CARTRIDGE FILTER MARKET UPDATE
JULY 2011
McIlvaine Company
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COMPANY NEWS
Eaton to Buy Liquid Filtration Specialist E Begerow
Lydall Announces Price Hike
Pall Acquires Brazilian Distributor Engefiltro
Johnsen Oil Partners with Donaldson Europe
FINANCIALS
Pentair Reports Strong Second Quarter Results
Ahlstrom Updates Outlook for 2011 Operating Profit
Clarcor Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results
SEMICONDUCTOR
Semiconductor Year-Over-Year Sales Growth Encouraging
SEMI Forecasts 31 Percent Rise in Equipment Spending and 9 Percent Manufacturing
Capacity Increase in 2011
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts April 2011 Book-to-Bill
Ratio of 0.98
Intel, Samsung and Toshiba Continue to Lead Softening World Semiconductor Market
Soaring Semiconductor Inventory Mitigates Impact of Japan Disaster in First
Quarter
SMIC and Hubei Science & Technology Investment Group Sign Joint Venture
Automotive Semiconductor Market Gears Up for Strong Year
PHARMACEUTICAL/BIOTECHNOLOGY
IMS Institute Forecasts Global Spending on Medicines to Reach Nearly $1.1
Trillion by 2015
Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Südpack Medica AG Sign Exclusive Cooperation
Agreement
Fluidigm Delivers More Than One Billion Microscopic NanoFlex™ Valves
NEW PRODUCTS
GE’s ZCore Cartridge Filters for Extreme Duties
Gore Cartridge Filters Improve Semiconductor Manufacture
Pall Spotlights New Filtration and Purification Products at SEMICON West 2011