·       Next Generation Filter Media Conference Included Analysis of Cleanroom Filters

·       Cleanroom World Market Update Headlines – October 2014

·       Oil & Gas Sales Leads Headlines - September 30, 2014

·       North American Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants Headlines - September 2014

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

Next Generation Filter Media Conference Included Analysis of Cleanroom Filters

AFS presented a three day conference this week in Chicago. One of the three tracks was on air filtration.   Some presentations of value to cleanroom operators included:

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.

CLEANROOM WORLD MARKET UPDATE HEADLINES

October 2014

SEMICONDUCTORS

• Global Semiconductor Market Maintains Broad, Consistent Growth in July
• Equipment Spending Shows Strong Growth for 2014 and 2015; Slow Capacity Additions
• Strong Growth in Chip Equipment Spending in Europe in 2015
• North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts July 2014 Book to Bill Ratio of 1:07
• Major IDMs Increasingly Rely on Foundries for Logic Production
• Asia-Pacific Dominates IC Sales in Largest System Categories in 2014
• Microcontroller Sales Kick Into Gear Again After Slump
• TSMC August Revenues Increase 6.7 Percent from July
• ON Semiconductor Announces High Performance System in Package Solution for Precision Sensing in Portable Medical Devices

PHARMACEUTICAL

• Life Sciences Venture Capital Investments Soar in Second Quarter to Highest Level Since 2007, According to the Moneytree Report
• Mexico among Leading Producers of Pharmaceuticals in the Americas, Reports GlobalData
• Turkey an Attractive Prospect for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Marketing
• The Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Market Will Grow to $18.2 Billion in 2023
• Roche to acquire InterMune for $8.3 Billion
• DPx Holdings, B.V. Reaches Definitive Agreement to Acquire Gallus BioPharmaceuticals
• VWR International Expands European Tissue Diagnostics Portfolio with Acquisition of Klinipath BV
• PSC Investments acquires Sterile Injectable Fill/Finish Facility
• Gallus Enters Agreement with Progenics Pharmaceuticals for Manufacture of Anti-PSMA Monoclonal Antibody
• Baxter Announces Baxalta as the Name of the New Global Biopharmaceutical Company
• Mount Sinai opens The Honest Company Ultra Clean Room
• American Airlines Cargo builds Pharmaceutical Handling Facility

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

• Consumer Confidence on Economic Spending Hits New High for 2014
• Gartner Says a Typical Family Home Could Contain More than 500 Smart Devices by 2022
• Personal Computing Units Rising Despite Drop in Desktops, Notebooks
• Notebook PC Shipments Results Improve after Seven Consecutive Quarters of Decline
• Strong Growth in LCD TV Shipment Volume in India in Second Quarter 2014
• Large Area TFT Panel Shipments Broke Record in Second Quarter 2014

SOLAR

• Led by China, Solar Market to Grow 75 Percent to 65.6 GW in 2019

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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES

September 30, 2014

Oil and Gas Project Tracking is available at a discount to World Cleanroom Markets or Ultrapure Water World Markets subscribers.

Treatment chemicals are an important addition to most oil and gas processes. Access to details on the worldwide oil and gas projects is provided at a substantial discount to World Cleanroom Markets or Ultrapure Water World Markets subscribers.

(Listed by most current date)

GE‘s Compression Technology Supporting Total”s $1.3 Bln Overhaul to Expand and Enhance Its Antwerp Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/30/2014)

Enterprise Announces Ninth NGL Fractionator at Mont Belvieu, Texas Complex  (Article Dated: 9/30/2014)

Pemex Awards $80 Mln Contract to Samsung for Ultralow-sulfur Diesel Project at Salamanca Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

Gulf Coast to Benefit from Refinery Retrofits  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

Report Says Louisiana is Sinking, Oil Refineries are Threatened  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

Quantum Energy and Bilfinger Westcon to Develop Multiple Refineries in the ND-MT Bakken Formation  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

