The market for cartridges to remove particles from liquids will grow to over $5 billion per year by 2019.  This is the latest forecast in Cartridge Filters: World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

The pharmaceutical industry will lead the way with purchases approaching $1 billion. Disposable process equipment has seen dramatic growth in the past few years as drug manufacturers adopt single-use systems to reduce cleaning, sterilization and their associated validation costs.  Shifting from traditional stainless steel to disposable process equipment can reduce biopharma manufacturing costs by 8-9 percent per batch and overall capital costs by 21 percent.

In applications where hazardous materials are being processed, such as cytotoxic drugs or potent biological materials, closed single-use systems offer additional protection to operators and maintenance personnel. A variety of fibers are available to allow non–woven cartridge suppliers to offer a range of efficiencies and operating temperatures.

The commercial point-of-entry market is growing rapidly in Asia where office buildings are being constructed in ever growing numbers.  The quality of municipal water is often suspect. Non-woven cartridges are used to further purify the water used in the buildings.

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Headlines for the January 17, 2013 – Utility E-Alert      

• Gaston to be retrofit for Natural Gas-firing
• Georgia Power to Retire Mitchell 2
• Sunflower Electric has not given up yet
• Edgewater 5 to get Two–CDS Reactor FGD from Andritz

• Protests against 50 MW Power Plant near Myeik, Burma
• AES Masinloc expanding Zimbales Power Plant in the Philippines by 600 MW
• GNPower looking for Tax Incentives for Planned 405 MW Power Plant in Barangay, Philippines
• Bocamina Power Plant in Chile cited for Environmental Damage
• Fire at Unit 8 of Tata Power’s Trombay Plant (India)
• Cost of adding 600 MW Supercritical Unit to Slovenia’s Sostanj Coal-fired Power Plant is almost $2 Billion
• Iloilo Mayor says Philippine Agencies have Final Say on Panay energy Expansion but he supports it.
• If Canada promulgates National Air Quality Limits, Nova Scotia could have Problem
• Lahore Township, Punjab, India wants to be considered for Coal-fired Power Plant
• Foster Wheeler to supply CFB Boiler and SCR for 250 MW Seagull Power Project in Gunsan, South Korea

• PMFG, Inc. awarded Order for SCR/CO System for a Combined Cycle Power Plant in Northeast US

• Siemens to provide Gas Turbine for Bandirma II Combined Cycle Power Plant in Turkey
• Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp to build 415 MW Power Plant at Tabangao Refinery in the Philippines
• Japan to fund 110 MW Power Plant in Mozambique
• 230 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Gardabani, Georgia

• RWE to sue for Damages incurred from Shutting Biblis Nuclear Power Plant after the Fukushima Disaster
• Paks (Hungary) to add 2x1000 MW with Russian Help
• Vietnam’s First Nuclear Power Plant Postponed

• RWE npower and SSE propose Seven Power Plants for LLD Status
• CCA announces over $5.2 Million in Burner and Emission Control Awards
• Marubeni aims to add Five Tokyo-area Power Plants by 2016
• Clyde Bergemann provides Additive Systems for MATS Compliance
• Gas Turbine Market is influenced by the Renewables Developments

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