveraged within ITT's Sanitaire division to develop both membrane bio-reactor and secondary effluent filtration products. PCI Membranes employs approximately 174 people in the UK at operations in Laverstoke, Swansea and Winchester. In the USA, the company has operations in Cincinnati, Ohio and Zelienople, Pennsylvania. Full-year revenues for 2002 were approximately US$26 million. As a unit of lTT Sanitaire, PCI Membranes operates through six business units" PCIoWater offers membrane systems; PCI Membrane Systems and PCI-Memtech specialize in liquid separations; PCI-Products manu-

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factures membranes and housings; Stella-Meta focuses on filtration systems while Portacel makes disinfection systems. Adding PCI Membranes to the ITT Industries portfolio complemented ITT Fluid Technology's pumps, mixers, aeration equipment and wastewater process systems. The acquisition also helped to reposition Sanitaire from a provider of products to a provider of total systems solutions to the municipal and industrial treatment markets. Prior to the acquisition Sanitaire specialized in diffused aeration systems, SBR technology and RO systems for municipal and industrial facilities. Product lines included Sanitaire, ABJ, Royce Technologies, Water Equipment Technologies, C'treat and Wettec.

850 Main Street Wilmington MA 01887-3388 USA Tel: +1 978 694 7000 Fax: +1 978 675 5208 Web: www.kochmembrane.c om

Koch Industries Inc provided the seed capital to establish Abcor Inc in 1963, to develop and commercialize processes and equipment based on separation and purification technologies originating with scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1977, Koch Industries acquired Abcor, changing its name to Koch Membrane Systems Inc in 1981. With annual sales of almost US$100 million, Koch Membrane Systems is the world's largest manufacturer of industrial scale UF equipment. In addition to UF and RO membranes and systems, the ISO 9001 certified company manufactures NF, MF and other advanced membrane products in a variety of configurations including hollow fibre, spiral and tubular shapes. The company sells equipment in a wide variety of markets, such as municipal drinking water, industrial wastewater, juice, dairy, wine, pulp and paper, automotive, pharmaceutical and biotech, and, sweeteners. Koch Membrane Systems has manufacturing plants at its headquarters in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA, and in San Diego, California, USA, as well as offices worldwide. During recent years, Koch Membrane Systems has grown through a series of acquisitions. The company acquired hollow fibre membrane and membrane systems manufacturer Romicon Inc in 1991 and Fluid Systems Corp, a pioneer in commercial RO and NF membrane products, in 1998. Koch Industries is ranked by Forbes magazine as the second largest privately held company in the USA.

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290 Concord Road Billerica MA 01821-3405 USA Tel: +1 978 715 4321 Fax: +1 978 715 1380

Web:

www.millipore.com

Millipore Corp is a multinational bioscience company that provides technologies, tools and services for the development and production of new therapeutic drugs. The company, headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, USA, serves the worldwide life science research, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Millipore employs 4310 people in seven manufacturing plants and more than 31 offices worldwide. Millipore was founded in 1954 when engineer Jack Bush purchased the fights to a newly developed membrane production process from his employer Lovell Chemical Co of Watertown, Massachusetts, USA. Since then Millipore has pioneered the use of membrane technology in hundreds of diverse applications. Through strategic acquisitions, international expansion and substantial R&D investments, the company has broadened its technology and market base. Millipore sells its p r o d u c t s - mainly based on membrane and chromatography technologies- into three markets: biotechnology, life science research, and, other bioscience. For the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, Millipore offers products for development, scale-up, production and quality assurance of therapeutics, as well as validation services. In life science research, Millipore offers products for drug discovery, proteomics, genomics, and general laboratory applications. In 2002, Millipore completed the spin-off of its former microelectronics business, Mykrolis Corp. Key Figures (US$ million)

Millipore Corp Year ended 31.12

Net Sales Cost of Sales Gross Profit Operating Income Net Income R&D Expenditures

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2001

2000

704.3 308.1 396.1 123.6 83.7 52.4

656.9 291.2 365.7 101.1 31.1 45.8

600.2 266.2 333.9 102.5 119.2 40.6

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129 Concord Road Billerica MA 01801 USA

Tel: +1 978 436 6500 Fax: +1 978 436 6732 Web: www.mykrolis.com

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Mykrolis develops, manufactures and sells liquid and gas delivery systems, components and consumables used to precisely measure, deliver, control and purify the process liquids, gases and chemicals, as well as the deionized water, photoresists and vacuum systems, that are used in semiconductor manufacturing. In addition, the company's products are used to manufacture a range of other products, such as flat panel displays, high purity chemicals, photoresists, solar cells, gas lasers, optical and magnetic storage devices, and, fibre optic cables. Mykrolis is the former Microelectronics Division of Millipore Corp. Its headquarters are in Billerica, Massachusetts, USA, with the company employing approximately 840 people in three manufacturing plants and 17 offices around the world. In 2002, Mykrolis revenues reached US$178 million. The company's products include membrane and metal-based filters, housings, precision liquid dispense filtration pumps, resin-based gas purifiers and mass flow and pressure controllers. The products are used by customers in manufacturing operations to remove contaminants in liquid and gas processes, to purify liquids and gases, to measure and control flow rates and to control and monitor pressure and vacuum levels during the manufacturing process. Key Figures (US$ million)

Mykrolis Corp Year ended 31.12

Net Sales Cost of Sales Gross Profit R&D Expenditures Operating Income/(Loss) Net Income/(Loss)

2002

2001

2000

178.4 118.8 59.7 19.7 (33.0) (31.8)

215.3 137.6 77.7 19.8 (40.4) (67.6)

355.5 174.5 181.0 23.2 61.7 37.4

Founded in 1918 as Japan's first manufacturer of electrical insulation materials, Nitto Denko Corp now comprises 103 companies in three divisions: Industrial Products; Electronic Products; and, Functional Products.

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1-1-2 Shimohozumi Ibaraki Osaka 567-8680 Japan Tel: +81 72 622 2981 Fax: +81 72 626 1505 Web: www.nitto.com Hydranautics 401 Jones Road Oceanside CA 92054 USA Tel: +1 760 901 2500 Fax: +1 760 901 2578 Web: www.membranes.com

Functional Products' main activities include the production of highpolymer separation membrane modules for separating, refining and condensing water and chemicals. Nitto Denko markets three types of separation membranes (RO, UF and MF), with two types of module configurations (spiral-wound and capillary). During fiscal 2003, the company invested in expanding the polymer separation membranes production facilities at the Shiga plant in Japan and also started production of polymer separating membrane modules at a new plant in Shanghai, China. In membrane products, high-polymer separation membrane modules saw little growth in semiconductor applications, but results were boosted by a series of large seawater desalination plant orders, leading to an overall sector sales rise of 30%. Prompted by the sharp rise in its seawater desalination sales, the company is currently taking steps to put a more efficient system in place within the Nitto Denko group to deal with large project orders. This is being achieved primarily by closely coordinating operations between Hydranautics in the USA and Nitto Denko (Shanghai Songjiang) Co Ltd. Founded in 1963, Hydranautics entered the RO water treatment field in 1970 and was acquired by Nitto Denko in 1987. The company, which is ISO 9001 certified, has headquarters and a manufacturing facility in Oceanside, California, and is supported by a network of worldwide sales offices throughout the USA, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Hydranautics' membranes produce more than 4540 million litres per day of water for a variety of applications worldwide such as potable water, boiler feedwater, industrial process water, wastewater treatment, surface water treatment, seawater desalination, electronic rinse water, agricultural irrigation, and, pharmaceuticals.

Key Figures (u billion)

Nitto Denko Corp Year ended 31.3

Net Sales Of Which: Functional Products Operating Income Of Which: Functional Products Net Income R&D Expenditures No of Employees

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2002

2001

378.7

338.9

365.7

40.4 33.9

35.8 19.3

37.2 34.8

5.6 19.2 13.9 10 764

4.0 1.1 13.1 9510

15.9 12.4 9857

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7.21 Norit Nederland BV PO Box 105 3800 AC Amersfoort The Netherlands Tel: +31 33 4648911 Fax: +31 33 4617429 Web: www.norit.com Norit Membrane Technology BV PO Box 731 7500 AS Enschede The Netherlands Tel: +31 53 4287010 Fax: +31 53 4287011 Web:www.noritmt.com

Norit NV, founded in 1918, supplies purification solutions and turnkey projects for the water, and, food and beverage industries. Norit, which achieved 2002 sales of E249 million and a net profit of close to El4 million, has Ibur main product areas" Activated Carbon; Membranes; CO 2 and Quality Control; and, Valves. The Membranes product area includes X-Flow, Norit Membrane Technology and Filtrix. X-Flow manufactures and sells membranes and modules for filtration, separation, concentration and purification processes. The X-Flow membranes cover MF, UF, NF and RO, in capillary and tubular form. Norit Membrane Technology provides application and engineering support as well as complete installations. Fihrix specializes in the development and production of small- to medium-scale water purification concepts and products. Dutch energy company Nuon acquired Norit in December 2000 for E151 million. On October 16 2003, Nuon announced that it had reached a principal agreement to divest Norit NV to Dutch investors Gilde Investment Management and Euroland Investments for E152 million. The divestment is in line with Nuon's strategy, adopted in 2002, to concentrate on production, transport and supply of energy and related products and services in North West Europe.

2200 Northern Boulevard East Hills NY 11548-1289 USA Tel: + 1 516 484 5400 Fax: +1 516 484 3649 Web: www.pall.com

Pall Corp is one of the largest and most diverse companies in the filtration, separations and purification business. Incorporated in 1946, Pall is a leading supplier of fine filters and other fluid clarification and separations equipment for the removal of solid, liquid and gaseous contaminants from a wide variety of liquids and gases. The company's technology portfolio includes microporous polymeric membranes, fibrous media, porous metallic and ceramic media, and other proprietary purification materials. Pail's business is organized around two broad markets, life sciences and industrial. Together, these business areas serve customers in the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, transfusion medicine, semiconductors, municipal drinking water and aerospace sectors. Pail's BioPharmaceutical segment includes sales of separation systems and disposable filters primarily to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and laboratory companies. The General Industrial segment includes sales of Profile of the International Membrane Industry 115

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filters, coalescers and separation systems for hydraulic, lubrication systems on manufacturing equipment across many as well as to producers of oil, gas, electricity, chemicals, beverages, municipal and industrial water, and, paper. Water remains Pail's fastest growing business within this segment.

fuel and industries, food and processing

Its aerospace segment includes sales of filtration and fluid monitoring equipment to the aerospace industry for use on commercial and military aircraft, including hydraulic, lubrication and fuel filters, coalescers to remove water from fuel, filters to remove viruses from aircraft cabin air and filter monitoring systems. The company's microelectronics segment covers sales of disposable filtration products to producers of semiconductors, computer tern-finals, fibre optics, disc drives, thin film rigid discs and photographic film. In April 2002, Pall acquired USFilter Cow's Filtration and Separations Group from Vivendi Environnement for US$360 million, significantly expanding its presence in the industrial market and enhancing its library of proprietary materials and technologies with sophisticated offerings such as asymmetric membranes, selective adsorption, meh-blown media, nano-ceramic membranes and metallic fibre media.

Key Figures (US$ million)

Pall C o r p Year ended 1.8 (approx.)

2003

2002

2001

Net Sales Of Which:

1613.6

1290.8

1235.4

Medical

317.1 351.9 595.2 185.4 164.1 52.2 103.2

311.0 293.8 407.4 158.8 119.8 54.8 73.2

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BioPha rmaceuticals General Industrial Aerospace M icroelectronics

R&D Expenditures Net Earnings

Estuary Road King's Lynn PE30 2HS UK Tel: +44 1553 761111 Fax: +44 1553 764637 W e b : www.porvair.com

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56.1 118.0

Porvair plc is a materials science company with six operating businesses: Porvair Selee; Porvair Life Sciences; Porvair Ceramic Moulds; Porvair Filtration; Porvair Membranes; and, Porvair Fuel Cell Technologies. In terms of filtration, Porvair Selee's wide range of porous and microporous ceramic technologies serve the aluminium and other materials industries, while Porvair Life Sciences, Porvair Filtration Group

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Porvair Filtration Group Ltd Fareham Industrial Park Fareham PO16 8XG UK Tel: +44 1329 285616 Fax: +44 1329 822442

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and Porvair Ceramic Moulds are specialist MF businesses, active in both filtration and filtration media. Porvair Membranes makes textiles and leather both waterproof and breathable, while Porvair Fuel Cell Technology is a R&D operation that is developing several Porvair materials for fuel cell component and allied applications. The Porvair Filtration Group brings together four c o m p a n i e s Microfiltrex, Porvair Technology, Filters for Industry (2fi) and MF&T. Industries served include aerospace and defence, chemical process, pharmaceutical, polymer melt, food and beverage, medical, and, laboratory.

Key Figures (s million) Porvair plc

Year ended 30.11

Group Turnover

2002

2001

2000

68.3

71.5

64.6

Of Which: Metals Filtration

21.5

23.3

-

M icrofiltration

27.1

21.1

-

Membranes

19.1

27.5

-

Fuel Cells Operating Profit/(Loss)

0.8

0.4

-

(1.7)

2.5

-

Of Which: Metals Filtration M ic rofi It ratio n Membranes

Fuel Cells Profit/(Loss) for the Financial Year R&D Expenditures No of Employees Of Which: Metals Filtration Microfiltration Membranes Fuel Cells

Seegelkenkehre 4 D-21107 H a m b u r g Germany Tel: +49 40 374 95220 Fax: +49 40 374 95255 Web: www.rochem.de

(2.0)

1.2

-

2.2

2.0

-

-

0.5

1.5

(2.3)

(2.2)

-

(1.9) 5.9 799

(0.1) 5.2 822

1.5 2.2 -

190 340

212 333

-

224 38

244 24

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The Rochem group of companies was founded in 1973 to serve the needs of marine customers worldwide. Since then Rochem has opened offices in 55 countries for marine, industrial and wastewater clients. Rochem first entered the membrane separation business in 1982 by introducing RO systems for ships based on its G4 module, which was Profile of the International Membrane Industry

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licensed from the German research centre, GKSS. Today there are more than 1800 Rochem RO plant shipboard installations. Rochem RO Wasserbehandlung GmbH was set up to undertake an R&D program to produce a superior membrane module. In 1986, this project resulted in the Disc Tube (DT) Module Technology. In 1989, Rochem entered the industrial leachate (liquid toxic waste) treatment market for landfill locations. At the start of 1998, Pall Corp acquired the fight to market certain Rochem products including its DT technology. Pall established Pall Rochem Wassertechnik, headquartered in Hamburg, to promote and sell RO systems worldwide and Rochem continues to be Pail's agent for Disc Tube Systems in specific countries. Rochem established Rochem Ultrafiltrations Systeme GmbH in 1998 in Hamburg, Germany, to promote and sell its new membrane technologies that include modules for grey and black water systems, Spacer Tube modules for seawater desalination, and landfill leachate and industrial toxic waste water treatment.