U.S. Refineries Reach Record Production Revenue Volumes in Mid-Summer 2014  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

Valero, Tesoro could be Possible Bidders for Citgo Refinery Assets  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

BPCL Awards Contract to Technip for Kochi Refinery Expansion  (Article Dated: 9/29/2014)

Neste to Install Biopropane Unit at Rotterdam Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/26/2014)

Pipe Repair to Shut Israel’s ORL Hydrocracker for September  (Article Dated: 9/26/2014)

Phillips 66 to Add Railcars to Move More Crude to Coast Refineries  (Article Dated: 9/26/2014)

Rosneft Commissions Isom Unit at Kuibyshev Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/26/2014)

Pemex Contracts Spain’s Técnicas Reunidas to Begin Diesel Program at Mexican Refineries  (Article Dated: 9/26/2014)

Alon USA Receives Approval to Construct Bakersfield Rail and Refinery Project  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

Mexico's Pemex Awards Gas Pipeline Contract to OAT Consortium  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

Turnaround Underway at Irving's New Brunswick Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas Wins $500 Mln Order from Pemex  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

Catalytic Processes Could Yield Alternatives to Refineries, Ethane Crackers  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

Technip Awarded FEED Contract for New Refinery Units in Bahrain  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

Egypt Expects $425 Mln from Islamic Development Bank, for Refinery, Airport  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

Pemex to Spend $5.5 Bln on Mexico Plant Upgrades, Pipeline  (Article Dated: 9/25/2014)

Serbia’s NIS Plans Upgrades at Pancevo Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/24/2014)

Planned Maintenance Under Way at ExxonMobil’s Baytown Complex  (Article Dated: 9/24/2014)

ExxonMobil Plans Upgrade at Norwegian Slagen Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/23/2014)

U.S. Merchant Bank to Buy Newfoundland Refinery from Korea National Oil  (Article Dated: 9/23/2014)

CHS Plans Revamp of its Laurel Montana Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/22/2014)

Rosneft Advances Planned Diesel Hydrotreating Complex at Syzran Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/22/2014)

Atyrau Refinery Modernization Project, Atyrau oblast, Kazakhstan  (Article Dated: 9/22/2014)

Rising Distillation Capacity to Hasten Refinery Closures According to ESAI Energy  (Article Dated: 9/22/2014)

Suncor Begins Planned Maintenance at Two Canadian Refineries  (Article Dated: 9/22/2014)

Construction Begins on PDVSA’s Puerto La Cruz Refinery Revamp  (Article Dated: 9/19/2014)

Contract Awarded to KSB AG for Vietnam’s Nghi Son Refining Complex for Process Pumps  (Article Dated: 9/19/2014)

Xylem’s Godwin Pumps Restore Critical Operations at Flooded Argentina Ensenada Oil Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/19/2014)

Petroecuador Begins Fourteen Month Phased Revamp at Esmeraldas Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/19/2014)

SOCAR Builds Gas-cleaning Plant at Baku Refinery  (Article Dated: 9/19/2014)

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NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS HEADLINES

