CLEANROOM WORLD MARKET UPDATE HEADLINES
November 2013
SEMICONDUCTORS
Global Semiconductor Sales Increase for Sixth Straight Month in August
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts August 2013 Book-to-Bill
Ratio of 0.98
Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Spending to
Decline 8.5 Percent in 2013
TSMC Reports Third Quarter EPS of NT $2.00
Market for Power Semiconductors Plunges in 2012
DRAM Market Adjusts to Post-PC Era as Profits Soar to Eleven Quarter High
Pure-Play Foundries Spending Big on Capital Equipment
Americas Region Remains Largest Market for Pure-Play Foundry Sales
SEMI Announces Silicon Wafer Shipment Forecast to Remain Flat in 2013 and
Increase in 2014 and 2015
PHARMACEUTICAL/BIOTECH
Amgen Successfully Completes Onyx Pharmaceuticals Tender Offer
Quintiles Completes Acquisition of Novella Clinical
IPO Fever Continues, but Market Offers Reminder that Deals Carry Risk
Merck Announces Global Initiative to Sharpen Commercial and R&D Focus
Amgen and ShanghaiTech University Announce Plans for Amgen China R&D Center to
Open on ShanghaiTech Campus
FDA Prohibits Manufacture of FDA-Regulated Drugs from Ranbaxys Mohali, India,
Plant and Issues Import Alert
With Fingers Crossed, Report Says Biosimilars Poised for Growth
MEDICAL DEVISES
Consumer Medical Devices Set for Stable Market Growth
FDA Finalizes New System to Identify Medical Devices
Gartner Says Healthcare Providers in India to Spend $1 Billion in 2013
Healthcare Investment by Governments Crucial to Drive ASEAN Ultrasound Market
Low-Acuity Patient Monitor Market Expected to Grow by 40 Percent in Next Five
Years
Microfluidics and Electrodes for New Medical Devices Reach $9.5 Billion in
2022
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
Consumer Sentiment toward Technology Spending Drops to Lowest Point Since 2009
CEA Forecasts Total Holiday Retail Sales to Increase 4.0 Percent in 2013
Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments in the Third Quarter of 2013 Declined 8.6
Percent
Global Tablet PC Panel Shipments Recover after Three Straight Months of
Declines
Booming Market for Touch-Screen Notebook PC Displays Hits Speed Bump in Second
Quarter
Flat Panel TV Shipments Continue to Decline in July
TV Semiconductor Market Growing Despite Decline in TV Shipments
High Manufacturing Costs for AMOLED TV Panels Not Deterring Investment in TFT
Capacity
Worldwide Shipments of 3d Printers Forecast to Grow 49 Percent in 2013
Energy Efficiency Leads Home Automation Ownership and Purchase intent
SOLAR
Global Solar Installation Growth Set to Hit Three Year High in 2014
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CHEMICAL UPDATE HEADLINES
OCTOBER 2013
INDUSTRY
U.S. Chemical Earnings Up in Third Quarter
Brazil Ramps Up Plastics Resins Imports
COMPANY NEWS
DuPont Announces Separation of Performance Chemicals Segment
Dow Sells Polypropylene Licensing Business to W.R. Grace
Three Former Clariant Businesses Now Operating under Archroma Name
Solvay to Open Largest Sodium Bicarbonate Plant in Southeast Asia
Solvay Launches Bio-Based PPA for Smart Phones
Linde to Add Liquefier Component at Texas Facility
BASF to Acquire Specialized Enzyme Biotechnology Company Verenium
BASF Announces $42.6 million Polyurethane Blending Facility in Louisiana
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MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS UPDATE HEADLINES - October 2013
ALABAMA
Fairhope WWTP to Get $10.8 Million Upgrade
ARIZONA
Show Low Requesting Bids for Wastewater Project
CALIFORNIA
Santa Rosa Plans $40 Million Upgrade for WWTP
VVRA Receives Funding for WWTP Project
Desalitech to Supply Advanced Wastewater Treatment Pilot System to LA County
Sanitation Districts
Hesperia Planning $30 Million WWTP Project
Pacific Grove Pursues 5-Part Water Plan
$11.7 Million for Holtsville Wastewater Project
San Diego to make Water Reuse Decision
COLORADO
$13.5 Million for Repairs for Northern Colorado Water, Sewer Systems
CONNECTICUT
$5 Million for Plainfield Wastewater Projects
FLORIDA
$25 Million for Daytona WWTP
GEORGIA
Hall County Wastewater Plan being Considered
Madison Considers New Equipment for WWTP
Warner Robbins WWTP undergoing $28 Million Upgrade
Forsyth County to Build New $31 Million Wastewater Plant
Gwinnett Approves $16 Million Project for Water Plant