Weender Landstrasse 94-108 D-37075 Goettingen

Germany Tel: +49 551 308-0 Fax: +49 551 308-3289 Web:

Founded in 1870, the Sartorius Group is an international process technology supplier headquartered in Goettingen, Germany. Organized into three divisions- Biotechnology, Mechatronics and Environmental Technology- Sartorius has its own production facilities in Europe, Asia and the USA, as well as subsidiaries and local representatives in more than 110 countries.

www.sartorius.com

The Biotechnology business segment focuses on filtration and separation applications, fermenters and proteomics, and includes a range of membrane adsorbers and membrane filters. Mechatronics covers products for measurement and automation technology in laboratory and industrial applications, while the Environmental Technology division is derived from Sartorius's core areas of expertise in weighing and separation technologies. Sartorius's key customers are from the pharmaceutical, chemical, and, food and beverage industries and from a large number of public sector research and educational institutes. The company's strategic goals include expanding its network of strategic partners, opening up new fields of growth in mechatronics and

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expanding its biotechnology portfolio in line with the biopharmaceutical process chain.

Key Figures (E million)

Sartorius Group Year ended 31.12

Sales Revenue Of Which: Biotechnology/Environ mental Technology Mechatronics Net Profit for the Period R&D Expenditures No of Employees

2002

2001

2000

476.5

449.3

414.1

254.6 221.9 4.0 23.0 3778

210.3 239.0 3.0 24.6 3719

0.9 25.5 3560

7.26 Seprotech Systems Inc 2378 Holly Lane Ottawa Ontario Canada KIV 7P1 Tel: + 1 613 523 1641 Fax: +1 613 731 0851

Web:

www.seprotech.com

Incorporated in 1985, Seprotech Systems Inc specializes in the application of cross-flow membrane separation technology including RO, NF, UF and MF. Other applied technologies employed by Seprotech include ion exchange, carbon absorption, electrodeionization, advanced oxidation, ultraviolet oxidation, metal precipitation, dissolved air flotation and multi-media filtration. Seprotech systems range from smaller capacity test units of 23 litres per hour to complete turnkey plant facilities. Following the acquisition of CMS Group Inc in September 2002, Seprotech now also manufactures and distributes rotating biological contractors for the industrial and domestic wastewater treatment market.

Key Figures (C$ million)

Seprotech Systems Inc Year ended 31.8

Sales Cost of Sales Operating Profit/(Loss) Net Profit/(Loss)

2002

2001

2000

0.8 0.6 (0.7) (0.7)

1.8 1.5 (0.7) (0.3)

1.6 (0.8) (0.8)

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Toray Bldg 2-1 NihonbashiMuromachi 2-chome Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-8666 Japan Tel: +81 3 3245 5111 Fax: +81 3 3245 5054 Web: www.

Toray Industries Inc is a diversified technology-focused chemicals group with six main areas of business: Fibres and Textiles; Plastics and Chemicals; IT-related Products; Housing and Engineering; Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products; and, New Products and Other Businesses.

The company's membrane activities lie within Housing and Engineering. Using hollow fibre membranes, RO membranes, and other high toray.co.jp/e/membrane/ performance membrane technologies, Toray is expanding its reach, moving into seawater desalination and water purification systems. The Toray membrane product line includes the RO membrane module Romembra, the Torayfil membrane filter module and the Torayvino household water purifier that combines hollow fibre membranes and activated carbon. Established in 1983 as a Swiss/Japanese joint venture, Switzerland-based Ropur AG offers both Ropur and Toray membrane products. Ropur products include RO and NF membranes for desalination, chemicals, pressure vessels, low-pressure membrane housings, system components and accessories. Toray Membrane America is a joint venture company formed in June 2000 by Toray Industries, Ionics Inc and Mistui & Co (USA). Manufacturing space is leased from Ionics in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA, where automated rolling equipment, designed by Toray Industries, is installed. Sales and marketing offices are located in San Diego, California, USA. Having acquired 20% of Suido Kiko Kaisha Ltd's outstanding stock in September 2002, Toray is confident that its range of high-performance membrane technologies and product development skills and Suido Kiko's sales network and experience of the public sector will produce further growth in the water treatment sector. For fiscal 2004, Toray says it will be working worldwide to promote its membrane products for seawater desalination systems and water- and sewage-treatment systems.

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Key Figures (u billion)

Toray Industries Inc Year ended 31.3

Sales Of Which: Housing and Engineering Operating Income Of Which: Housing and Engineering Net Income R&D Expenditures No of Employees

2003

2002

2001

1033.0

1015.7

1075.4

118.8 33.0

105.2 18.8

124.1 51.2

0.8 5.8 35.7 33 791

0.6 3.8 37.2 34 910

0.0 16.9 38.8 35 686

7.28 Veolia Environnement 36-38 avenue Kleber F-75116 Paris France Tel: +33 1 71 75 0000 Web: www.veoliaenvironnem ent.com

Veolia Environnement, formerly Vivendi Environnement, was spun-off from media group Vivendi Universal in 2002. The business has four divisions: Water (Veolia Water), Waste Management (Onyx), Energy Services (Dalkia) and Transportation (Connex). Veolia Water designs, manuf~actures and supplies water treatment equipment, systems and facilities, as well as providing outsourcing services in water and wastewater. USFilter, which was acquired in 1999 for almost US$8.5 billion including debt, provides RO, NF, UF and MF membrane systems for water treatment, wastewater treatment and desalinisation. USFiher's R&D budget exceeds US$50 million per year and the business has more than 3700 technology patents, one of the largest portfolios in the water industry. In terms of water and wastewater treatment services, USFiher designs, builds, equips, operates and finances water and wastewater treatment facilities, systems and assets for municipalities and industries. The company also provides process water services, recovery services and hydrocarbon services, and carbon supply and regeneration. Through more than 40 product and technology centres, including the Envirex, Memcor, Wallace & Tiernan and Davis brands, USFilter offers water and wastewater treatment systems for raw water, process water, wastewater, drinking water and groundwater. USFiher's consumer and commercial water treatment group provides

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quality water through its Culligan, Everpure and Hydrotech lines of products and services. In September 2003 Veolia Environnement announced that it intended to sell most of the businesses in its subsidiary USFiher to reduce its US$13 billion debt load. Veolia Environnement will sell USFiher's Consumer & Commercial business and its combined Systems and Services & Products business, but will retain the Operating Services and Engineering & Construction division, which it says is more aligned with its core business of long-term service contracts with municipalities and industries. USFiher's Consumer & Commercial division comprises Culligan and Everpure, which operate in the residential and commercial water treatment sectors and have annual sales of more than US$740 million. The USFiher Systems and Services & Products business is the largest water and wastewater treatment equipment and associated services company in the world, with annual revenues of US$1.2 billion, and an installed base of thousands of installations. The retained Operating Services and Engineering & Construction business has the leading share of both the municipal and industrial outsourcing markets (more than 40% market share), according to industry newsletter Public Works Financing. Annual revenues exceed US$600 million. The company estimates that it could take up to a year to find a buyer. The sale of the U SFiher assets continues efforts to reverse a costly series of acquisitions undertaken by former Vivendi Universal chief Jean-Marie Messier. Veolia Environnement has already raised about ~2 billion from the sale of USFiher assets, such as housing and filter maker Plymouth in 2002 and the abrasives manufacturer Surface Preparation in July 2003. In October 2003 The American Water Works Research Foundation and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted US$350 000 in funding for a two-year study on natural organic matter fouling of lowpressure membrane systems that use MF and UF. Members of USFiher's North American Technology Center, CH2M-HilI, the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Colorado and the University of Poitiers in France will conduct the study.

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Key Figures ((; million)

Vivendi Environnement Year ended 31.12

Revenue Of Which: Water Cost of Sales EBIT Of Which: Water Net Income/(Loss) No of Employees Of Which: Water

Whatman House St Leonard's Road 20/20 Maidstone Kent ME 16 0LS UK Tel: +44 1622 676670 Fax: +44 1622 677011 Web: www.whatman.com

2002

2001

2000

30 078.7

29 126.7

26 262.5

13 294 24 638.1 1971

13 641 23 550.9 2013

21 107.0 1650

1024 339.2 302 000

1090 (2251.2) 295 000

614.8 269 000

77 600

-

-

Whatman plc's main focus is the development, manufacture and marketing of separations technology products that are used by laboratories for industrial, heahhcare and environment uses. High performance membranes have been acquired during the last decade and Whatman has invested significantly in membrane technology. However, Whatman admits that while the company has sustained its technical edge with these products, it has failed to market them actively. The company is now beginning to exploit a number of large potential applications and sales opportunities around the world and continues to build market share, reporting particularly strong growth in the diagnostic market. Whatman says that membranes are one of the areas in which the company has potentially superior technology and that it will continue to invest in its membrane technology in the future.

Key Figures (s million)

Whatman plc Year ended 31.12

Turnover Of Which: Filtration and Separation Biotechnology Operating Profit/(Loss) Of Which: Filtration and Separation Biotechnology

2002

2001

2000

87.3

90.4

98.7

66.7 19.3 (22.1)

67.1 23.0 (5.0)

65.4 19.7 12.5

2.8 (18.3)

4.3 (5.3)

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3239 Dundas Street West Oakville Ontario L6M 4B2 Canada Tel: +1 905 465 3030 Fax: +1 905 465 3050 Web: w w w . z e n o n . c o m

Andrew Benedek founded Zenon Environmental in 1980 with a vision that membrane technology would be the solution needed to overcome water shortages worldwide. Today, Zenon specializes in immersed membrane technology, and has thousands of membrane installations in more than 40 countries. Zenon's customers include municipalities, industries, government agencies, land developers and ship owners. The company has 17 offices in 11 countries, including North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. At the heart of Zenon's business is the ZeeWeed membrane. Developed by Zenon in the early 1990s, ZeeWeed uses gentle suction rather than applied pressure to filter water. ZeeWeed was initially created to treat industrial wastewater before moving into municipal drinking water applications in 1996. Today, Zenon has more than 300 ZeeWeed plants worldwide and has engineered a complete family of membrane products for water treatment applications. Membrane technology development and production are managed globally from the head office in Oakville, Canada. The company has two membrane manufacturing plants: one in Burlington, Canada, and the other in Oroszlfiny, Hungary, the latter having been brought online at the end of 2002. During 2002, Zenon recorded revenues of C$1.2 million related to distribution agreements that allow distributors to assemble water and wastewater treatment systems using the company's proprietary immersed membrane technology. Zenon received the 2003 Stockholm Industry Water Award for its commitment to creating technologies that help to solve global water problems.

Key Figures (C$ million)

Zenon Environmental Inc Year ended 31.12

Revenue Of Which: Technology, Membranes and Corporate Systems Cost of Sales and Services Gross Profit Net Income R&D Expenditures No of Employees Of Which: R&D

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2001

2000

145.9

124.7

84.5

2.0 143.9 94.2 51.7 6.4 8.2 859

0.2 124.5 76.8 47.9 4.6 6.9 634

1.9 82.6 56.4 28.1 2.9 6.9 501

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A2 Water Process Solutions Address: PO Box 237, Gregory, TX 78359, USA Tel: +1 361 777 3234 Fax: +1 361 777 0644 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.a2water.com Managing Director: Brad Simmons Marketing Director: Wayne Odegard Production Director: Fran Cotter Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes AAF International Address: 10300 Ormsby Park Place, Suite 600, Louisville, KY 40223, USA Tel: + 1 502 637 0011 Fax: +1 502 637 0321 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.aafintl.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes ACS Filtertechniek BV Address" Berenkoog 67 Alkmaar, Velbert NL-1822 BN, the Netherlands Tel: +31 72 567 5500 Fax: +31 72 562 3892 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.acsfihers.com Membrane Processes: Gas Separation ACWa Services Ltd Address" Keighley Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 2UE, UK Tel: +44 1756 794794 Fax: +44 1756 790898 E-mail" [email protected] Web: www.acwa.co.uk

Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

Advantec MFS Inc Address: 6723 Sierra Court, Ste A, Dublin, CA 94568, USA Tel: +1 925 479 0625 Fax: +1 925 479 0630 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.advantecmfs.com Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment AirFilt Filtertechnik GmbH Address: VennstrafJe 5, Selfkant D-52538, Germany Tel: +49 2456 504250 Fax: +49 2456 504252 Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Alamo Water Refiners Inc Address: 28W005 Industrial Avenue, Barrington, IL 60010, USA Tel: +1 847 382 7810 Fax: +1 847 382 5814 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.alamowater.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofiltration,

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Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

Alan Cobham Engineering Ltd Address: Holland Way, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7B], UK Tel: +44 1258 486600 Fax: +44 1258 486601 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.alancobham.co.uk Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Gas Separation, Pervaporation

Albany International Corp Address: PO Box 1907, Albany, NY 12201, USA Tel: + 1 518 445 2200 Fax: + 1 518 447 6530 Web: www.albint.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes

Allied Filter S y s t e m s Ltd Address: Huntsman Drive, Northbank Industrial Park, Irlam, Manchester M44 5EG, UK Tel: +44 161 777 9500 Fax: +44 161 777 9176 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.alliedfilter.co.uk Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfihration

Allied Filter Systems Ltd Address: Huntsman Drive, Northbank Industrial Park, Irlam, Manchester M44 5EG, UK Tel: +44 161 777 9505 Fax: +44 161 777 9506 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.alliedfiherco.uk Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfihration

Alderley S y s t e m s Lid

Alpma Hain & Co KG

Address: Kingfisher House, Arnolds Field Estate, Wotton-under-Edge, The Downs, Gloucestershire GL12 8JD, UK Tel: +44 1454 294 556 Fax: +44 1454 299 272 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.alderleygroup.co.uk Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

Address: Postfach 20, Alpenlandstrage 39/41, Rott am Inn D-83543, Germany Tel: +49 8039 401 0 Fax: +49 8039 401201 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.alpma.de Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Uhrafiltration, Uhrafiltration Equipment

Alfa Laval Nakskov A/S Address: Stavangervej I0, Nakskov 4900, Denmark Tel: +45 7020 4900 Fax: +45 7020 4910 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.alfalaval.com Managing Director: Nick Corner-Walker Marketing: Susanne Hoist Production: Knud Verner Larsen Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Ultrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment

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Amafilter BV Address: Kwakelkade 28, PO Box 396, Alkmaar NL- 1800 AJ, the Netherlands Tel: +31 72 527 3400 Fax: +31 72 512 5207 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.amafiher.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Equipment, Uhrafihration Equipment

Amazon Filters Ltd Address: Albany Park Estate, Frimley Rd, Camberley, Surrey GU16 7PG, UK

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Tel: +44 1276 670600 Fax: +44 1276 670101 E-mail: [email protected] Web: ww~:amazonfihers.co.uk Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfiltration

American Water Technologies

Address: 119/6 Val Dervin Parkway, Stockton, CA 95206, USA Tel: +1 209 983 9800 Fax: +1 209 982 9800 Membrane Filters: Nanofiltration Equipment

Americleer Corp Address: 3101 SW 34th Avenue, Suite 905/488, Ocala, FL 34474, USA Tel: +1 904 622 8772 Fax: +1 904 622 1290 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration, Uhrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

Ameridia, Division of Eurodia Industrie Address: 20 F Worlds Fair Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA Tel: +1 732 805 4003 Fax: +1 732 805 4008 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ameridia.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), Polysulphone Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafihration, Ultrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Electrodialysis

Amersham Biosciences Corp Address: 800 Centennial Avenue, PO Box 1327, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1327, USA Tel: +1 732 457 8000 Fax: +1 732 457 0557

