Air Filtration Market News for Dec. 09

Here are the excerpts for the month of Dec.'09 to the Air Filtration & Purification Markets Updates. For more information to Air Filtration & Purification Markets, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n022 .


Many projects, mergers and acquisitions are detailed in monthly updates in the Market Report's Chapters under Industry Analysis: Aerospace, Food, Disk Drive, Flat Panel, Metalworking, Other Electronics, Pharmaceutical, Power, Pulp Mills, Semiconductor and Transportation.

CONSTRUCTION
U.S. Housing Starts, Permits Rise in November
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced that November housing starts were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 574,000, 8.9 percent above the revised October estimate..

Canadian November Housing Starts Increase
The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts reached 158,500 units in November…

FINANCIALS
Donaldson Reports First Quarter Results and Increases Outlook
Donaldson Company, Inc reported first-quarter results and raised its forecast for 2010, a company press release states. For the first quarter ended October 31, 2009 the company reported net earnings of $34.6 million…

COMPANY NEWS
Noveko Subsidiary Epurair to Equip Montreal's Complexe Desjardins with Filters
Epurair has signed an agreement with Desjardins Gestion Immobiliere to supply Complexe Desjardins, the largest multi-purpose building in the Montreal metropolitan area, with filters incorporating the Noveko antimicrobial filtration technology…
Donaldson Company Triples Manesar Plant Capacity
Donaldson Company inaugurated its expanded manufacturing facility at Manesar in Gurgaon, Haryana. The 2009 capacity enhancement, announced in July 2009, triples the size of the previous plant…
Ahlstrom Announces Price Increases on Filtration Materials Worldwide
Ahlstrom, a global leader in the development and manufacture of high performance nonwovens and specialty papers, recently announced price increases on its filter media products for transportation and specialty filtration…
Flanders Corp to Supply Containment Air Filtration Equipment
Flanders Corporation was awarded a $10.6 million purchase agreement for the supply of containment air filtration equipment for the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense …

Calgon Carbon Announces Entry into Memorandum of Understanding
Calgon Carbon Corporation announced recently that it has entered into a nonbinding Memorandum of Understanding with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation regarding the buyout of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation's 51% equity interest in Calgon Mitsubishi Chemical…

NEW PRODUCTS
Sanyo Introduces Air Washer Plus for Home Use
Sanyo North America Corporation recently introduced the Air Washer Plus(TM), a home-use air purification system, the first of its kind in the U.S. that uses electrolyzed water technology…
New Pandemic Barrier Filters from Camfil
Camfil Farr has developed the Pandemic Barrier 20 and 2000, two highly efficient air filters for particle sizes less than 80 nanometers in size, to protect against bacteria or viruses, such as H1N1…



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