IDAHO
Jerome to Upgrade WWTP
$5 Million for Effingham Water Treatment Plant, Sewer System Improvements
Blackfoot Seeks $2.9 Million for Wastewater Plant Upgrade
ILLINOIS
Quincy Requesting Bids for WWTP Repairs
Chicago WWTP Discovers How to Harness Extra Energy at WWTP
IOWA
Northwood to Upgrade Wastewater Plant
LOUISIANA
Franklinton WWTP Repair Project in Design Phase
Construction of $12 Million Plaquemine WWTP Begins
MASSACHUSETTS
Otsego Planning WWTP Improvements
MICHIGAN
New Baltimore to develop Asset Management Plan for WWTP
Maryville to Apply for Storm, Wastewater Grant
MINNESOTA
Mabel City accepts Bids for Water, Sewer Projects
Blooming Prairie Updates WWTP
MISSISSIPPI
West Point Upgrading WWTP
MISSOURI
$32 Million Requested for Columbias Wastewater Plant Upgrades
$6.25 Million for Taney County WWTP Project
MONTANA
MT Treatment Plant to Receive Upgrades for Nutrient Removal Requirements
NEW HAMPSHIRE
$40 Million for Exeter WWTP
NEW JERSEY
Mendham Township receives Grant for WWTP Upgrade
NEW MEXICO
$31 Million for Albuquerque WWTP Upgrade
$5.5 Million for New WWTP in Cimarron
NEW YORK
Rome OKs Bond for $3 Million for WWTP Repairs
Bay Park WWTP Begins Repairs
Watertown Proceeding with Plans to Produce Methane Gas
EPA Orders Middleton to Address Clean Water Act Violations
$262 Million for Bay Park WWTP Upgrade including Odor Control
NORTH DAKOTA
Watford Planning for Mechanical Wastewater Treatment
OHIO
Columbus Begins $25 Million WWTP Upgrade
Stark County Begins WWTP Improvement Project
Tuscarawas County WWTP Needs Upgrade
Massillon to Vote on $24 Million Upgrade to WWTP
OREGON
Glendale Working to Resolve Wastewater Plant Problems
PENNSYLVANIA
Spring City to Upgrade WWTP
SOUTH CAROLINA
Georgetown WWTP Out of Compliance
TENNESSEE
Pegram Pursues $449,000 Sewer Loan
WEST VIRGINIA
Berkeley County Planning $47 Million Upgrade to WWTPs
CANADA
Regina Referendum Results in Favor of P3 Sewage Plant
BUSINESS NEWS
Wastewater Treatment Solutions Highlighted at WEFTEC
RECENT CHEMICAL BID REPORTS
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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES November 8, 2013
(Listed by most current date)
Without a Buyer Murphy Oil May Close Wales Milford Haven Refinery (Article
Dated: 11/8/2013)
Honeywell to Modernize Swedish Preemraf Lysekil Oil Refinery (Project Dated:
11/8/2013)
Electrical Installation JV Created for Whiting Refinery Modernization Project
(Project Dated: 11/8/2013)
Foster Wheeler Wins FEED for Khurais Arabian Light Crude Increment Program
(Contract Dated: 11/8/2013)
Iraq Signs $6 Bln Refinery Contract with Swiss Firm Satarem (Contract Dated:
11/8/2013)
Wison Launches Zhoushan Fabrication Yard with Venezuela's RPLC Refinery
Project (Project Dated: 11/8/2013)
Iraq Wins Oil Supply Deal at China Sinochem Refinery (Article Dated:
11/8/2013)
Trading House Gunvor Looks to Raise Stake in European Oil Refining (Article
Dated: 11/7/2013)
BP Whiting Refinery Project Getting Closer to Completion (Project Dated:
11/7/2013)
Honeywell's UOP to Help PT Pertamina Develop Modernization Plan for Indonesian
Refineries (Article Dated: 11/7/2013)
Uganda Seeks Investor to Build $2.5 Bln Oil Refinery (Project Dated:
11/7/2013)
Citgo Plans FCC Work at Lake Charles Refinery in 2014 (Article Dated:
11/7/2013)
MOL Group to Convert Italys Mantova Refinery into 'Products Logistics Hub'
(Project Dated: 11/7/2013)
Wison Wins $834 Mln Contract for Puerto La Cruz Refinery Deep Conversion
Project (Contract Dated: 11/7/2013)
Global Data Says China Refinery Cancellation Will Have 'Far-Reaching
Consequences' (Project Cancelled Dated: 11/7/2013)
ICA Fluor Awarded Contract for Miguel Hidalgo Refinery in Mexico (Contract
Dated: 11/6/2013)
Foster Wheeler Signs Agreement with Khabarovsk Oil Processing Refinery in
Russia (Project Dated: 11/6/2013)
Yokogawa Wins Mizushima Refinery FEED Contract from JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corp (Order Dated: 11/6/2013)
Saudi Aramco and Total Set to Begin Exports at New Jubail Refinery Venture
(Project Dated: 11/6/2013)
Essar Energy to Sell Kenyas Only Refinery to Government (Sale Dated:
11/6/2013)
Invensys to Supply Refining Simulators Software for KBR (Agreement Dated:
11/6/2013)
Dubai Signs with China Sonangol to Build Oil Refinery (Project Dated:
11/6/2013)