AML Industries Inc Address: 3500 Davisville Road, Hatboro, PA

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19040, USA Tel: + 1 215 674 2424 Fax: +1 215 674 3252 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.lavincentrifuge.com Marketing Director: Myrna Lavin Production Director: Edwin Clauser Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment

Anderson Separator Address: 16633 Foltz Industrial Parkway, Strongsville, OH 44149, USA Tel: +l 440 572 1500 Fax: +1 440 238 8828 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.clark-reliance.com Production Director: Greg Davison Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

Applied Membranes Inc Address: 2325 Cousteau Ct, Vista, CA 92081, USA Tel: +1 760 727 3711 Fax: +1 760 727 4427 Web: www.appliedmembranes.com APV Solutions and Services Address: 395 Fillmore Avenue, Tonawanda, NY 14150, USA Tel: +1 716 692 3000 Fax: +1 716 692 1715 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.apv.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), Polysulphone Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Permeation

Aquamarijn Micro Filtration BV Address: Berkelkade 11, 7201 JE Zutphen, the Netherlands Tel: +31 575 519751

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Fax: +31 84 8823204 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment

Aquatech International Corp Address: One Four Coins Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, USA Tel: +1 724 746 5300 Fax: +1 724 746 5359 Web: www.aquatech.com

Arboga-Darenth Ltd Address: Darenth Works Ray Lamb Way, Erith, Kent DA8 2LA, UK Tel: +44 1322 341 451 Fax: +44 1322 331 226 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.arbogadarenth.com Managing Director: Hfikan Brfitegren Marketing Director: Darren Barter Production Director: Jeff Blackie Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Ultrafihration, Ultrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Dialysis

Asahi Kasei Corp, Industrial Membranes Division Address: Hibiya Mitsui Building, 1-1-2, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8440, Japan Tel: +81 3 3507 2682 Fax: +81 3 3508 1474 Web: www.asahikasei. co.jp/mem brane/en glish/index, html Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), Polysulphone Membranes Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Ultrafihration, Ultrafiltration Equipment

Atech Innovations GmbH Address: Am Wiesenbusch 26, Gladbeck D-45966, Germany Tel: +49 2043 94 34 0 Fax: +49 2043 94 34 34 E-mail: info@atech- innovations.com Web: www.atech-innovations.com

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Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Membrane Bioreactors, Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafihration, Ultrafiltration Equipment

Atkins Fulford Ltd Address: Farthing Road Industrial Estate, Ipswich IP1 5AP, UK Tel: +44 1473 242900 Fax: +44 1473 242929 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www. atkinsful ford. co. uk Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

Barnebey & Sutcliffe Corp Address: PO Box 2526, Columbus, OH 43216, USA Tel: + 1 614 258 9501 Fax: +1 614 258 3464 E-mail: [email protected] Web" www.bscarbons.com Membrane Filters: Uhrafihration Equipment

Bedford Steer End & Co Ltd Address: Eurolink House, Lea Green Road, St Helens, Merseyside WA9 4JD, UK Tel: +44 1744 820660 Fax: +44 1744 817782 Membrane Media: Metal Membranes

Berghof Filtrations- und Anlagentechnik GmbH & Co KG Address: HarretstrafJe I, Eningen D-72800, Germany Tel: +49 71 21 8940 Fax: +49 71 21 894 200 E-mail: [email protected] Web: ~avw.berghof.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Electrodialysis

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Berkefeld-Filter Anlagenbau GmbH Address: PO Box 3202, Lueckenweg 5, Celle D-29232, Germany Tel: +49 5141 8030 Fax: +49 5141 803100 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sterling- berkefeld.com Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafihration, Uhrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Electrodialysis

Betex A/S Address: Lonaveien, PO Box 147, StraumeBergen N-5353, Norway Tel: +47 56 331068 Fax: +47 56 331141 Web: www.betex.no Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment

BFPS nv (Bekaert Fibre Processing Systems)

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Web: www.dechema.de Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment

Biotek Systems Lid Address: PO Box 222, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 6EE, UK Tel: +44 1284 728150 Fax: +44 1284 728155 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment

Bokela Ingerieurgesellschaft for Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik mbH Address: Gottesauer Straf~e 28, Karlsruhe D- 76131, Germany Tel: +49 721 9 64 560 Fax: +49 721 9 64 5610 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.bokela.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment

Address: Kouterstraat 8, Wevelgem B-8560, Belgium Tel: +32 56 43 90 90 Fax: +32 56 43 90 99 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.bekaert.com/BAF Membrane Media: Metal Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration

Brautek Ltd Address: PO Box 222, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 6EE, UK Tel: +44 1284 728150 Fax: +44 1284 728155 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Uhrafiltration

BHA Group GmbH

Address: Sophienstraf,e 52/54, Wetzlar D-35573, Germany Tel: +49 6441 4901 Fax: +49 6441 491372 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.buderus.de Membrane Filters: Uhrafihration Equipment

Address: Filtrastraf~e 5-7, Ahlen D-59227, Germany Tel: +49 2528 300 Fax: +49 2528 30100 E-maih [email protected] Web: www.bha.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

BHS Werk Sonthofen Address: Hans Bockler Straf,e 7, Sonthofen D-87527, Germany Tel: +49 8321 802 0 Fax: +49 8321 802320

Buderus Guss GmbH

BWF Textil GmbH & Co KG Address: Environmental Technology Division, BahnhofstrafJe 20, Offingen D-89362, Germany Tel: +49 8224 71 0 Fax: +49 8224 71 2144 E-mail: [email protected]

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Web: ~avw.bwf-group.de Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

Campbell Manufacturing Inc Address: Spring & Railroad Streets, Bechtelsville, PA 19505-0207, USA Tel: +1 610 367 2107 Fax: +1 610 369 3580 E-mail: [email protected] Web: w~v.campbeUmfg.com Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis

Cardev International Address: Unit F, Ripon Way, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 2AU, UK Tel: +44 1423 522911 Fax: +44 1423 530043 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cardev.com Membrane Filters: Ultrafiltration Equipment

Carlisle Process Systems BV Address: Wetterwille 7, Gorredijk 8401 GB, the Netherlands Tel: +31 513 467 777 Fax: +31 513 467 770 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cpspowder.com Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofihration, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafihration Membrane Processes: Desalination Carlson Filtration Lid Address: Butts Mill, Barnoldswick BB 18 5HP, UK Tel: +44 1282 811000 Fax: +44 1282 811001 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.carlson.co.uk Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment

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CeraMem Corp Address: 12 Clematis Avenue, Waltham, MA 02453, USA Tel: + 1 781 899 4495 Fax: +1 781 899 6478 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ceramem.com Managing Director: Robert Goldsmith Marketing Director: Bruce Bishop Production Director: Jeremy Cardin Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Membrane Bioreactors, Microfiltration, Nanofihration, Ultrafihration Membrane Processes: Gas Separation, Pervaporation

Chemitreat Private Ltd Address: 28 Tuas Avenue 8, Singapore 2263 Tel: +65 8613603 Fax: +65 8613853 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Nanofihration Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

Christ AG Address: Hauptstrat~e 192, Postfach130, Aesch CH-4147, Switzerland Tel: +41 61 755 8111 Fax: +41 61 751 4485 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.christ.ch Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Distillation, Electrodialysis

Christ Kennicott Water Technology Ltd Address: Well Lane, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV11 1XR, UK Tel: +44 1902 721212 Fax: +44 1902 867310 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.christwt.co.uk Managing Director: Bob Hook Marketing Director: Steve Willis Production Director: Mike Lyon

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Membrane Filters: Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration Membrane Processes: Desalination, Electrodialysis

Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Uhrafihration

Classic Filters Ltd

Address: No 35 Kowa Building, 3rd Floor 14-14 Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107, Japan Tel: +81 3 3586 1996 Fax: +81 3 3586 1291 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment

Address: Sextant Park, Neptune Close, Rochester, Kent ME2 4LU, UK Tel: +44 1634 724224 Fax: +44 1634 724234 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.classicfihers.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

Cole-Parmer Instrument Co

Corning Costar Japan

CorningCostar GmbH

Address: 625 East Bunker Court, Vernon Hills, IL 60061-1844, USA Tel: + 1 847 549 7600 Fax: +1 847 247 2929 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Uhrafiltration Membrane Processes: Dialysis

Address: Am Kiimmerling 21/25, Bodenheim D- 55294, Germany Tel: +49 6135 92150 Fax: +49 6135 5148 Membrane Media: Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment

Consept Solutions Ltd

Costar Europe Ltd

Address: Adelphi Mill, Grimshaw Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 5JB, UK Tel: +44 1625 575182 Fax: +44 1625 575350 Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Uhrafihration Equipment

Address: Sloterweg 305, Badhoevedorp NL- 1171 VC, the Netherlands Tel: +31 20 659 6051 Fax: +31 20 659 7673 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment

Contamination Control Technologies Ltd Address: PO Box 14-641, Auckland 6, New Zealand Tel: +64 9 570 9135 Fax: +64 9 527 7654 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.contam.co.nz Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Desalination

Coming Costar Corp Address: 1 Alevife Ctr, Cambridge, MA 021402327, USA Tel: + 1 617 868 6200 Fax: +1 617 876 0210

Costar Italia Srl Address: Via Don Luigi Sturzo 10, Concorezzo (MI) 1-20049, Italy Tel: +39 039 604 2148 Fax: +39 039 604 2169 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment

Costar UK Ltd Address: 10 The Valley Centre, Gordon Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP13 6EQ, UK Tel: +44 1494 471207

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Fax: +44 1494 464891 Membrane Media: Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes

Membrane Filters: Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Desalination

CP Environmental Filters Inc

Culligan International (UK) Ltd

Address: 1336 Enterprise Drive, Romeoville, IL 60446, USA Tel: +1 630 759 8866 Fax: +1 630 759 7065 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cpef.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

Address: Bay Hall, Miln Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 5EJ, UK Tel: +44 1484 512537 Fax: +44 1484 513597 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis

CPM Carl Prandtl GmbH Microfiltration

Address: Unit 3, Blenheim Road, Cressex Business Park, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 3RS, UK Tel: +44 1494 436484 Fax: +44 1494 523833 Membrane Filters: Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Desalination

Address: Friedrich-Jahnstr 19a, Bruckmuhl D-83052, Germany Tel: +49 8062 8072 0 Fax: +49 8062 8072 00 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cpm-prandtl.de Membrane Media: Metal Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfiltration

Crosible Inc Address: 87 West Cayuga Street, Moravia, NY 13118, USA Tel: + 1 315 497 2960 Fax: + 1 315 497 0324 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.crosible.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

Culligan Espana SA Address: Parc A E 'Cant Sant Joan', Rubi (Barcelona) E-08191, Spain Tel: +34 93 565 3300 Fax: +34 93 565 3309 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Desalination

Culligan International Address: One Culligan Parkway, Northbrook, IL 60062-6209, USA Tel: +l 847 205 6000 Fax: +1 847 205 6030 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.culligan.com

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Culligan Italiana SpA Address: Via Gandolfi 6, Cadriano Di Granarolo, Emilia, Bologna 1-40057, Italy Tel: +39 051 601 7111 Fax: +39 051 601 7215 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Desalination

Cuno Europe SA Address: Chemin du Contre-Halage, Les Attaques F-62730, France Tel: +33 3 21 46 02 00 Fax: +33 3 21 46 02 58 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cuno.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment

Cuno GmbH Address: Wilhelm-Theodor-R6mheld-Straf~e 32, Mainz D-55130, Germany Tel: +49 6131 984420 Fax: +49 6131 9844222 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cuno.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration

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Cuno Inc Address: 400 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450, USA Tel: +1 203 237 5541 Fax: +1 203 238 8977 Web: www.cuno.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

Cycron Corp Address: PO Box 2091, Gardena, CA 902470091, USA Tel: +1 310 631 5900 Fax: +1 310 631 5990 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cycron.com Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis

DCE lberica, Sistemas de FUtracion SL Address: Donaldson Industrial Filtration Solutions Group, Gran Via Carlos III 93, Barcelona 08028, Spain Tel: +34 933 394 266 Fax: +34 933 395 340 E-mail: [email protected] Web: ww~:donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration

Degremont Ltd Address: Houghton Hall Park, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 5TD, UK Tel: +44 1582 631111 Fax: +44 1582 631100 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Ultrafihration Equipment

Delta Engineering BV Address: PO Box 227, Vlaardingen NL-3130 AE, the Netherlands Tel: +31 10 4600 000 Fax: +31 10 4600 898 Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Ultrafihration Equipment

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Deomed Ltd Address: 19/48 Richards Drive, Midrand, PO Box 3584, Halfway House 1685, South Africa Tel: +27 11 315 3224 Fax: +27 11 315 3243 Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Microfiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Ultrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis

Desal Europe Address: Hauptstraf~e 8 / 3 1 , Aarau/Wrschnau CH- 5012, Switzerland Tel: +41 62 849 7555 Fax: +41 62 849 7569 Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafihration

Desalination Systems Inc Address: 760 Shadowridge Drive, Vista, CA 92083-7986, USA Tel: +1 619 598 3334 Fax: +1 619 598 3335 Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Nanofiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafihration

Dominique Dutscher SA Address: 30 Rue de l'Industrie, BP 62, Brumath 67172, France Tel: +33 3 8859 3390 Fax: +33 3 8859 3399 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.dutscher.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment

Domnick Hunter France SA Address: 1117 avenue E Herriot, BP279, Villefranche s/Saone 69659, France Tel: +33 4 7462 3451 Fax: +33 4 7462 3544 Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration

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Domnick Hunter GmbH Address: Karl-Arnold-Str 13, Willich-Munchheide II D-47877, Germany Tel: +49 2154 48100 Fax: +49 2154 481010 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.domnickh.co.uk Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Ultrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Domnick Hunter Iberica Address: De La Casa Nova 5, 0 8 1 7 0 - Montornes Del Valles, Spain Tel: +34 93 572 0050 Fax: +34 93 572 1585 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.domnickh.co.uk Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment Domnick Hunter Inc Address: 5900 N Northwoods Parkway Suite B, Charlotte, NC 28269, USA Tel: +1 704 921 9393 Fax: + 1 704 921 1960 Web: www.domnickh.co.uk Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Ultrafiltration, Uhrafihration Equipment

Domnick Hunter Ltd, Process Operations Address: Durham Road, Birtley, Co Durham DH3 2SF, UK Tel: +44 191 410 5121 Fax: +44 191 410 5312 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.domnickh.co.uk Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment Donaldson Europe BVBA Address: Industrial Filtration Solutions Group, Interleuvenlaan 1, Leuven 3001, Belgium Tel: +32 16 38 3811 Fax: +32 16 38 40-0077 E-mail: [email protected]

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Web: www.donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration

Donaldson Filter Components Ltd Address: Oslo Road, Sutton Fields Industrial Estate, Hull, Staffordshire HY7 OYN, UK Tel: +44 1482 835213 Fax: +44 1482 835411 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration Donaldson Filtros Iberica SL Address: Parque Empresarial San Fernando, Avda Castilla n ~ 2 Edificio Dublin, SF Henares Madrid E-28831, Spain Tel: +34 91 676 86 68 Fax: +34 91 676 87 62 Web: www.donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration Donaldson France SAS Address: ZAC Paris Nord II, 33 Rue des Vanesses, BP 50292, Villepinte, France Tel: +33 1 49 38 99 30 Fax: +33 1 49 38 99 40 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Donaldson France SAS Address: 4 Bis, Rue Maryse Bastie, Bron F-69500, France Tel: +33 472 14 18 40 Fax: +33 478 26 77 56 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes

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Donaldson GmbH Address: Industrial Filtration Solutions Group, lndustriestrage 11, Dulmen D-48249, Germany Tel: +49 2594 77810 Fax: +49 2494 79189 Web: www.donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfi|tration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Donaldson Italia Srl Address: Industrial Filtration Solutions Group, ZI Strada A 17, Ostiglia (MN) 46035, Italy Tel: +39 03 86 302 11 Fax: +39 03 86 80 04 05 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Donaldson Nederland BV Address: Industrial Filtration Solutions Group, PO Box 212, Krommenie 1560 AE, the Netherlands Tel: +31 75 6 212 881 Fax: +31 75 6 210 316 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.donaldson.com Managing Director: Ron Valk Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration Donaldson Scandinavia Address: Industrial Filtration Solutions Group, Industrigatan 68, Landskrona SE 261 35, Sweden Tel: +46 418 457 550 Fax: +46 418 457 551 E-mail: toritdce.se@mai|.donaldson.com Web: www.donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfi|tration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration

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Donaldson Scandinavia ApS Address" Industrial Air Filtration, Adalsvej 50, Horsholm DK 2970, Denmark Tel: +45 45 57 00 77 Fax: +45 45 57 00 44 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Donaldson Torit BV Address: Industrial Air Filtration, De Inzet 132, Wormerveer NL- 1521 NK, the Netherlands Tel: +31 75 6212 881 Fax: +31 75 6210 316 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration

The Dow Chemical Co, Liquid Separations Address: Customer Information Center, PO Box 1206, Midland, MI 48641-1206, USA Tel: +1 989 636 9086 Fax: +1 989 832 1465 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.dow.com/liquidseps Membrane Media: Polysulphone Membranes Membrane Filters: Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes Membrane Processes: Desalination

Dr Baer Verfahrenstechnik GmbH Address: Postfach 80 O1 65, Frankfurt/Main D-65901, Germany Tel: +49 69 939211 Fax: +49 69 380 8610 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.dr-baer.de Membrane Filters: Ultrafihration Equipment DuPont de Nemours (Deutschland) GmbH Address: Du Pont Strage 1, Bad Homburg D-61352, Germany Tel: +49 6172 87870 Fax: +49 6172 871500 E-mail: [email protected]

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Web: www.dupont.com Membrane Media: Polyaramide Membranes, PTFE Membranes

DuPont Iberica SA Address: Alicia Aravena, Barcelona, Spain Tel: +34 93 227 6001 Fax: +34 93 227 6200 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.dupont.com Membrane Media: Polyaramide Membranes, PTFE Membranes

DuPont Nonwovens Address: PO Box 80728, Wilmington, DE 198800728, USA Tel: + 1 302 999 4487 Fax: +1 302 999 3788 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.fihration.dupont.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Tubular Membranes

USA Tel: +1 702 824 7600 Fax: +1 702 824 7601 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.minerals.epcorp.com Membrane Filters: Ultrafiltration Equipment

Eco-Tec Inc, Water Treatment Division Address: 1145 Squires Beach Road, Picketing, Ontario L1W 3T9, Canada Tel: +1 905 427 6611 Fax: +1 905 427 4477 E-mail" [email protected] Web: www.eco-tec.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Electrodialysis

Ecolochem International Inc

Dynaflow Inc

Address: Hydrohouse, Newcombe Way, Orton Southgate, Peterborough PE2 6SE, UK Tel: +44 1733 394555 Fax: +44 1733 390179 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ecolocheminternational.com Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Desalination

Address: 10621-J Iron Bridge Rd, Jessup, MD 20794-9381, USA Tel: +1 301 604 3688 Fax: +1 301 604 3689 E-mail: [email protected] Web: ww~:dynaflow-inc.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration

Address: Burma House, Burma Road, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire NG21 0KT, UK Tel: +44 1623 490599 Fax: +44 1623 490366 Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment

Ecological Products Ltd

Dynatec Systems Inc

Eden Equipment Co, Excel Division

Address: 909 Jacksonville Road, Burlington, NJ 08016, USA Tel: +1 609 387 0330 Fax: +1 609 387 2060 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.dynatecsystems.com Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Membrane Bioreactors, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafihration, Ultrafihration Equipment

Address: 17552 Griffin, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, USA Tel: +1 714 842 8181 Fax: + 1 714 841 0908 Web: www.edenexcel.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Desalination

Eagle Picher Minerals Inc Address: PO Box 12130, Reno, NV 89510-2130,

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EIVS SA Address: Parc Evolic, Bat G2, 12 avenue du Qu~b&, BP 619, CourtabqeufF-91945, France Tel: +33 4 6918 9150 Fax: +33 4 6928 4734

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Elga Inc Address: 430 Old Boston Road, Topsfield, MA 01983, USA Tel: +1 508 887 6300 Fax: +1 508 887 6266 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Ultrafihration Equipment Emcel Filters Limited Address: Blatchford Road, Horsham, West Sussex RH13 5RA, UK Tel: +44 1403 253215 Fax: +44 1403 217011 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.emcelfihers.co.uk Marketing Director: Jason Allen Production Director: Ben Miedzianowski Membrane Processes: Gas Separation, Vapour Separation EnViro-cell Umwelttechnik GmbH Address: Gattenh6ferweg 29, Oberursel D-61440, Germany Tel: +49 6171 55096 Fax: +49 6171 55095 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.enviro-cell.de Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Metal Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Enviro-Chemie Wasser und Abwassertechnik GmbH Address: In den Leppsteinswiesen 9, Rof~dorf bei Darmstadt D-64380, Germany Tel: +49 6154 69 98 0 Fax: +49 6154 69 98 11 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.enviro-chemie.de Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Ultrafihration Equipment

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Environment Products International Ltd Address: 71E Montgomerie Rd, Airport Oaks, Auckland 1730, New Zealand Tel: +64 92 75 0930 Fax: +64 92 75 0932 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination Environmental Equipment Consulting & Production Inc Address: 4 Civic Plaza, Suite 350, Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA Tel: +1 714 759 8578 Fax: +1 714 759 1267 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, U|trafiltration Equipment Environmental Products USA Inc Address: 505 Paul Morris Drive, Englewood, FL 34223, USA Tel: +1 941 475 0703 Fax: +1 941 474 7750 Membrane Filters: Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration Epoc Water Inc Address: 3065 North Sunnyside, Fresno, CA 93727, USA Tel: +1 209 291 8144 Fax: +1 209 291 4926 Web: www.epoc.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment ETL Verfahrenstechnik GmbH Address: Zechenstraf~e 22, Peiting D-86971, Germany Tel: +49 8861 68313 Fax: +49 8861 59585 E-mail: info@etl- technology.de Web: www.etl-technology.de Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Uhrafiltration

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Fairey Industrial Ceramics Ltd

Address: Navigation Rd, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST6 3RU, UK Tel: +44 1782 575611 Fax: +44 1782 577001 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.vanpipe.co.uk Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes, Sulphone resins (Polymeric Membranes) Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafihration, Uhrafiltration Equipment

Address: Filleybrooks, Stone, Staffordshire ST15 0PU, UK Tel: +44 1785 813241 Fax: +44 1785 818733 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www. faireyceramiccs.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Tubular Membranes Membrane Processes: Permeation

Eurofiltec SA Address: 18 Rue de l'Esterel, SILEC 175-F94563, Rungis Cedex F-94563, France Tel: +33 1 4512 0530 Fax: +33 1 4687 5868 E-mail: [email protected] Web: ww~:eurofihec.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration

Evergreen Separatech P~ Ltd Address: 3 D Maker Bhavan 2, 18 New Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020, India Tel: +91 22 201 2461 Fax: +91 22 201 0024 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.evergreenindia.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Ultrafihration

Exergy Technologies Corp Address: 25 Mauchly, Suite 316, Irvine, CA 92618, USA Tel: +1 949 757 2690 Fax: +1 949 757 2715 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.exergycorp.com Managing Director: Azita Yazdani Marketing Director: Tina Quiroz Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfihration, Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Uhrafihration Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis, Electrodialysis

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Federal Mogul Address: Voie des CoUines, Le Pont-de-Claix F-38800, France Tel: +33 4 7699 0441 Fax: +33 4 7699 0442 Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment

Fibercor Division, Minntech Corp Address: 14605 28th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55447, USA Tel: +1 763 553 3300 Fax: +1 763 553 3387 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.minntech.com/fibercor Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfihration, Reverse Osmosis

Fileder Filter Systems Ltd Address: St Leonard's Road, 20/20 Estate, Maidstone, Kent ME16 0LS, UK Tel: +44 1622 691886 Fax: +44 1622 621932 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.fileder.co.uk Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Dialysis, Electrodialysis

FILTECH Filtertechniek Nederland BV Address: Nijverheidsweg 27-A, Udenhout NL-5071, the Netherlands Tel: +31 13 511 4055 Fax: +31 13 511 3323 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.fihech.nl Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

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Tel: +65 7600611 Fax: +65 7604387 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Uhrafiltration Equipment

Filter Technology

Filtrox-Werk AG

Address: Unit 11, Boundary Business Centre, Woking, Surrey GU21 5DH, UK Tel: +44 1483 776649 Fax: +44 1483 740588 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.fihertechnology.co.uk Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment

Address: Moosmiihlestrat~e 6, St Gallen CH-9001, Switzerland Tel: +41 71 272 9111 Fax: +41 71 272 1284 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.fihrox.ch Membrane Filters: Uhrafihration Equipment

Filter-Tex Media Ply Ltd

Filtteck Co Ltd Address: No 14, 79 Alley, 288 Lane, Chien Kuo Rd, Chu Nan Chen, Miao Li Hsien 350, Taiwan ROC Tel: +886 37 462899 Fax: +886 37 462 839 E-mail" [email protected] Web: www.filtteck.com.tw Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Reverse Osmosis

Address" 5 Stoddard Road, Prospect, NSW 2149, Australia Tel: +61 2 9688 4633 Fax: +61 2 9896 2457 Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

Filtertek BV Address: Industrial Estate, Newcastle West, Co Limerick, Ireland Tel: +353 69 62666 Fax: +353 69 62575 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.filtertek.com Membrane Media: Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Uhrafihration

Filtertek Inc Address: 11411 Price Road, Hebron, IL 60034, USA Tel: +1 815 648 2416 Fax: + 1 815 648 2929 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.fihertek.com Membrane Media: Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfihration

Filtro Pte Lid Address: 63 Hillview Avenue, #09-20 Lam Soon ind Building, Singapore 2366

Flowgen Address" Findel House, Excelsior Road, Ashby Park, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire LE65 1NG, UK Tel: +44 1530 418000 Fax: +44 1543 419250 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.flowgen.co.uk Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment

Flowmatic S y s t e m s Inc Address: 1161 SW 147th Court, Dunnellon, FL 34432, USA Tel: +1 352 465 2000 Fax: +1 352 465 2010 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.flowmatic.com Membrane Filters: Spiral Wound Membranes

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Flowtech Fluid Handling Ltd Address: 8 Gresham Way, Reading, Berkshire RG30 6AW, UK Tel: +44 188 9413121 Fax: +44 188 9431221 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Reverse Osmosis

Fluid Technologies Inc Address: 1016 East Airport Rd, Stillwater, OK 74075, USA Tel: +1 405 624 0400 Fax: +1 405 624 0401 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.fluidtechnologies.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment

FluxConsult Address: Etzenhausen 5, Pilsting D-94431, Germany Tel: +49 9953 9809240 Fax: +49 9953 9809241 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), Polysulphone Membranes, PTFE Membranes, Sulphone resins (Polymeric Membranes) Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Membrane Bioreactors, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafihration Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis, Distillation, Eiectrodialysis, Gas Separation, Permeation, Pervaporation, Vapour Separation

Production Director: Thijs W Bril Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Microfiltration

Fosplant Address: Weir Bank, Bray-on-Thames, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 2ED, UK Tel: +44 1628 762740 Fax: +44 1628 762741 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Processes: Pervaporation

Fresenius AG, Technology & Membrane Techniques

Address: Frankfurter Strat~e 6/8, St Wendel D-66606, Germany Tel: +49 6851 807256 Fax: +49 6851 807444 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Ultrafihration, Ultrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Dialysis

Freudenberg Nonwovens Ltd Address: Ellistores Lane, Greetland, Halifax HX4 8NJ, UK Tel: +44 1422 313000 Fax: +44 1422 313288 Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration Membrane Processes: Electrodialysis

Freudenberg Nonwovens NA

fluXXion BV

Address: 2975 Pembroke Road, Hopkinsville, KY 42240, USA Tel: +1 502 886 0204 Fax: +1 502 886 7070 Web: www.nonwovens-group.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration Membrane Processes: Electrodialysis

Address: ProfHolstlaan 4, Philips High Tech Campus, Building WAE, Eindhoven 5656 AA, the Netherlands Tel: +31 40 274 30 95 Fax: +31 40 274 41 99 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.fluxxion.com Managing Director: Peter I SygaU Marketing Director: Johann AM Bienert

Address: HShnerweg 2-4, Weinheim D-69465, Germany Tel: +49 62 01 80 0 Fax: +49 62 01 88 0 Web: www.nonwovens-group.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration

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FuMA-Tech GmbH Address: Am Grubenstollen 11, St Ingbert D-66386, Germany Tel: +49 6894 9265 0 Fax: +49 6894 9265 99 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.fuma-tech.de Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis, Electrodialysis GEA Filtration Address: Norskovvej IB, Skanderborg 8660, Denmark Tel: +45 70152200 Fax: +45 70152244 E-mail: [email protected] Web: ww~:geafihration.com Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Geiger International GmbH & Co KG Address: Hardeckstrat~e 3, Karlsruhe D-76185, Germany Tel: +49 721 50010 Fax: +49 721 500 1213 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.geiger-international.de Membrane Processes: Desalination General Waters (UK) Ltd Address: Well House Foundry Lane, Loosley Row, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP27 0NY, UK Tel: +44 1844 275101 Fax: +44 1844 275367 Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Nanofihration, Nanofihration

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Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafihration, Uhrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Dialysis

Georg Schiinemann GmbH Address: Postfach 101760, Bremen D-28017, Germany Tel: +49 421 559090 Fax: +49 421 559 0940 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sabfiher.de Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment GE Osmonics Europa SA Address: 230 Rue Robert Schuman, ZA des Uselles, Le Mee sur Seine F-77350, France Tel: +33 1 6410 2000 Fax: +33 1 6437 9211 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination GE O s m o n i c s Inc Address: 5951 Clearwater Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343-8995, USA Tel: +1 952 933 2277 Fax: +1 952 933 0141 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Uhrafiltration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis, Distillation

Gilroy Filtration Ltd Address: Controls House, Shanbally, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, Ireland Tel: +353 21 497 0000 Fax: +353 21 497 0099

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E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.gilroys.com Membrane Media: Metal Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfi|tration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Uhrafiltration, Ultrafihration Equipment

