Air Filtration Insights  

No. 36  October 2014       

 

 

 

WELCOME

This bi-weekly Air Filtration Insight provides excerpts from the McIlvaine Air Filtration and Purification World Markets.  It also provides excerpts from related publications. The market report provides the latest forecasts, market shares and insights relative to technology and opportunities. 

·       Next Generation Filter Media Conference Included A Whole Track on Air Filtration

·       Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Industry Update Headlines – September 2014

·       World Power Generation Projects Headlines – Revision Dates:  Sept. 23, 24 & 26, 2014

 

 

 

Next Generation Filter Media Conference Included A Whole Track on Air Filtration

AFS presented a three day conference this week in Chicago. One of the three tracks was on air filtration.  Speakers on gas turbine subjects were:

 

Bob McIlvaine

Next Generation Filter Media for Gas Turbines

Al Valtine

New Test Methodology For Evaluating Wrap Pre-Filters For Gas Turbine Intakes

Wilson Poon

Removal of Water Droplets by Hydrophobic and Non Hydrophobic Intake Filters

Bob Burkhead

Assessing the Performance of Air Intake Filter Systems on Gas Turbine Power Generation Equipment

There were over 200 attendees at the conference.  Exhibitors included Cerex, Delta Pure, Dexmet, Franklin Adnesives, Industrial Netting, International Filtration News, Oil-Dri, ONYX Specialty Papers, Tangent Membranes and the University of Illinois.

 

PHARMACEUTICAL & BIOTECHNOLOGY

INDUSTRY UPDATE

September 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

UNITED STATES

Mt. Sinai to Open NGS Facility

Akorn Breaks Ground on Expansion

Pandemic Vaccine Facility Dedicated in Texas

University of Alabama Opens New High Tech Cleanroom

Cubist Opening New International Headquarters in Zurich

Smithsonian Institution Opens LEED Platinum Lab Facility

LCMC Health announced Investment in the New Orleans Business Alliance (NOLABA)

Baxter’s Boom

Evonik to Open Global Innovation Center in Alabama

Ag-Bio Firm NewLeaf Symbiotics Grows

Wisconsin Energy Institute Lab Design

Ampio Pharmaceutical Opens New Facilities

Natoli Opens R&D Site

University to Open New Cleanrooms

Novartis to Build New Development Center

Pfanstiehl Gearing Up for Potent API Expansion

GE Healthcare to Open U.S. Life Sciences HQ in Massachusetts

Wisconsin Health Care Campus Achieves Water Conservation

AtriCure Plans Headquarter Building

Ashland expands HPC Production at VA plant

Xellia plans to Invest in Raleigh Plant

Reed-Lane Opens Dedicated Serialization Suite

DPT Laboratories Acquires Meda Pharmaceuticals Lakewood, New Jersey

Grand River Opens Second Manufacturing Facility

Bayer CropScience Plans Further Growth in the U.S.

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies Expands Cell Culture Manufacturing Capacity

Life Pack Labs Poised to Help Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

StartX-QB3 Labs Expands

BioConsortia opens Headquarters and R&D Laboratories

American Airlines Cargo Builds Pharmaceutical Handling Facility

Tamworth Facility for Midland Fertility Completed

JM Coull completes Multiple Lab Renovations at Northeastern University

Sanovas Moves Biotech Operations

Memorial Sloan Kettering plans Precision Oncology Center

Texas A&M Center Adds Mobile Cleanrooms

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing Plans Expansion

REST OF THE WORLD

Allele Raises Money to Expand

3M Purification opens New Laboratory in Antwerp, Belgium

Foster Delivery Science to Build Facility For Manufacturing Drug Delivery Polymers

ProBioGen plans Expansion

Hospira plans Investment in Australia

ILS Completes Work on New Laboratory

Ireland plans New Hub

New Facility makes Ottawa a Centre for Medical Devices

Baxter Growth & Investment

Conwed expands Capacity in Belgium

Merck Millipore invests in Manufacturing Capabilities in France

Synthon sells Czech Plant to Mercachem

ProBioGen invests in Mammalian Manufacturing

Molecular Profiles expands Liquid Capsule Manufacture

China, France collaborate on Virus Lab

Telstar supplies Laboratorios Pisa with Upgrades

EMD Millipore expands in Japan and Opens New Location in Tokyo

Merck KGaA Breaks Ground on Facility in China

Synthon sells Czech Plant to Mercachem in API Consolidation

Ajinomoto Althea gains EU GMP Certification

Orion opens New Facility

Phase 2 opens Medical Device Contract Manufacturing in Tijuana

Eurofins plans Four Labs to Support Food Testing

Blueprint Genetics plans Growth

Stem Cells API Development by European Biobank

Synexus to acquire Helderberg Clinical Trials Centre

Lab Innovation around the Globe Highlighted in S-Lab Awards

Orion opens New Facility

Harlan Labs expands Presence in Australia and Southeast Asia

Merck targets Italian Production Site for Investment

Baxter opens its First State-of-the-Art Biologics Facility in Asia

SGS Life Science Services to expand Shanghai Facility

AstraZeneca designs New U.K. Global R&D Center

 

Air Filtration and Purification World Markets forecasts revenues by product, geography and industry and provides market shares and strategic analysis of the industry. For more information, click on:  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/2-uncategorised/108-n022.

 

World Power Generation Projects

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

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Revision Date:  September 23, 2014

 

Project Title

First Entry Date

Location

Startup date

 Suwannee River expansion - Duke

8/20/2014

FL

Cancelled

 Middletown Energy Center - NTE

8/13/2014

OH

2018

 Shady Hills expansion - GE Energy

8/4/2014

FL

2015

 Glenarm combined cycle expansion - Pasadena Water & Power

4/1/2013

CA

2016

 Newark Energy Center - EIF

3/1/2011

NJ

2016

 Avenal combined cycle - Macquarie Group

11/1/2001

CA

2016

 Lauderdale CT Project - Florida Power & Light

 

FL

2018

 Fort Myers Replacement - Florida Power & Light

 

FL

Cancelled

 

Revision Date:  September 24, 2014

 

Project Title

First Entry Date

Location

Startup date

 Temple II combined cycle - Panda Power Funds

8/18/2014

TX

2016

 Montana Power Station Unit 4 - El Paso Electric

8/15/2014

TX

2017

 Montana Power Station Unit 3 - El Paso Electric

8/15/2014

TX

2016

 FGE Texas I combined cycle - FGE

3/1/2013

TX

2016

 

Revision Date:  September 26, 2014

 

Project Title

First Entry Date

Location

Startup date

 Azito combined cycle conversion - Azito Energie

12/1/2012

Ivory Coast

2015

 Abatta CCGT - Petroci

4/1/2012

Ivory Coast

2016

 Maria Gleta combined cycle conversion - West African Power Pool

2/1/2008

Benin Republic

2016

 Mmashoro GT - Botswana Power

11/1/2007

Botswana

2015

 

 

For more information on World Power Generation Projects, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/28-energy/486-40ai

 

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