September 2014

ALABAMA

$1.9 Million for Brundidge WWTP Improvements

Georgiana Requesting Bids for Wastewater Plant Improvements

ARIZONA

Scottsdale requesting Bids for Flow Monitoring Equipment

Chandler awards $120 Million Ocotillo Water Project Bid

CALIFORNIA

New Odor Control for Porterville Wastewater Plant

Orange County seeking Consultant for WWTP Project

CALIFORNIA

Hi-Desert Water Directors pick Technology to Treat Wastewater

AECOM releases Draft Version of Golden Hills Sewer System Study

Stallion Springs looks at Upgrading Wastewater Plant

Modesto Wastewater Plant Pump needs Repair

Lodi to replace Digesters for $2.4 Million

San Francisco Wastewater System to get $6.9 Billion Makeover

CONNECTICUT

Killingly Voters reject $25.8 Million Wastewater Treatment Plant Project

GEORGIA

Savannah to spend $25 Million Plus to Upgrade Sewage Treatment Plant

ILLINOIS

Cairo requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

Iuka requesting Bids for WWTP Pump Stations

Benton needs New WWTP

Elburn okays Bid to Update WWTP

$5 Million in State Funds for Washington WWTP Repairs

$134 Million for Stickney & Burbank Wastewater Projects

$9 Million for Elburn WWTP Upgrade

INDIANA

Lyons studying Sludge Issues at WWTP

KENTUCKY

Oldham County requesting Bids for New Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant

Officials to discuss Regional Wastewater Panel

LOUISIANA

LaPlace requesting Bids for WWTP Project

MAINE

Van Buren requesting Bids for WWTP Project

$1.5 Million for Eliot Pump Station Repair

MARYLAND

Worcester County requesting Bids for WWTP Project

Prince Frederick requesting Bids for Water/Wastewater Project

Leonardtown requesting Bids for WWTP Upgrade

MASSACHUSETTS

Leominster OKs $2.5 Million fix of Wastewater Treatment Facility

$25 Million for Middleboro WWTP Improvements

MICHIGAN

Detroit announces Regional Control of Water/Wastewater Systems

Haring Township building WWTP

MINNESOTA

Austin reviews Capital Projects including WWTP Upgrades

St. Cloud WWTP has Energy Saving Project at WWTP

MISSOURI

New Franklin requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

RFQ for Perryville Engineering Design for WWTP

NEW JERSEY

Sussex County requesting Bids for WWTP Project

$42.8 Million for Repairs on Bayshore Wastewater Plant

State wants Sewer Plants to Plan for 500-Year Storms, Extended Outages

NEW YORK

Ellenville requesting Bids for Improvements to the Napanoch WWTP

Lake George to Study Wastewater Treatment Plant

Fallsburg to upgrade WWTP

$2.1 Million for LaFargeville WWTP

NORTH CAROLINA

Winston-Salem requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

OHIO

Richland County requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

Ohio ups State Funding to Wastewater Plants

Holms County reviews Bids for WWTP Improvements

Lakewood to improve WWTP Practices

Mansfield requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

Patton Village to construct New WWTP

PENNSYLVANIA

Keating Township reviews Bids for WWTP Project

Lansdale requesting Bids for WWTP Capacity Upgrade

Lower Paxton Township requesting Bids for WWTP Repair

Robeson Township exploring WWTP Project

TENNESSEE

Alamo requesting Bids for WWTP Project

TEXAS

Abilene's Wastewater Treatment Plant Construction on Schedule

Fort Bend requesting Bids for Dissolved Oxygen Improvement Project

Edinburg awards $13 Million Water Plant Bid

$8.36 Million for Early WWTP

VIRGINIA

Rocky Mount requesting Bids for WWTP Equipment

Hopewell’s Biological Nutrient Removal System to improve Wastewater Plant

WASHINGTON

Seattle requesting Bids for WWTP Pump Station Upgrade

King County Sewer Overflow Project could cost $2.6 Billion

Freeland Sewer District eyes Future Treatment Plant Property

WEST VIRGINIA

Eleanor requesting Bids for Engineering Services for WWTP Plant

WISCONSIN

Fountain City heads back to Drawing Board for Design of New WWTP

WYOMING

$52 Million for Torrington Wastewater Upgrades

CANADA

New Kananaskis Water and Wastewater Plants Complete

BUSINESS NEWS

United Water signs Agreement with Nassau County, NY to Provide Management and Operations of Wastewater System

World Water Works to Bring Groundbreaking Technology to Global Market

RECENT CHEMICAL BID REPORTS

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WORLD POWER GENERATION HEADLINES

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

Revision Date:  September 23, 2014

Revision Date:  September 24, 2014

Revision Date:  September 26, 2014

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