GKN Sinter Metals Address: 3300 University Drive, Auburn Hills, Richton Park, MI 48326, USA Tel: +1 248 371 0800 Fax: +1 248 371 0850 Web: www.gknsintermetals.com Membrane Media: Metal Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Gas Separation GKN Sinter Metals Filters GmbH Address: Krebsoge 10, Radevormwald D-42477, Germany Tel: +49 2191 6930 Fax: +49 2191 693 225 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Metal Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Ultrafihration Global Enviro Tech Address: No 2 / 2 Sriramapuram, 1st Street, Choolaimedu, Chennai 600094, India Tel: +91 44 4804026 Fax: +91 44 4804027 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.getindia.biz Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Electrodialysis WL Gore & A s s o c i a t e s Inc Address: 101 Lewisville Road, Elkton, MD 21921-1100, USA Tel: +1 410 392 3300 Fax: +1 410 398 6624 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Tubular Membranes

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Goyen Controls Co UK Ltd Address: Unit 3B, Beechwood Chineham Business Park, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8WA, UK Tel: +44 1256 817800 Fax: +44 1256 843164 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cleanairsystems.com Membrane Media: Polycarbonate Membranes

Gradipore Ltd Address: 22 Rodborough Road, Frenchs Forest, NSW 2086, Australia Tel: +61 2 8977 9000 Fax: +61 2 8977 9099 Web: www.gradipore.com

Graver Technologies Address: 200 Lake Drive, Glasgow, DE 19702, USA Tel: +1 302 731 1700 Fax: +1 302 731 1707 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.gravertech.com Membrane Media: Metal Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment

Greig Filters Inc Address: PO Box 91675, Lafayette, LA 70509, USA Tel: +1 337 237 3355 Fax: +1 337 233 9263 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.greigfihers.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration Membrane Processes: Desalination, Electrodialysis, Gas Separation

H20 Innovation (2000)Inc Address: 420 Boulevard Charest Est, Suite 240, Qu6bec, Canada G1K 8M4 Tel: + 1 418 688 0170 Fax: +1 418 688 9259 Web: www.h2oinnovation.com

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Hahnewald GmbH

HAVE Technologies Pie Ltd

Address: Freitaler Strat~e 30, Dresden D-01189, Germany Tel: +49 351 40840 Fax: +49 351 401 5425 Membrane Filters: Uhrafihration Equipment

Address: 27 Mandai Estate Innovation Place, Tower 2 #07-09, Singapore 729931 Tel: +65 3650761 Fax: +65 63624973 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Ultrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Distillation

Hankook Jungsoo Industries Co Ltd Address: B6-3 Banweol Industrial Estate AnsanShi, Gyeonggi-Do 425 100, South Korea Tel: +82 31 491 2175 Fax: +82 31 491 3665 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment Harmsco Industrial Filters Inc Address: PO Box 14066, North Palm Beach, FL 33408, USA Tel: +1 561 848 9628 Fax: +1 561 845 2474 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.harmsco.com Managing Director: Hank Harms Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment Harmsco Italia Sas Address: Via Salvo D'Acquisto 8, Guidizzolo (MN) 46040, Italy Tel: +39 0376 818782 Fax: +39 0376 818399 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.paginegialle.it/harmscoita Managing Director: Enzo Stracagnolo Marketing Director: Gabriella Tonini Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis, Electrodialysis Hatenboer-Demi BV Address: Mercuriusweg 8, Schiedam NL 3113 AR, the Netherlands Tel: +31 10 409 1200 Fax: +31 10 409 1210 Membrane Media: Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment

Headline Filters GmbH Address: Ahe Rheinh~iuser Strat3e 8, Speyer/Rhein D-67346, Germany Tel: +49 6232 24021 Fax: +49 6232 24025 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.infihec.de Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment

Heath Filtration Ltd Address: PO Box 1, Bycars Rd, Burslem, Stokeon-Trent ST6 4SH, UK Tel: +44 1782 838591 Fax: +44 1782 835508 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.heahhfihration.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

Hedley Hydraulics Ltd Address: Lion House, Criggleston Ind Estate, High St Crigglestone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF4 3HT, UK Tel: +44 1924 259999 Fax: +44 1924 252211 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hedley-hyd.com Membrane Media: Metal Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters: Uhrafihration

Heinkel Filtering Systems Inc Address: 520 Sharptown Road, Swedeboro, NJ 08085, USA Tel: +1 856 467 3399 Fax: +1 856 467 1010 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.heinkel.com Membrane Media: Metal Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes

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Heinrich Frings GmbH & Co KG

Hodge Separators Ltd

Address: Jonas-Cahn-Straf~e 9, Bonn D-53115, Germany Tel: +49 228 9833 0 Fax: +49 228 9833 195 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.frings.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Ultrafiltration

Address: 1 Jennings Road, Kernick Industrial Estate, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9LY, UK Tel: +44 1326 375388 Fax: +44 1326 377235 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www. hodge-separators.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment

Helapet Ltd Address: Circle Business Centre, Blackburn Road, Houghton Regis LU5 5DD, UK Tel: +44 1582 501980 Fax: +44 1582 501 981 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.helapet.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

Helsatech GmbH Address: Bayreuther Strat~e 11, Gefrees D-95482, Germany Tel: +49 9254 800 Fax: +49 9254 80402 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.helsa.com Managing Director: Hermann Wolfrum Marketing Director: Dr Rainer Ernst Production Director: Heinrich Hacker Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Nanofiltration

Herco Wassertechnik GmbH Address: Planckstraf~e 26, Freiberg D-71691, Germany Tel: +49 7141 7095 0 Fax: +49 7141 7095 99 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.herco-wg.de Membrane Media: Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes Membrane Processes: Desalination

Hermans Flexibles BV Address: PO Box 5074, Tilburg NL-5004 EB, the Netherlands Tel: +3113 635100 Fax: +3113 630015 Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration

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Hosokawa Bepex Corp Address: 333 NE Taft Street, Minneapolis, MN 55413, USA Tel: +1 612 331 4370 Fax: +1 612 627 1444 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Processes: Desalination

Hosokawa Micron Corp Address: 5-14, 2-chome, Kawaramachi Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0048, lapan Tel: +81 6 6233 3968 Fax: +81 6 6299 9267 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Ultrafiltration Equipment

H o w d e n Wade Ltfl Address: Crowhurst Road, Brighton, Sussex BN1 8AI, UK Tel: +44 1273 506311 Fax: +44 1273 557123 Membrane Filters: Ultrafiltration Equipment

Huber Technology Address: Units C & D, Brunel Park, Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate, Chippenham, Wilts SN14 6NQ, UK Tel: +44 1249 765000 Fax: +44 1249 449076 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.huber.co.uk Managing Director: Adrian Gouldstone Marketing Director: Nick Hunt Production Director: Dave Thompson Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Membrane Bioreactors, Microfiltration Membrane Processes: Permeation

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Hutter & Schrantz AB Address: Grossmarkstrat~e 7, Vienna, A- 1230, Austria Tel: +43 1 617 45 550 Fax: +43 1 617 45 5530 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hutterschrantz.at Membrane Media: Metal Membranes

Huyck Austria GmbH Address: Zeile 40, Gloggnitz, A-2640, Austria Tel: +43 2662 4100 Fax: +43 2662 410 159 E-mail: [email protected] Web: ~avw.huyck.com Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes

Hydac Filtertechnik GmbH Address: PO Box 12 51, Sulzbach/Saar D-66273, Germany Tel: +49 68 97 509 01 Fax: +49 68 97 509 577 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hydac.com Membrane Filters: Ultrafiltration

Hydranautics Address: 401 Jones Road, Ocenside, CA 92054, USA Tel: +1 760 9012532 Fax: +1 760 9012664 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hydranautics.com Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Uhrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

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Osmosis, Ultrafihration Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis

Hydro Air Research Srl Address: Strada Provinciale 181, no 11, Merlino (LO), Italy Tel: +39 02 906 6601 Fax: +39 02 906 66 030 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hydair.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Equipment, Ultrafiltration Equipment

Hydroflow Europe Ltd Address: Units 12-13 Gillmans Industrial Estate, Billingshurst, West Sussex RH14 9EZ, UK Tel: +44 1403 783741 Fax: +44 1403 784442 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hydroflowinc.com Membrane Filters: Uhrafiltration Equipment

Inceltech France Address: 15 all6es de Bellefontaine, Toulouse F-31300, France Tel: +33 5 6140 8585 Fax: +33 5 6141 5178 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment

Inchcape Testing Services ICS Address: 91 Rue du General de Gaulle, BP 1, Le Vaudreuil Cedex F-27109, France Tel: +33 2 3209 3626 Fax: +33 2 3209 3628 Membrane Filters: Uhrafiltration

Hydranautics Europe

Indufilt GmbH, Industriefiltration

Address" Bedrijvenpark Twente 305, Almelo NL-7602 KL, the Netherlands Tel: +31 546 549335 Fax: +31 546 572 988 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hydranautics.com Membrane Media: Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Nanofiltration, Reverse

Address: Gotthelf-Leimbach-Straf~e 7, GOttingen D-37079, Germany Tel: +49 551 505000 Fax: +49 551 5050050 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse

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Osmosis, Uitrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

Industrial Filter & Pump Mfg Co Address: 5900 Ogden Avenue, Cicero, IL 60804, USA Tel: +1 708 656 7800 Fax: +1 708 656 7806 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.industrialfilter.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment

Tel: +39 011 96 22 317 Fax: +39 011 96 22 319 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.intereco.it Membrane Filters: Nanofiltration Equipment, Ultrafiltration Equipment

International Water Technology Corp Address: 2800 East Chambers Street, Phoenix, AZ 85040, USA Tel: +1 602 268 2780 Fax: +1 602 268 8783 Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis

Inge AG

Invensys APV (APV Baker Ltd)

Address: Flurstratge 17, D-86926 Greifenberg, Germany Tel: +49 8192 997 700 Fax: +49 8192 997 999 Web: www.inge.ag

Address: 2 Gatwick Road, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9KB, UK Tel: +44 1293 527777 Fax: +44 1293 552640 Web: www.apv.invensys.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration

Innosep Co Ltd Address: 36/14-15, Moo 7, T Oomnoy, A Krathumbaen, Samutsakorn 74130, Thailand Tel: +66 2420 9822 Fax: +66 2420 9823 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.innosep.co.th Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Uhrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Electrodialysis

Innova Srl Address: via F Baracca 15/B, Bareggio (MI) 20010, Italy Tel: +39 02 90 361802 Fax: +39 02 90 361803 E-mail" [email protected] Web: www.innovaitaly.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Permeation

Intereco snc Address: Via Pinerolo 119, Candiolo (TO) 10060, Italy

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Ionics Inc Address: 65 Grove Street, Watertown, MA 024722882, USA Tel: + 1 617 926 2500 Fax: + 1 617 926 4304 Web: www.ionics.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Uhrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Electrodialysis

ISP Co Ltd Address: Tilson Road, Manchester M23 9PH, UK Tel: +44 161 998 1122 Fax: +44 161 946 1287 Membrane Media: Metal Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment

Junker Filter GmbH Address: Carl-Benz-Strage 11, Sinsheim D-74889, Germany Tel: +49 7261 92830

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Kalsep Lid Address: 10 Doman Road, Yorktown Industrial Estate, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3DF, UK Tel: +44 1276 675675 Fax: +44 1276 676276 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.kalsep.co.uk Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment

Kanai Juyokogyo Address: 1-1 Kanai-Cho, Takarazuka 655, Japan Tel: +81 797 872281 Fax: +81 797 811689 Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes

Kemper GmbH Address: Von-Siemens-StrafJe 20, Vreden D-48691, Germany Tel: +49 2564 680 Fax: +49 2564 68120 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.kemper.de Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Ultrafiltration Equipment

Klinkau America Inc Address: 280 Snyder Avenue West, Chester, PA 19382, USA Tel: +1 610 430 0101 Fax: +1 610 430 0103 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.klinkauamerica.com Managing Director: Michael Ruyak Marketing Director: Stephen Gruner Production Director: Ronald Rosciolo Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other)

Koch Membrane Systems Inc Address: 850 Main Street, Wilmington, MA 01887-3388, USA Tel: +1 978 694 7000

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LCl Corp Inc Address: PO Box 16348, Charlotte, NC 282978804, USA Tel: +1 704 394 8341 Fax: +1 704 392 8507 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.lcicorp.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

LCl International Ltd Address: 1A Church Street, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B61 8DD, UK Tel: +44 1527 874990 Fax: +44 1527 570639 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

Lenzing Technik GmbH & Co KG Separation Address: WerksstrafJe 3, Lenzing, 4860, Austria Tel: +43 7672 701 3479 Fax: +43 7672 96858 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.lenzing-technik.com Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment

Limburg Filter BV Address: PO Box 13, Margraten NL-6269 ZG, the Netherlands Tel: +31 43 4581699 Fax: +31 43 4582115 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.limburgfilter.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

Liihr Filter GmbH & Co KG Address: Enzer Strat!;e 26, Stadthagen D-31655, Germany Tel: +49 5721 7080 Fax: +49 5721 708214 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.luehr-filter.de Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

MAC Equipment Inc Address: 7901 NW 107th Terrace, Kansas City, MO 64153-1910, USA

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Tel: +1 816 891 9300 Fax: +1 816 891 8978 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes

Maeda Shell Service Co Ltd Address: 76-4 Kanayama, Ikegane, Okazaki, Aichi 444-3595, Japan Tel: +81 564 48 2411 Fax: +81 564 48 6500 E-mail: [email protected] Web-www.maedauni.co.jp Membrane Media: Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration Materiel Perrier Address: ZI Sud, BP 43 Andrezieux, Boutheon Cedex F-42161, France Tel: +33 4 7736 5604 Fax: +33 4 7736 6049 Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Uhrafihration Equipment McLeod Russel Filter AG Address: Wilstrasse 11, Uster CH-8610, Switzerland Tel: +41 1 943 3636 Fax: +41 1 943 3637 E-mail: [email protected] Web: ww~:mcleodrussel.ch Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Uhrafiltration Medro Systems Inc Address: 416 East Industrial Boulevard, McKinney, TX 75069, USA Tel: +1 972 542 8200 Fax: +1 972 542 8220 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.medrosystems.com President: Lew Stivers Engineering/Sales Manager: Ali Gharras Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis

Membraflow Filtersysteme GmbH & Co KG Address: Robert-Bosch-Straf~e 99, Essingen D- 73457, Germany Tel: +49 7365 9614 0 Fax: +49 7365 9614 40

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E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.membraflow.de Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Distillation, Pervaporation

MemBrain GmbH Address: Harless-Strat~e 1A, Diisseldorf D-40239, Germany Tel: +49 211 611046 Fax: +49 211 622430 Membrane Filters: Microfihration

Membrana GmbH Address: Oehder Strat3e 28, Wuppertal D-42201, Germany Tel: +49 202 6099 0 Fax: +49 202 6099 507 E-mail: [email protected] Web: ~avw.membrana.com Membrane Media: Polyaramide Membranes, Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfihration, Tubular Membranes Membrane Processes: Dialysis, Gas Separation Membrane Products Corp/Mempro Address: PO Box 371135, Denver, CO 80237, USA Tel: +1 303 224 9999 Fax: +1 303 224 0709 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes Membrane Processes: Gas Separation Membrane Products, Kiryat Weizmann Ltd Address: PO Box 138, Rehovot 76101, Israel Tel: +972 8940 7557 Fax: +972 8940 7556

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Membrane Technology & Research Inc Address: 103 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA Tel: +1 650 328 2228 Fax: +1 650 328 6580 Web: www.mtrinc.com Membrane Processes: Vapour Separation

