$5.6 Billion Market for Clarifiers and Centrifuges
The market for sedimentation and centrifugation equipment will remain flat this
year at $5.6 billion worldwide. Some industry segments will be up and will
mostly offset declines in others. Asia will be up, offsetting declines in Europe
and NAFTA. These are the latest forecasts in Sedimentation & Centrifugation
World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company, www.mcilvainecompany.com
2009 Sales ($ Millions)
Subject 2009
Clarifier 2351
Decanter 671
Disk 957
Dissolved Air Flotation 536
Hydrocyclone 365
Other Centrifuges 725
Clarifiers will be the leading product followed by disk centrifuges. Clarifiers
find extensive use in municipal wastewater treatment and mining, whereas disk
centrifuges are used in food and pharmaceutical applications. Decanter and other
centrifuge types will account for more than $1.3 billion in sales. Decanters are
used in wastewater and chemical applications. Basket centrifuges are used in
coal dewatering, fine chemicals, and lubricating oil purification.
Hydrocyclones are utilized in mining, metals and non metallic minerals.
Dissolved air flotation is used in municipal wastewater and food effluent
treatment.
Industry Revenue Trends 2009
Industry 2009
Chemical down
Food up
Metals down
Mining down
Other Industries down
Pharmaceutical up
Power up
Pulp & Paper down
Wastewater up
Water up
The stimulus packages in the U.S., China and Europe are causing a rise in
sedimentation/centrifugation sales in municipal water and wastewater. Power,
food and pharmaceuticals will also see an upward trend in 2009. This is a
combination of both industry production and enforcement of environmental
regulations. Other industries will be down, but the net effect will lead to a
flat market.
Asia will show solid growth this year. China continues to build large industrial
plants. At the same time, it is paying more attention to the environmental
consequences of industrialization. The country has a low per capita water
resource. As a result, it has to place higher priority on minimizing
contamination.
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Bob McIlvaine
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