Air Filtration Market News for July 10

 

 

Here are excerpts from the Air Filtration & Purification Markets Updates.  For more information, click on:  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n022 .

 

AIR FILTRATION MARKET UPDATE 

 

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 Fall in June, Permits Rise

U.S. housing starts in June fell 5.0 percent from May, to 549,000. Single-family housing starts in June were at a rate of 454,000, 0.7 percent below the revised May figure …

 

Building permits for privately-owned housing units in June were at 586,000, 2.1 above the revised May rate of 574,000…

 

U.S. Nonresidential Construction Recovery Possible by Latter Part of 2011

U.S. nonresidential construction spending is expected to decrease by more than 20% in 2010 with a marginal increase of 3.1% in 2011 in inflation adjusted terms, according to the latest American Institute of Architects (AIA) semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast…

 

FINANCIALS

Lydall First Quarter Financial Results

Lydall, Inc. (NYSE: LDL) recently announced net sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 were $75.6 million compared with $54.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, net sales increased by $19.7 million, or 36.2%, in the first quarter of 2010 compared with the first quarter of 2009.

 

Net loss for the quarter was ($0.5) million, compared to a net loss of ($4.5) million in the first quarter of 2009…

 

COMPANY NEWS

Vokes Air UK wins Manchester Airport Contract

Manchester Airport is undergoing a major energy reduction initiative and reviewing all equipment where savings can be made.

 

Trials were conducted between January and April 2010 comparing various air filters and it was found that Vokes Air’s Synsafe Revo secondary air filter was consuming a massive 45% less energy than the competitive products.  Total savings for the airport, over and above the savings that could be realised with the competitor’s so called “energy efficient” filters, is estimated to be in excess of £300,000….

H&V Makes European Investment in Microglass Media Production

Hollingsworth & Vose will rebuild one of its production lines at its Winchcombe, U.K. manufacturing site. This investment will result in step change performance improvements in the microglass media produced at the site and will more than double H&V’s European microglass filtration and microglass battery separator manufacturing capability. H&V currently manufactures microglass media in the U.S., Europe and Asia...

 

Pall Products Reduce Solar Cell Manufacturing Costs

Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, will showcase economical and eco-friendly products and systems for the photovoltaic (PV) industry at Intersolar North America in San Francisco. The products are designed to help increase yield and reduce reworking times in solar cell manufacturing.

 

Pall will feature two new media for its Gaskleen® purifier assemblies…

 

Pall will present its fully automatic Water Reclaim System for recovering over 90% of deionized water used during silicon ingot shaping…

 

Another exhibit will highlight Blowback Filtration Systems for the protection of CZ ingot puller vacuum pumps…

 

Emory Healthcare Facilities Improves Filtration and Total Cost with Camfil Filters

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare recently had the opportunity both to upgrade its indoor air quality and to substantially reduce air filtration costs as well….Camfil Farr filters were selected for all three requirements, including 30/30 pleated, 2-inch filters that replaced the synthetic bags on the return air banks; Hi-Flo pre-filters; and Durafil final filters….

 

Noveko Enters into Agreement to Equip Bell Centre with Antimicrobial Filters

The six-year agreement with the Bell Centre, a multi-purpose entertainment building in Montreal, covers the supply of the filters and their cleaning…

 

Clarcor Appoints New President and Chief Operating Officer

Clarcor Inc has named Christopher Conway as the filtration company’s new president and chief operating officer. Conway will report directly to Norm Johnson, who remains Clarcor chairman and chief executive officer…

 

Ahlstrom Revises Organization and Operating Model

Ahlstrom Corporation recently announced that it will revise its organization and operational model as of July 1, 2010. The changes will be implemented to support the company's recently updated strategy.

 

Ahlstrom will organize itself in five Business Areas based on Value Added and Operational Excellence business clusters and rolls out global processes in key functions to support this…

 

Camfil Farr Introduces World's First Ozone Removal Rating System for Air Filters

Camfil Farr, the world leader in air filtration and clean air solutions, has introduced the first system in the filtration industry for rating the ozone removal efficiency of air filters.

 

The new rating system allows customers to assess the effectiveness of Camfil Farr's series of molecular filters for urban pollution - CityFlo XL®, CityCarb® and CityFlo®, CitySorb® and CityPleat®…

 

 

 

 

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