Membrex Inc Address: 155 Route 46, West Fairfield, NJ 07004, USA Tel: +1 201 575 8388 Fax: + 1 201 575 7011 Membrane Filters: Ultrafiltration, Uhrafiltration Equipment Memcor SA Address: 62 avenue Foch, La Garrenne Colombes F-92250, France Tel: +33 1 4781 2727 Fax: +33 1 4781 2083 Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Uhrafihration Memtec Ltd Address: 1 Memtec Parkway, South Windsor, NSW 2756, Australia Tel: +61 45 776800 Fax: +61 45 776804 Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Uhrafihration

Memtek Division Address: 28 Cook Street, Billerica, MA 01821, USA Tel: +1 508 667 2828 Fax: +1 508 667 1731 Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment

Menardi Address: One Maxwell Drive, Trenton, SC 29847, USA Tel: +1 803 663 6551 Fax: +1 803 663 4029 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

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Menardi Address: Rivington Road, Whitehouse Industrial Estate, Kuncorn, Cheshire WA7 3DX, UK Tel: +44 1928 790063 Fax: +44 1928 790068 Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

Merrem & la Porte BV Address: PO Box 50, Zahbommel NL-5300 AB, the Netherlands Tel: +31 418 578911 Fax: +31 418 515625 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.merrem.nl Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration Membrane Processes: Gas Separation Meura SA Address: Chauss6e d'Antoing 55, Tournai B-7500, Belgium Tel: +32 69 884242 Fax: +32 69 884249 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.meura.be Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment MF&T Ltd Address: 22 Dawkins Road Ind Est, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset BH15 4JY, UK Tel: +44 1202 666456 Fax: +44 1202 685545 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.porvair.com Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

Micro-Mesh Engineering Ltd

Address: 51 Basford Road, Old Basford, Nottingham NG6 0JG, UK Tel: +44 115 978 6348 Fax: +44 115 942 2686 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.micro-mesh.co.uk Membrane Media: Metal Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration

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Microdyn-Nadir GmbH Address: Oehder Strage 28, Wuppertal D-42289, Germany Tel: +49 202 260920 Fax: +49 202 260922 5 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.microdyn.de Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Membrane Processes: Dialysis

Microfiltrex Ltd Address: Unit 39-40, Fareham Industrial Park, Fareham, Hampshire PO 16 8XG, UK Tel: +44 1329 285616 Fax: +44 1329 822442 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.porvairfihration.com Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Distillation, Gas Separation

Membranes, Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

Mikropul France SAS Address: 33 Avenue Dr Georges L~vy, Parc Club du Moulin ~ Vent- B~t 54/2, Venissieux C~dex 69693, France Tel: +33 4 78 78 99 00 Fax: +33 4 78 01 94 58 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mikropul.com Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

MIL Export Corp Address: 111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 3021, Chicago, IL 60601, USA Tel: +1 312 540 0075 Fax: + 1 312 540 0711 Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment

Microgon Inc

Millipore Corp

Address: 23022 La Cadena Drive, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, USA Tel: +1 714 581 3880 Fax: +1 714 855 6120 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Nanofihration, Uhrafihration, Uhrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Dialysis

Address: 290 Concord Road, Billerica, MA 01821, USA Tel: +1 978 715 4321 Fax: + 1 978 715 1393 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.millipore.com Membrane Media: Polycarbonate Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafihration Equipment

MicroPure Filtration Inc Address: 1100 Game Farm Circle, Mound, MN 55364, USA Tel: +1 952 472 2323 Fax: +1 952 472 0105 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.micropure.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment

Mikropor AS Address: Buyuk Selcuklu Bulvari No 4, Sincan Organize San Ayi Bol, Ankara 06935, Turkey Tel: +90 312 267 0700 Fax: +90 312 267 0552 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mikorpor.com.tr Membrane Media: Metal Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate

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Millipore Ltd Address: The Boulevard Blackmoor Lane, Watford, Herts WD 1 8YW, UK Tel: +44 1923 816375 Fax: +44 1923 256181 Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Uhrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

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Millipore SA Address: 39 Route Industrielle de la Hardt, Molsheim F-67120, France Tel: +33 3 8838 9000 Fax: +33 3 8838 9193 Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Uhrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Dialysis

Miura Chemical Equipment Co Ltd Address: 1 - 10-16 Abikohigashi Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558, Japan Tel: +81 6 609 4801 Fax: +81 6 609 4808 Membrane Filters: Uhrafihration Equipment

Monofil Trading Co Address: 36 Martins Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 0DL, UK Tel: +44 1604 762904 Fax: +44 1604 702023 Membrane Media: Polyaramide Membranes, Polyester Membranes M o t t Corp Address: 84 Spring Lane, Farmington, Hartford, CT 06032, USA Tel: +1 860 747 6333 Fax: + 1 860 747 6739 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mottcorp.com Membrane Media: Metal Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment

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MY-TEC Dr v Mylius Engineering Address: Spiesackerweg 349, Guensberg CH4524, Switzerland Tel: +41 32 6373607 Fax: +41 32 6372064 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Equipment, Ultrafiltration Equipment

NADIR Filtration GmbH Address: Rheingaustr 190-196, Wiesbaden D-65203, Germany Tel: +49 611 962 6001 Fax: +49 611 962 9237 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.nadir-fihration.de Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), Sulphone Resins (Polymeric Membranes) Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Membrane Bioreactors, Microfihration, Nanofihration, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

NAFCO Inc Address: 200 Westshore Boulevard, Newark, NY 14513, USA Tel: +1 315 331 7000 Fax: +1 315 331 6304 Web: www.nafcoinc.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration

Mupor Ltd

Najade Separation BV

Address: Merlin House, Alness Point Business Park, Alness, Rossshire IV17 0UP, UK Tel: +44 1349 884060 Fax: +44 1349 884076 E-mail" [email protected] Web: www.porex.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

Address: Droststraat 2, Leiderdorp NL-2352 SN, the Netherlands Tel: +31 71 58 99 616 Fax: +31 71 58 90 544 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.najade.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Ultrafihration, Uhrafiltration

Mykrolis Corp Address: 129 Concord Road, Billerica, MA

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Nalge Nunc International Address: 75 Panorama Creek Drive, Rochester, NY 14625, USA Tel: +1 585 586 8800 Fax: +1 585 586 8987 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.nalgenunc.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration

Netzsch Mastermix Ltd Address: Vigo Place, Aldridge, West Midlands WS9 8UG, UK Tel: +44 1922 53355 Fax: +44 1922 59805 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment

New Logic International Address: 1295 67th Street, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA Tel: + 1 510 655 7305 Fax: + 1 510 655 7307 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Affinity Membranes, Membrane Bioreactors, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Ultrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis, Distillation, Electrodialysis, Gas Separation, Permeation, Pervaporation, Vapour Separation

Nihon Schumacher KK Address: 6-12-20 Jingumae Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan Tel: +81 3 3409 1531 Fax: +81 3 3486 1678 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes

Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafihration, Ultrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

NNC Ltd Address: Booths Hall Chelford Road, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8QZ, UK Tel: +44 1565 63 38 00 Fax: +44 1565 84 36 59 Web: www.nnc.co.uk Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Uhrafihration Equipment

Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH & Co KG Address: PO Box 1464, Nordenham D-26944, Germany Tel: +49 4731 82 0 Fax: +49 4731 82 1301 Web: www.nsw.com Membrane Processes: Vapour Separation

Norit (UK) Ltd Address: Clydesmill Place, Cambuslang Industrial Estate, Glasgow G32 8RF, UK Tel: +44 141 641 8841 Fax: +44 141 641 0742 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.norit.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Uitrafiltration Norit Membrane Technology Address: Marssteden 50, Enschede 7547 TC, the Netherlands Tel: +31 53 428 7010 Fax: +31 53 428 7011 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.norit.info Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Equipment, Ultrafiltration Equipment

Nitto Denko Corp

Norit Process Technology

Address: 61-7 Sasadani, Yamadera Kusatsu, Shiga 525, Japan Tel: +81 775 627711 Fax: +81 775 653515 Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration

Address: Enschede 7400 AS, the Netherlands Tel: +31 53 42 87 000 Fax: +31 53 42 87 001 E-mail: [email protected] Web-www.norit.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration Equipment, Ultrafihration Equipment

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North American Filter Corp Address: 200 Westshore Boulevard, Newark, NJ 14513, USA Tel: +1 315 331 7000 Fax: +1 315 331 6304 Web: www.nafcoinc.com Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration

Norwet AS Address: Vingveien 2, Sola N-4050, Norway Tel: +47 51 65 14 95 Fax: +47 51 65 23 30 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration Membrane Processes: Desalination, Gas Separation

Notox Corp A/S Address: Baldersbuen 20, Hedehusene DK-2640, Denmark Tel: +45 70 23 8989 Fax: +45 70 23 7979 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.notoxsystems.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes

NSW LLC Address: 530 Gregory Avenue, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA Tel: +1 540 981 0362 Fax: +1 540 345 6793 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.nswplastics.com Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes

Oberlin Filter Co Address: 404 Pilot Court, Waukesha, WI 53188, USA Tel: +1 262 547 4900 Fax: +1 262 547 0683 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.oberlinfiher.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Tubular Membranes

Organo Corp Address: 38-16 Hongo 2-chome Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

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Tel: +81 3 5689 7102 Fax: +81 3 5689 7189 E-mail: [email protected] Web" www.organo.co.jp Membrane Filters: Ultrafiltration Equipment

Osmota GmbH Address: Gutenbergstrat~e 16, Rutesheim D-71277, Germany Tel: +49 71 52 991 300 Fax: +49 71 52 991 350 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.osmota.de Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration Membrane Processes: Dialysis, Electrodialysis

Osmotik/Osmosis Technology Inc Address: 6900 Hermosa Circle, Buena Park, CA 90620, USA Tel: +1 714 670 9303 Fax: +1 714 670 9323 Membrane Media: Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Ultrafiltration Membrane Processes: Desalination

Outokumpu Mintec Oy, Filters Address: PO Box 84, Espoo FIN-02201, Finland Tel: +358 94211 Fax: +358 9421 2854 E-mail: pekka.rabinaoutokumpu.fi Web: www.outokumpu.fi Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes

Pall Australia Address: 106 Talinga Road, Chehenham, Victoria 3150, Australia Tel: +61 3 9584 8100 Fax: +61 3 9584 6647 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Uhrafihration

Pall Corp Address: 2200 Northern Boulevard, East Hills, NY 11548, USA Tel: + 1 516 484 5400 Fax: +1 516 484 5228

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Web: www.pall.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

Pall Europe Ltd Address: Europa House, Havant Street, Portsmouth, Hants PO1 3PD, UK Tel: +44 1705 303 303 Fax: +44 1705 302 506 Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment

Pall Exekia Address: BP 1 Route d'oursbelille, Bazet 65460, France Tel: +33 5 62 38 95 95 Fax: +33 5 62 38 95 50 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.exekia.fr Managing Director: Franqois Edouard Marketing Director: Aline Sokol Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Membrane Bioreactors, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Uhrafihration, Ultrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

Germany Tel: +49 7951 3020 Fax: +49 7951 26598 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Uhrafiltration, Uhrafihration Equipment

Pannevis BV Address: Postbus 8264, Utrecht 3502 RG, the Netherlands Tel: +31 30 2482 411 Fax: +31 30 2482 402 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.pannevis.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Uhrafihration

Parker Hannifin Corp, Filtration Group Address: 6035 Parkland Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44124, USA Tel: + 1 216 896 3000 Fax: + 1 216 896 4021 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

Parker Hannifin Corp, Process Filtration Division Address: 1515 West South Street, Lebanon, IN 46052, USA Tel: +1 765 482 3900 Fax: + 1 765 482 8410 Web: www.parker.com Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration

Pall Filtron Corp

Parker Hannifin Danmark A/S

Address: 50 Bearfoot Road, Northborough, MA 01532, USA Tel: +1 508 393 1800 Fax: +1 508 393 1874 Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment

Address: Industrigrenen 11, Ishoj DK-2635, Denmark Tel: +45 43 560400 Fax: +45 43 733107 Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment

Pall Schumacher GmbH Address: Zur Fliigelau 70, Crailsheim D-74564,

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PCI Membranes Address: Laverstoke Mill, Whitchurch, Hampshire RG28 7NR, UK Tel: +44 1256 896966 Fax: +44 1256 893835 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.pcimem.com Marketing Services Manager: Alasdair Donn Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafihration, Ultrafihration Equipment PCI-Memtech Address: Laverstoke Mill, Whitchurch, Hampshire RG28 7NR, UK Tel: +44 1256 896966 Fax: +44 1256 893835 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.pci-memtech.com Sales Manager: Steve Morris Marketing Services Manager: Alasdair Donn Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), Polysulphone Membranes, Sulphone resins (Polymeric Membranes) Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Uhrafiltration Equipment PCl-Water Address: Laverstoke Mill, Whitchurch RG28 7NR, UK Tel: +44 1256 896966

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Fax: +44 1256 893835 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.pci-water.com Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafihration Equipment

Peerless Manufacturing Co Address: 2819 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75229, USA Tel: +1 214 357 6181 Fax: +1 214 351 0194 Web: www.perrlessmfg.com Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

Perry Process Equipment Ltd Address: Station Road, Aycliffe Industrial Estate, Newton Aycliffe DL5 6EQ, UK Tel: +44 1325 315111 Fax: +44 1325 301496 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.perryprocess.co.uk Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Plenty Filters Address: Plenty House, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5TR, UK Tel: +44 1635 42 663 Fax: +44 1635 49 758 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.plenty.co.uk Membrane Filters: Microfihration Membrane Processes: Desalination, Gas Separation Pollution & Process Monitoring Ltd Address: Bourne Enterprise Centre, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 8DG, UK Tel: +44 1732 882044 Fax: +44 1732 780190 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.pollution-ppm.co.uk Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafiltration, Uhrafihration Equipment Polymem Address: Route de Revel, Fourquevaux F-31450, France

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Tel: +33 562 717989 Fax: +33 562 717980 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfiltration, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafihration Equipment

Web: www.porous.com Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Distillation, Gas Separation, Pervaporation, Vapour Separation

Porex GmbH Address: Indstriestraf~e 1, Bautzen/Singwitz D-02692, Germany Tel: +49 3591 37220 Fax: +49 3591 444531 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.porex.de Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Uhrafihration

Porvair Filtration Group Ltd Address: Fareham Industrial Park, Fareham, Hampshire PO16 8XG, UK Tel: +44 1329 285616 Fax: +44 1329 822442 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.porvairfihration.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration

PoroCer Keramik-Membranen GmbH Address: Robert Friese Straf~e 2, Hermsdorf D-07629, Germany Tel: +49 36601 61002 Fax: +49 36601 61070 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Uhrafihration Porous Fibers SL Address: Avda de Bilbao, Pol Granada Pab E 8, Ortuella, Vizcaya 48530, Spain Tel: +34 94 635 47 88 Fax: +34 94 635 38 71 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.porousfibers.com Managing Director: Guillermo Crovetto Production Director: Ana Flores Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), Polysulphone Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Membrane Bioreactors, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment Porous Media Corp Address: 1350 Hammond Road, St Paul, MN 55110- 5865, USA Tel: +1 651 653 2000 Fax: +1 651 653 2230