Aramco, Total Ship First Refined Product Cargo from New Jubail Complex
(Project Dated: 11/6/2013)
Foster Wheeler to Supply Fired Heaters for Russias KINEF Refinery Expansion
(Contract Dated: 11/6/2013)
Honeywell to Help New Production Facility Meet Rising Demand For Clean Energy
(Project Dated: 11/4/2013)
Rosneft and ExxonMobil Select Contractors for Russian Far East LNG Project
FEED (Project Dated: 11/4/2013)
GP Strategies Corp to Build Thirteen LNG Fueling Stations for UPS (Contract
Dated: 11/4/2013)
Project Development Agreement for Lake Charles LNG Export Terminal (Agreement
Dated: 11/4/2013)
GE to Provide Almost $600 Mln in Turbomachinery Equipment for Yamal LNG
Megaproject (Contract Dated: 11/4/2013)
Wison Installs LNG Storage Tanks into the World's First FLNG Production Unit
(Project Dated: 11/4/2013)
Alaska LNG Project Selects Lead Terminal Location (Project Dated: 11/1/2013)
Enbridge in Talks with Natural Gas Producers about British Columbia LNG
Pipeline (Article Dated: 11/1/2013)
Malaysia's Petronas to Spend $35 Bln on Canadian LNG Project (Project Dated:
11/1/2013)
Stabilis Energy and Flint Hills Resources to Build LNG Liquefaction Facilities
for Oilfield Fuel Consumers (Project Dated: 11/1/2013)
Chevron and Tohoku Electric Sign Wheatstone LNG Agreement (Agreement Dated:
11/1/2013)
GDF Suez to Operate Uruguay's First FLNG Terminal (Agreement Dated:
10/31/2013)
DSME Awards Veolia's MPPE Water Treatment Technology Contract for Ichthys LNG
Project (Contract Dated: 10/31/2013)
Applied Natural Gas Fuels, Inc. to Build LNG Production Platform in Texas
(Project Dated: 10/31/2013)
Alfa Laval Wins Natural Gas Order in the U.S. (Order Dated: 10/31/2013)
Clean Energy, Ferus Natural Gas Fuels, GE Join Forces to Jointly Deliver LNG
(Article Dated: 10/31/2013)
Dominion Welcomes DOE Approval for Natural Gas Exports From Cove Point
(Project Dated: 10/31/2013)
Finlands Gasum Gets Approval for LNG Terminal (Project Dated: 10/30/2013)
BG Group May Buy Gas Fields in Canada to Produce LNG for Asia (Article Dated:
10/30/2013)
Freeport LNG Signs 20-year Liquefaction Tolling Agreement with Toshiba
(Agreement Dated: 10/30/2013)
Novatek, CNPC and Chinese Banks Conclude Memorandum On Project Financing For
Yamal LNG (Project Dated: 10/30/2013)
Freeport LNG Expects 3rd Train FID by End-2014 (Project Dated: 10/30/2013)
ConocoPhillips Warns of Possible LNG Oversupply (Article Dated: 10/30/2013)
Oman LNG and Qalhat LNG Join Forces (Article Dated: 10/30/2013)
East Timor Offers New Bid of $800 Mln for Onshore Gas Processing (Project
Dated: 10/30/2013)
Reliance Power Pulls Out of Proposed LNG Terminal JV with Shell (Article
Dated: 10/30/2013)
Huge Estimates of Untapped Shale Oil in Australias Arckaringa Basin (Article
Dated: 10/29/2013)
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WORLD POWER GENERATION PROJECT HEADLINES Nov. 1, 2013
This includes only projects where there was an update during the month. There
are thousands of projects in the database.
Project Title First Entry Date Location Startup date
Yankari power plant 11/1/2013 Nigeria Unknown
Gorzow cogeneration plant-PGE GiEK 11/1/2013 Poland 2016
Kostolac power plant upgrade-EPS 11/1/2013 Serbia 2019
Harford County gas turbine power plant-Exelon 8/1/2013 MD Unknown
Helwan South power plant-Egyptian Electricity Holding Co. 7/1/2013 Egypt 2018
Port Everglades modernization-Florida Power & Light 1/1/2013 FL 2016
Genesee combined cycle power plant-Consumers Energy 12/1/2012 MI 2017
Samra Phase III combined cycle addition-Samra Electric Power 9/1/2012 Jordan
2015
Hardiwar power plant-Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam 8/1/2011 India Unknown
Dar es Salaam power plant-Tanzania Electric Supply Co Ltd. 6/1/2011 Tanzania
Unknown
Moatize minemouth power plant-Ncondezi Energy 6/1/2009 Mozambique Unknown
Aqaba Stage 1-Jordan nuclear power plants 12/1/2008 Jordan 2020
Vinh Tan 3.2-Vietnam Electricity (EVN)/One Energy 10/1/2008 Vietnam 2014
Angra 3 (Alvaro Alberto) nuclear power plant-Electronuclear 8/1/2008 Brazil 2016
Brazi-Petrom combined cycle power plant 10/1/2007 Romania 2011
Chugach Electric Southcentral gas-fired power plant 6/1/2007 AK 2013
Astravyets in Ostrovetsky district--Belarus nuclear power plant 6/1/2007 Belarus
2018
Norochcholai power plant 7/1/2004 Sri Lanka 2018
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