Subject Air Filtration Market News
Here are excerpts for the month of March ‘07 to the Air Filtration and Purification Markets Updates. These updates reflect only some of the new additions. The analysis and revenues are constantly revised.
CONSTRUCTION
Housing Starts Rebound 9.0 percent in February
Housing starts rebounded 9.0 percent in February following a 14.3 percent drop the month before, according to figures released by the Commerce Department...Permits, a less volatile measure of housing construction activity, were issued at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.532 million units…
FINANCIALS
Lydall, Inc. net sales for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006 were $80.6 million and $326.4 million, respectively, compared with $77.5 million and $306.5 million for the same periods in 2005…Filtration/Separation Segment net sales were $19.2 million in the current quarter compared with $15.5 million…
Donaldson’s second quarter net income was $31.3 million, versus $26.9 million last year. Sales were a record $463.7 million…
Cummins Inc. reported record sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and all of 2006. For the full year, Cummins reported sales of $11.36 billion, up 15 percent from $9.92 billion in 2005…
Flanders Corp. reported year end December 31, 2006 net sales increased by $9,102 or 4.0%, to $238,378, from $229,276 for 2005. The increase in net sales was due to increasing market share in the industrial division…
Buckeye Technologies Inc. earned $3.8 million after tax in the quarter ended December 31, 2006. During the same quarter of the prior year, the Company earned $1.9 million after tax…
Polymer Group, Inc. net sales for the fiscal year of 2006 increased 7.7 percent to a record high $1.02 billion. Fourth quarter net sales increased 9.8 percent to $263.9 million, while gross profit increased 12.8 percent to $41.4 million for the quarter…
COMPANY NEWS
Donaldson Acquires Aerospace Filtration Systems, Inc.
Donaldson Company, Inc. has acquired 100 percent of the shares of Aerospace Filtration Systems, Inc. (AFS) from Westar Aerospace and Defense Group Inc., a subsidiary of defense and security technology leader QinetiQ…
Purafil Announces MediaPIK™ Version 2.0 Chemical Analysis Software
Purafil, Inc. announces Purafil MediaPIK™ version 2.0, Purafil’s unique chemical analysis software program created specifically to assist customers in determining the appropriate type and quantity of Purafil media needed for an application…
Clarcor Acquires Engine Filter Company Sinfa SA
Clarcor Inc has acquired an 80 percent ownership share in Sinfa SA, a manufacturer of automotive and heavy-duty engine filters based in Casablanca, Morocco…
Eurovent Certification Programme for Air Filters
Eurovent Certification Programmes have existed for many years for air handling units, cooling equipment, heat exchangers and other HVAC products, but not for air filters. The new program for air filters, initiated a few years ago, is now taking shape. A number of European air filters have joined the programme including Camfil Farr, SPX Air Filtration, and Freudenberg…
IAQ
Searchable Databases for Indoor Air Quality Analysis
The Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL), part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has developed a series of searchable databases of indoor air quality (IAQ) model input data that may be used to estimate building contaminant concentration levels and associated occupant exposures…
University of Texas at Tyler Receives $3.75 million to Study Indoor Air Quality
The University of Texas at Tyler will receive $3.75 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund for the Texas Allergy, Indoor Environment and Energy (TxAIRE) Institute, which will study indoor air quality and possibly help the region gain technological prominence…
NEW PRODUCTS
Lydall Filtration Introduces Biosoluble Microfiberglass Air Filtration Media
Lydall Filtration/Separation Inc. has introduced a significant addition to its LydAir® MG product line. LydAir ElementsMG is comprised of a new category of biosoluble glass microfibers and meets the European Union’s rigorous biosolubility criteria…
Safe Life Launches Disposable Respirators for Increased Protection Against Viruses
Safe Life Corp. announced the worldwide launch of a new generation of disposable respirators designed to provide increased protection against airborne viruses, including avian flu. Safe Life’s respirator is a new and improved disposable facemask with a novel microbial filter that stops airborne diseases and viral threats…
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