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Porvair Sciences Ltd Address: Unit 6, Shepperton Business Park, Govett Avenue, Shepperton TW17 8BA, UK Tel: +44 1932 240255 Fax: +44 1932 254393 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.porvair-sciences.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration Powell Corp Address: 55 Ward Hill Avenue, Haverhill, MA 01835-6930, USA Tel: + 1 978 373 9111 Fax: +1 978 521 5715 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.powellcorp.com Managing Director: Todd Kinsgbury Marketing Director: Dick Hichar Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), Polysulphone Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis Prime Water S y s t e m s GmbH Address: Brusselerstrafle 20, Bad Bentheim D-48455, Germany Tel: +49 5924 990770 Fax: +49 5924 990771 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.primewater.com Membrane Media: Composite Membranes,

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Process Equipment Ltd Address: 32 Edison Road, Aylesbury HP19 3TE, UK Tel: +44 1296 43 16 66 Fax: +44 1296 25 956 Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment

Prosep Filter Systems Ltd Address: Unit G19, River Bank Way, Lowfield Business Park, Elland, West Yorkshire HX5 5DN, UK Tel: +44 1422 377367 Fax: +44 1422 377369 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.prosep.co.uk Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafihration Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis, Electrodialysis, Gas Separation, Pervaporation

Protfilt Kkt Address- Yy Rakocze 195, Budapest H-1214, Hungary Tel: +36 420 6639 Fax: +36 420 6639 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.protfilt.hu Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment PTI Advanced Filtration Inc Address: 2340 Eastman Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93030, USA Tel: +1 805 604 3400 Fax: +1 805 604 3401 E-mail: [email protected] PTI SpA Address: Via Newton 4, Pero (MI) 1-20016, Italy Tel: +39 02 339271 Fax: +39 02 3390713 E-mail: [email protected]

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Web: www.pti-afi.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment

PTI Technologies Inc Address: 501 Del Norte Boulevard, Oxnard, CA 93030, USA Tel: +1 805 604 3700 Fax: +1 805 604 3701 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ptitechnologies.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment PTI Technologies Ltd Address: Orgreave Lane, Handsworth, Sheffield S13 9NZ, UK Tel: +44 114 269 3999 Fax: +44 114 269 1409 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ptitechnologies.co.uk Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment

QVF Process Systems Inc Address: 224 North Main Street Building F, Section 4, Horseheads, NY 14845, USA Tel: +1 607 796 4800 Fax: +1 607 739 6717 E-mail: [email protected] Web: ww~:qvfps.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Dialysis, Electrodialysis

Ravensworth Ltd Address: 2 Deva Business Park, Welsh Road, Deeside CH5 2HR, UK Tel: +44 1244 830535 Fax: +44 1244 811687 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

Recomet BV Address: Wilhelminastraat 13, Bochohz NL-6351 GN, the Netherlands Tel: +31 45 5445339 Fax: +31 45 5442066 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.recomet.nl Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other)

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Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Membrane Bioreactors, Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

Refractron Technologies Corp Address: 5750 Stuart Avenue Newark, New York 14513, USA Tel: +1 315 331 6222 Fax: +1 315 331 7254 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.refractron.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes

Rellumit Filtration Ltd Address: PO BOX 69, Princes Risborough, Bucks HP27 9US, UK Tel: +44 1844 273213 Fax: +44 1844 273235 Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment

Renovexx Technology Ltd Address: Tudhoe Mill, Spennymoor, Co Durham DL16 6LQ, UK Tel: +44 1388 420181 Fax: +44 1388 814631 Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment

Rhodia GmbH Address: St~idelstrage 10, Frankfurt/Main D-60596, Germany Tel: +49 69 6093 337 Fax: +49 69 6093 333 Web: www.rhodia.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Uhrafiltration, Ultrafihration Equipment

Rhodius GmbH Address: PO Box 369, Weissenburg D-91772, Germany Tel: +49 9141 9190 Fax: +49 9141 91945 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.rhodius.com Membrane Media: Metal Membranes Membrane Processes: Desalination, Gas Separation

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Rochem Environmental Inc Address: 610 North Milby Street, Houston, TX 77003, USA Tel: +1 713 224 7626 Fax: +1 713 224 7627 Web: ww~:rochem.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration

Rochem Separation Systems Inc Address: 3904 Del Amo Boulevard, Suite 801, Torrance, CA 90503, USA Tel: +1 310 370 3160 Fax: + 1 310 370 4988 Web: www.rochem.com Membrane Filters: Nanofihration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration Membrane Processes: Desalination

Rochem UF SA Address: Miraval, Le Val F-83143, France Tel: +33 4 94 86 46 80 Fax: +33 4 94 86 46 79 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.rochem.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration Membrane Processes: Desalination

Rochem Ultrafiltrations Systeme GmbH Address: Seegelkenkehre 4, D-21107 Hamburg, Germany Tel: +49 40 374 95220 Fax: +49 40 374 95255 Web: v~avw.rochem.de

Roki Techno Co Ltd Address: 20-12 Minamiohi 6-chome Shinagawaku, Tokyo 140, Japan Tel: +81 3 5764 1174 Fax: +81 3 5764 0684 E-mail: [email protected] Web: x~avw.rokitechno.co.jp/english/index_e.htm Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment

Ropur AG Address: Grabenackerstrage 8B, Miinchenstein CH-4142, Switzerland

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Sanshin Manufacturing Co Ltd Address: 22-2 Kamejima 2-chome Nakamura-ku, Nagoya 453, Japan Tel: +81 52 451 7291 Fax: +81 52 451 7297 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

Sartorius AG Address: Weender Landstrat~e 94/108, Goettingen D-37075, Germany Tel: +49 551 3080 Fax: +49 551 308 3289 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sartorius.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Microfiltration, Uhrafihration

Sartorius Corp Address: 131 Heartland Boulevard, Edgewood, NY 11717, USA Tel: + 1 516 254 4249 Fax: +1 516 254 4253 Web: www.sartorius.com Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Uhrafihration, Ultrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

Sartorius KK Address: No 3 Hoya Building, 8-17 Kamitakaidolchome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168, Japan Tel: +81 3 3329 5855 Fax: +81 3 3329 5878 Web: www.sartorius.com Membrane Media: Polyaramide Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration

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Sartorius Separation Technology Address: Longmead Business Centre Blenheim Road, Epsom, Surrey KT19 9QN, UK Tel: +44 1372 74581 Fax: +44 1372 72079 Web" www.sartorius.com Membrane Media: Polyaramide Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Ultrafihration, Uhrafiltration Equipment

Schleicher & Schuell Microscience GmbH Address: PO Box 11, Dassel D-37582, Germany Tel: +49 5561 791 502 Fax: +49 5561 791 536 E-mail: techn [email protected] Web: www.schleicher-schuell.de Membrane Media: Polycarbonate Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Uhrafihration, Uhrafiltration Equipment

Schleicher & Schuell Microscience Inc Address: 950 Congress Ave, Riviera Beach, FL 33404, USA Tel: +1 561 655 2302 Fax: +1 561 655 3361 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.schleicher-schuell.com Membrane Media: Polyaramide Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Uhrafihration, Ultrafiltration Equipment

Scienco/Fast Systems Address: 3240 North Broadway, St Louis, MO 63147, USA Tel: +1 314 621 2536 Fax: +1 314 621 1952 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound

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Scilog Inc Address: 14 Ellis Potter Court, Madison, WI 53711-2478, USA Tel: +1 608 278 9482 Fax: +1 608 278 9487 Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Equipment, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Dialysis

Scottex Precision Textiles Ltd Address: Bolholt Industrial Estate, Walshaw Road, Bury, Lancashire BL8 1PY, UK Tel: +44 161 763 6550 Fax: +44 161 764 1365 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.scottex.co.uk Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes

Sepam BV Address: A Bloemaerthoek 16, Oosterhout NL4907 RD, the Netherlands Tel: +31 1620 36222 Fax: +31 1620 36220 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment

SeparaTech Ltd Address: Moulton Park Business Centre, Red House Road, Mouhon Park, Northampton NN3 6AQ, UK Tel: +44 1604 497685 Fax: +44 1604 497686 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis, Electrodialysis, Pervaporation

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Separation Technologists Inc Address: 100 Griffin Brook Park, Methuen, MA 01844, USA Tel: +1 508 794 1170 Fax: +1 508 794 0933 Membrane Filters: Ultrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment

Separem SpA Address: Via Per Oropa 118, Biella (B I) I- 13051, Italy Tel: +39 015 571943 Fax: +39 015 572251 Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Ultrafihration Equipment

Seprotech Systems Inc Address: 2378 Holly Lane, Ottawa, Ontario KIV 7PI, Canada Tel: +1 613 523 1641 Fax: +1 613 731 0851 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.seprotech.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafiltration Equipment

Serck Baker, Membrane Division Address: Unit 1, Albany Park Estate, Camberley, Surrey GU15 2QQ, UK Tel: +44 1276 64411 Fax: +44 1276 63806 Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration Membrane Processes: Desalination

Serep Address: 11 Rue du Pont V, BP 1402, Le Havre Cedex F-76067, France Tel: +33 2 3553 5005 Fax: +33 2 3524 0052 Web: www.serep.fr Membrane Filters: Ultrafiltration

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CT 10 2 LE, UK Tel: +44 1843 866668 Fax: +44 1843 872074 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sericol.co.uk Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Microfiltration

SGL ACOTEC GmbH Address: Postfach 1163, Siershahn D-56425, Germany Tel: +49 2623 6000 Fax: +49 2623 600513 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sgicarbon.com/cp Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

Shaffer Products Inc Address: 7 E Easy St, Bound Brook, NJ 08805, USA Tel: +1 732 356 2300 Fax: +1 732 356 2570 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.shafferproducts.com Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, PTFE Membranes Shanghai Industrial Techtextil Co Ltd Address: Room 602, No 2, Lane 438, Wuning Rd (S), Shanghai 200042, China Tel: +86 21 6231 8848 Fax: +86 21 6231 7258 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.shitc.com Managing Director: Percy Lu Marketing Director: Lucy Xu Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Shivam Filterpress Pvt Ltd Address: 78, 7th Floor, City Centre, CG Road, Navrang Pura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380 009, India Tel: +91 79 6563 539 Fax: +91 79 656 0627 E-mail: sivamfil@ad1 .vsnl.net.in Web: www.shivamfiherpress.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis,

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Sillaford Ltd Address: Martin House, 2 Martin Street, Brighouse HD6 IDA, UK Tel: +44 1484 710231 Fax: +44 1484 714607 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Sofrance Address: ZI des Gannes, BP 3, 87800 Nexon, France Tel: +33 5 55 58 50 00 Web: www.sofrance.com

Sogequip Address: CD 12, Solaize 69360, France Tel: +33 4 78 02 77 44 Fax: +33 4 78 02 04 84 Web: www.sogequip.com Membrane Filters: Uhrafiltration Equipment

Solution Technologies Inc Address: PO Box 377, Cambridge, WI 53523, USA Tel: + 1 608 834 1000 Fax: +1 608 834 1026 E-mail: [email protected] Web" www.solution-technologies.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Equipment, Ultrafihration Equipment

Solvay Advanced Polymers Address: 4500 Mc Ginnis Ferry Road, Alpharetta, GA 30005, USA Tel: +1 770 772 8494 Fax: +1 770 772 8460

Sotras Srl Address: Via Donatello 13, Borgaro (TO) 1-10071, Italy Tel: +39 011 262 2222 Fax: +39 011 262 4141 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Southwest Screens & Filters SA Address: 9 / 1 1 Rue de Cornemont, Sprimont B-4141, Belgium Tel: +32 4 360 9465 Fax: +32 4 360 9477

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E-mail: [email protected] Web: was~:swfilters.com Managing Director: Paul Heymans Marketing Director: Thiery Jongen Production Director: Eric Bonhomme Membrane Media: Metal Membranes Membrane Filters: Tubular Membranes Membrane Processes: Permeation

Sparkler Filters International Address: PO Box 6042, NL-4000 HA Tiel, the Netherlands Tel: +31 344 630603 Fax: +31 344 630530 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sparkler.nl Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

Specific Surface Corp Address: l 01 Constitution Blvd, Unit D, Franklin, MA 02038, USA Tel: +1 508 520 9586 Fax: +1 508 520 9552 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

SpinTek Filtration Address: 10851 Portal Drive, Los Alamitos, CA 90720, USA Tel: +1 714 236 9190 Fax: +1 714 236 9196 Web: www.spintek.com Spirax Sarco Ltd Address: Charhon House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL53 8EK, UK Tel: +44 1242 521361 Fax: +44 1242 573342 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.spiraxsarco.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration StanTech GmbH Address: Borkfelder Str 30, Hamburg D-20537, Germany Tel: +49 40 250 8842 Fax: +49 40 250 3620 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.stantech.org Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Reverse

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Steinmuller Rompf Wassertechnik GmbH Address: Bahnhofstraf~e 1, Driedorf-Roth D- 35759, Germany Tel: +49 27 75 95400 Fax: +49 27 75 9540 100 Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafihration Membrane Processes: Electrodialysis

Stella-Meta Address: Laverstoke Mill, Whitchurch, Hampshire RG28 7NR, UK Tel: +44 1256 895959 Fax: +44 1256 892074 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.steUa-meta.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

Steuler Industriewerke GmbH Address: Georg-Steuler-Straf~e 175, HoehrGrenzhausen D-56203, Germany Tel: +49 2624 130 Fax: +49 2624 13270 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.steuler.de Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Ultrafiltration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis, Electrodialysis Stork Protech (UK) Ltd. Address: Stork House, Unit 5, Brook Business Centre, Cowley Mill Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 2FX, UK Tel: +44 1895 272724 Fax: +44 1895 458812 Web: www.storkprotech.co.uk Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment

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Stork Veco International Inc Address: 3 Loomis Street, Bedford, MA 01730, USA Tel: +1 617 275 3292 Fax: + 1 617 275 4798 Membrane Media: Metal Membranes Sulzer Chemtech GmbH - Membrane Systems Address: Friedrichsthaler Straf~e 19, Neunkirchen D-66540, Germany Tel: +49 6821 7920 Fax: +49 6821 79250 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sulzerchemtech.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Affinity Membranes, Flat-sheet Membranes, Spiral Wound Membranes Membrane Processes- Gas Separation, Pervaporation, Vapour Separation TAMI Industries SA Address: ZA Les Laurons, Nyons F-26110, France Tel: +33 475 264 769 Fax: +33 475 264 787 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.tami-industries.com Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Microfihration, Nanofiltration, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafihration TCG Unltd BV Address: De Nessermolen 21, Amstelveen 1188 HR, the Netherlands Tel: +31 20 645 67 83 Fax: +31 20 645 6783 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Technische Textilien L6rrach GmbH & Co KG Address: Teichstraf~e 56, LOrrach D-79539, Germany Tel: +49 7621 40 22 0 Fax: +49 7621 40 22 46 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ttl.de Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other),

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Technitex Ltd Address: Wavertree House, 18 High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire OX9 2BZ, UK Tel: +44 1844 213165 Fax: +44 1844 260250 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment Tecnomara AG Address: Industriestraf~e 44, Wallisellen CH-8304, Switzerland Tel: +41 1830 2277 Fax: +41 1830 7852 Membrane Filters: Microfihration Tecnov Donaldson SAS Address: BP 21, ZI La Campagne, Domjean F-50420, France Tel: +33 2 33 77 33 77 Fax: +33 2 33 77 33 70 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.donaldson.com Membrane Media: Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration TEKA Absaug- und Entsorgungstechnologie GmbH Address" In der Aue 6, Velen D-46342, Germany Tel: +49 2863 92 82 0 Fax: +49 2863 92 82 72 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.tekanet.de Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Ultrafihration Equipment Tenax International BV Address: Via Ferruccio Pelli 14, Lugano CH6900, Switzerland Tel: +41 91 923 3412 Fax: +41 91 923 7517 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.tenax.nct Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis Tenax Kunststoffe GmbH Address: Schlossstrai~e 13, Lindau D-88131,

