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:
Len Castellano EPA, HEPA, and ULPA grade Filter Packs with Nanofibers from
Forcespinning Technology
Howard Walls Is Filtration with Nanofibers Realizing the Potential?
Mehui Vora Nanofibers in Mainstream Air Filtration- Challenges for Commercial
Success
KC Kwok Novel Nanofiber Technology for Air Filtration.
There were over 200 attendees at the conference. Exhibitors included Cerex,
Delta Pure, Dexmet, Franklin Adhesives, 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
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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
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
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