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Germany Tel: +49 8382 93040 Fax: +49 8382 930430 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.tenax.net Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis

Tenax Sarl Address: ZI de la Pilaterie- 6, Rue de la Ladrie, Bat C, Wasquehal 59290, France Tel: +33 3 20728210 Fax: +33 3 20728234 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.tenax.net Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters" Reverse Osmosis

Tenax SpA Address: Via dell'Industria 3, Vigan6 (LC) I- 23897, Italy Tel: +39 039 921 91 Fax: +39 039 921 9290 E-mail" [email protected] Web: www.tenax.net Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis

TEPRO Project Engineering Wassertechnik GesmbH Address: Turmplatz 1, Lieboch 8501, Austria Tel: +43 3136 62188 Fax: +43 3136 62188 6 E-mail: [email protected] Managing Director: Wolfgang Ploberger Marketing Director: Heimo Raith Production Director: Andreas Lehner Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

Tetratec Europe Ltd Address: Martland Mill Business Park, Stone House Rd, Wigan, Lancashire WN5 0LE, UK Tel: +44 1942 211611 Fax: +44 1942 214197 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration

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Tetratec PTFE Technologies Address: 85 Railroad Drive, Ivyland, PA 18974, USA Tel: +1 215 396 8349 Fax: +1 215 396 8308 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.tetratex.com Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Membrane Bioreactors, Microfiltration Membrane Processes: Desalination, Gas Separation

Toray Industries Inc Address: Toray Building, 2-1, NihonbashiMuromachi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8666, Japan Tel: +81 3 3245 5115 Fax: +81 3 3245 5555 Web: www.toray.co.jp Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Desalination

Total Filter Technology Inc Address: PO Box 593, North Chelmsford, MA 01863, USA Tel: +1 978 251 1251 Fax: + 1 978 251 1241 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfihration

Toyobo Co Ltd Address: 2-8 Dojima Hama 2-chome Kita-ku, Osaka 530, Japan Tel: +81 6 348 3136 Fax: +81 6 348 3149 Membrane Filters" Reverse Osmosis

Triple R Industry Co Ltd Address: 11-9 Towa 5-chome Adachi-ku, Tokyo 120, Japan Tel: +81 3 5616 7731 Fax: +81 3 5616 7732 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

TriSep Corp Address: 93 South La Patera Lane, Goleta, CA 93117, USA Tel: +1 805 964 8003 Fax: +1 805 964 1235 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.trisep.com

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Tuscon Exports Ltd Address: C-11, 4th Floor, Parsn Manere 602 Anna Salai, Madras 600 006, India Tel: +91 44 2827 6424 Fax: +91 44 2827 5060 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration

Ultra-Tech Services Ltd Address: 73C Stevens Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY90XW, UK Tel: +44 1384 373926 Fax: +44 1384 393785 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment

Twin Filter BV Address: Zuiddijk 398, Zaandam 1505 HE, the Netherlands Tel: +31 75 6555000 Fax: +31 75 6555010 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Polyester Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment

Ultrafilter GmbH Address: BussingstrafJe 1, Haan D-42781, Germany Tel: +49 21 29 569 0 Fax: +49 21 29 569 100 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.uhrafiher.de Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Uhrafiltration

Ube Industries Ltd Address: Ube Building, 2-3-11 HigashiShinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140, Japan Tel: +81 3 5460 3265 Fax: +81 3 5460 3407 Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

Ultrafilter Inc Address: 3560 Engineering Drive, Norcross, GA 30093, USA Tel: +1 770 448 3363 Fax: +1 770 448 3854 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Uhrafihration

Ultra Sep Ltd Address: Langton House, 53 Langton Road, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 2HX, UK Tel: +44 181 941 0845 Fax: +44 181 941 0845 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Metal Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polycarbonate Membranes, Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration,

Ultrafilter l t d Address: Pebble Close, Tamworth Business Park, Amington, Tamworth B77 4RP, UK Tel: +44 1827 58234 Fax: +44 1827 310166 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ultrafiher.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Uhrafiltration

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Uni-FIo Services Ltd Address: 20 Hobson Road, Elloughton Brough, E Yorks HU15 1JU, UK Tel: +44 1482 668613 Fax: +44 1482 667628 Membrane Filters: Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Desalination

URT Umwelttechnik GmbH Address: Siemensstraf~e 1A, Htirth D-50354, Germany Tel: +49 2233 79940 Fax: +49 2233 7994 111 Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration Equipment, Ultrafiltration Equipment

UNIQ Filtration Technology AIS Address: Narvikvej 11, PO Box 138, Nakskov DK-4900, Denmark Tel: +45 54 95 87 00 Fax: +45 54 95 87 50 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes, Polyester Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other), PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Hollow Fibre Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Uhrafiltration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis

USFilter Address: 301 West Military Road, Rothschild, WI 54474, USA Tel: +1 715 355 3524 Fax: +1 715 355 3335 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.usfiher.com Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Membrane Bioreactors, Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Uhrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis, Distillation, Electrodialysis

Unison Separations & Filtrations Pvt Ltd Address: 752 Shantian, New Link Road Extnm, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400053, India Tel: +91 22 63 28 436 Fax: +91 22 63 44 483 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafiltration Equipment

VA TECH WABAG Deutschland GmbH & Co KG Address: Lise-Meitner-Straf~e 4A, Ratingen D-408878, Germany Tel: +49 2102 45270 Fax: +49 2102 452799 Web: www.wabag.de Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipme:,~t, Nanofihration Equipment, Ultrafihration Equipment

Universal Process Equipment Inc Address: 1180 Route 130, South Robbinsville, NJ 08691, USA Tel: +1 609 443 4545 Fax: +1 609 259 0644 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Ultrafihration Equipment

VA TECH WABAG Deutschland GmbH & Co KG Address: Lichtenfelser Strage 53, Kulmbach D-95326, Germany Tel: +49 9221 7040 Fax: +49 9221 704200 Web: www.wabag.de Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration Equipment, Ultrafiltration Equipment

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VA TECH WABAG Deutschland GmbH & Co KG Address: Baumeisterallee 13/15, Zwenkau D-04442, Germany Tel: +49 34203 390 Fax: +49 34203 39100 Web: w~.wabag.de Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration Equipment, Ultrafihration Equipment

Van Der Molen GmbH Address: IndustriestraBe 34 a, Kissing D-86438, Germany Tel: +49 8233 79270 Fax: +49 8233 20847 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.van- der- molen.com Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafihration, Ultrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

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Wastewater Resources Inc Address: 9379 East San Salvador, Suite 202, Scottsdale, AZ 85258, USA Tel: +1 602 391 9939 Fax: +1 602 371 3102 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Polyaramide Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration, Uhrafihration Equipment

Water Equipment Technologies Inc Address: 832 Pike Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33411, USA Tel: +1 541 684 6300 Fax: +1 541 697 3342 Membrane Filters: Nanofiltration, Nanofiltration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes: Desalination

Water Group S y s t e m s Vivendi Water S y s t e m s Ltd Address: High Street, Lane End, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP14 3JH, UK Tel: +44 1494 887700 Fax: +44 1494 887824 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.vivendiwatersystems.co.uk Membrane Filters: Reverse Osmosis, Spiral Wound Membranes, Uhrafihration, Ultrafihration Equipment

Voigt GmbH, Filz- und Filtertechnik Address: Postfach 1168, Wernau D-73241, Germany Tel: +49 7153 30506 0 Fax: +49 7153 30506 50 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Liquid Membranes, Microfihration

Vokes Ltd (McLeod Russel) Address: Henley Park, Guildford, Surrey GU3 2AF, UK Tel: +44 1483 569971 Fax: +44 1483 235384 E-mail: [email protected]

Address: 1275 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92154, USA Tel: +1 619 424 2323 Fax: +1 619 424 4592 Membrane Media: Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Ultrafihration Equipment

Web Dynamics Ltd Address: Batchworth Lock House, 99 Church Street, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 1JJ, UK Tel: +44 1923 498001 Fax: +44 1923 498004 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.webdynamics.co.uk Membrane Media: Composite Membranes

Wedeco AG Address: Boschstrafle 4, Herford D-32051, Germany Tel: +49 5221 930 128 Fax: +49 5221 930 131 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment, Ultrafiltration Equipment

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Weir Envig (Pty) Ltd

Whatman International Ltd

Address: PO Box 7240, Noorder-Paarl, Western Cape Province 7623, South Africa Tel: +27 21 871 1877 Fax: +27 21 872 2664 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

Address: Whatman House, St Leonard's Road, 2 0 / 2 0 Maidstone, Kent ME16 OLS, UK Tel: +44 1622 676670 Fax: +44 1622 677011 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.whatman.com Membrane Media: Polycarbonate Membranes, Polysulphone Membranes, PTFE Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfiltration

WesTech Engineering Inc

Winston F2S Corp

Address: 3605 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84115, USA Tel: +1 801 265 1000 Fax: +1 801 265 1080 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.westech-inc.com Managing Director: Steve Brewster Marketing Director: Jeff Easton Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfihration Equipment, Tubular Membranes

Address: PO Box 6440, Longview, TX 75608, USA Tel: +1 903 757 7341 Fax: +1 903 759 6986 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.winstonf2s.com Managing Director: lohn W Kinsel Marketing Director: George Kinsel Production Director: Bill Lane Membrane Processes: Gas Separation

Western Water Products Inc

Wolftechnik Filtersysteme GmbH

Address: 6060 Enterprise Drive, Diamond Springs, CA 95619, USA Tel: +1 916 621 0255 Fax: + 1 916 626 7178 Membrane Media: Composite Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafiltration, Uhrafihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination, Dialysis

Address: Malmsheimer StrafJe 67, Weil der Stadt D-71263, Germany Tel: +49 7033 30140 Fax: +49 7033 301420 Membrane Media: Ceramic Membranes, Composite Membranes, Metal Membranes Membrane Filters: Microfihration, Reverse Osmosis, Uhrafihration Membrane Processes: Gas Separation, Pervaporation

Westfalia Separator AG

Worthwell Filtration Systems

Address: Werner-Habig-StrafJe 1, Oelde D-59302, Germany Tel: +49 2522 77 0 Fax: +49 2522 772 488 Membrane Filters: Microfihration Equipment

Address: West Croft Industrial Estate, Manchester Old Road, Middleton, Manchester M24 4PJ, UK Tel: +44 161 653 5128 Fax: +44 161 655 3461 Membrane Filters: Ultrafihration Equipment

Westfalia Separator Inc

Zander Aufbereitungstechnik GmbH & Co KG

Address: 100 Fairway Court, Northvale, NJ 07647, USA Tel: +1 201 767 3900 Fax: + 1 201 767 3416 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.wsus.com Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

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Address: Im Teelbruch 118, Essen D-45219, Germany Tel: +49 20 54 93 40 Fax: +49 20 54 93 41 64 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment

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Zander Filter Systems Inc Address: 1785 Corporate Drive, Suite 650, Norcross, GA 30093, USA Tel: +1 678 924 1000 Fax: +1 678 924 1111 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Microfiltration Equipment Zander Hiross UK Address: No 1 Claymore, Tame Valley Industrial Estate, Tamworth B77 5HN, UK Tel: +44 1827 260056 Fax: +44 1827 261196 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes Zenon Environmental Inc Address: 3239 Dundas Street West, Oakville, Ontario L6M 4B2, Canada Tel: +1 905 465 3030

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Fax: +1 905 465 3050 E-mail: [email protected] Membrane Media: Composite Membranes, Polymeric Membranes (Other) Membrane Filters: Hollow Fibre Membranes, Microfiltration, Microfihration Equipment, Nanofihration, Nanofihration Equipment, Reverse Osmosis, Tubular Membranes, Ultrafihration, Ultrafiltration Equipment Membrane Processes: Desalination

ZenPure (Hangzhou) Co Ltd Address: 28 Tonghui N Rd, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou 311215, China Tel: +86 571 8269 4861 Fax: +86 571 8269 4863 Membrane Filters: Flat-sheet Membranes, Microfihration, Microfiltration Equipment, Nanofiltration, Nanofihration Equipment Membrane Processes: Permeation

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American Filtration & Separations Society Department of Chemical Engineering University of Houston 4800 Calhoun Road Houston TX 77204-4004 USA Tel: +1 713 743 3671 Fax: +1 713 743 3679 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.afssociety.org American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) PO Box 769 Bonsall CA 92003-0769 USA Tel: +1 760 643 1750 Fax: +1 760 643 1761 E-mail" [email protected] Web: www.membranes-amta.org American Water Works Association (AWWA) 6666 W Quincy Ave Denver CO 80235 USA Tel: +1 303 794 7711 Fax: +1 303 347 0804 Web: www.awwa.org

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Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) 1200 Crescent Green, Suite 100 Cary NC 27511 USA Tel: +1 919 233 1210 Fax: +1 919 233 1282 Web: www.inda.org European Disposables and Nonwovens Association (EDANA) Avenue Eugene Plasky 157 B- 1030 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 2 734 93 10 Fax: +32 2 733 35 18 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.edana.org European Desalination Society Secretariat Abruzzo Science Park Via Antica Arischia 1 67100 L'Aquila Italy Tel: +39 0862 3475308 Fax: +39 0862 3475213 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.edsoc.com European Membrane Society Laboratoire de Grnie Chimique Universit6 Paul Sabatier 118 Route de Narbonne 31062 Toulouse Cedex France Fax: +33 5 61 55 61 39 E-mail" [email protected] Web: www.ems.cict.fr Filter Manufacturers Council 10 Laboratory Drive PO Box 13966 Research Triangle Park NC 27709- 3966 USA Tel: +1 919 406 8809 Fax: +1 919 549 4824 E-mail" [email protected] Web: www.fihercouncil.org

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The Filtration Society 5 Henry Dane Way Newbold Coleorton Coalville LE67 8PP UK Tel/Fax: +44 1530 223124 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cg/research/fihration/ International Desalination Association PO Box 387 Topsfield MA 01983 USA Tel: +1 978 887 0410 Fax: + 1 978 887 0411 Web: www.idadesal.org The National Air Filtration Association (NAFA) PO Box 68639 Virginia Beach VA 23471 USA Tel: +1 757 313 7400 Fax: +1 757 497 1895 Web: ~s~v.nafahq.org North American Membrane Society C / O Chemical & Environmental Engineering Mail Stop 305 University of Toledo Toledo OH 43606-3390 USA Tel: +1 419 530 3469 Fax: + 1 419 530 8086 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.membranes.org Soci&~ Franqaise de Filtration - Association Professionnels des Techniques S~paratives 58 Boulevard Paul Vaillant-Couturier 94240 l'Hay les Roses France E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sffihration.org

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Water Quality Association 4151 Naperville Road Lisle IL 60532-1088 USA Tel: +1 630 505 0160 Fax: +1 630 505 9637 E-mail" [email protected] Web" www.wqa.org

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