CLEANROOM WORLD MARKET UPDATE HEADLINES
November 2013
SEMICONDUCTORS
- Global Semiconductor Sales Increase for Sixth Straight Month in August
- North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts August 2013
Book-to-Bill Ratio of 0.98
- Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Spending to
Decline 8.5 Percent in 2013
- TSMC Reports Third Quarter EPS of NT $2.00
- Market for Power Semiconductors Plunges in 2012
- DRAM Market Adjusts to Post-PC Era as Profits Soar to Eleven Quarter High
- Pure-Play Foundries Spending Big on Capital Equipment
- Americas Region Remains Largest Market for Pure-Play Foundry Sales
- SEMI Announces Silicon Wafer Shipment Forecast to Remain Flat in 2013 and
Increase in 2014 and 2015
PHARMACEUTICAL/BIOTECH
- Amgen Successfully Completes Onyx Pharmaceuticals Tender Offer
- Quintiles Completes Acquisition of Novella Clinical
- IPO Fever Continues, but Market Offers Reminder that Deals Carry Risk
- Merck Announces Global Initiative to Sharpen Commercial and R&D Focus
- Amgen and ShanghaiTech University Announce Plans for Amgen China R&D
Center to Open on ShanghaiTech Campus
- FDA Prohibits Manufacture of FDA-Regulated Drugs from Ranbaxy’s Mohali,
India, Plant and Issues Import Alert
- With Fingers Crossed, Report Says Biosimilars Poised for Growth
MEDICAL DEVISES
- Consumer Medical Devices Set for Stable Market Growth
- FDA Finalizes New System to Identify Medical Devices
- Gartner Says Healthcare Providers in India to Spend $1 Billion in 2013
- Healthcare Investment by Governments Crucial to Drive ASEAN Ultrasound
Market
- Low-Acuity Patient Monitor Market Expected to Grow by 40 Percent in Next
Five Years
- Microfluidics and Electrodes for New Medical Devices Reach $9.5 Billion in
2022
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
- Consumer Sentiment toward Technology Spending Drops to Lowest Point Since
2009
- CEA Forecasts Total Holiday Retail Sales to Increase 4.0 Percent in 2013
- Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments in the Third Quarter of 2013 Declined
8.6 Percent
- Global Tablet PC Panel Shipments Recover after Three Straight Months of
Declines
- Booming Market for Touch-Screen Notebook PC Displays Hits Speed Bump in
Second Quarter
- Flat Panel TV Shipments Continue to Decline in July
- TV Semiconductor Market Growing Despite Decline in TV Shipments
- High Manufacturing Costs for AMOLED TV Panels Not Deterring Investment in
TFT Capacity
- Worldwide Shipments of 3d Printers Forecast to Grow 49 Percent in 2013
- Energy Efficiency Leads Home Automation Ownership and Purchase intent
SOLAR
- Global Solar Installation Growth Set to Hit Three Year High in 2014
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CHEMICAL UPDATE HEADLINES
OCTOBER 2013
INDUSTRY
- U.S. Chemical Earnings Up in Third Quarter
- Brazil Ramps Up Plastics Resins Imports
COMPANY NEWS
- DuPont Announces Separation of Performance Chemicals Segment
- Dow Sells Polypropylene Licensing Business to W.R. Grace
- Three Former Clariant Businesses Now Operating under Archroma Name
- Solvay to Open Largest Sodium Bicarbonate Plant in Southeast Asia
- Solvay Launches Bio-Based PPA for Smart Phones
- Linde to Add Liquefier Component at Texas Facility
- BASF to Acquire Specialized Enzyme Biotechnology Company Verenium
- BASF Announces $42.6 million Polyurethane Blending Facility in Louisiana
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MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS UPDATE
HEADLINES - October 2013
ALABAMA
- Fairhope WWTP to Get $10.8 Million Upgrade
ARIZONA
- Show Low Requesting Bids for Wastewater Project
CALIFORNIA
- Santa Rosa Plans $40 Million Upgrade for WWTP
- VVRA Receives Funding for WWTP Project
- Desalitech to Supply Advanced Wastewater Treatment Pilot System to LA
County Sanitation Districts
- Hesperia Planning $30 Million WWTP Project
- Pacific Grove Pursues 5-Part Water Plan
- $11.7 Million for Holtsville Wastewater Project
- San Diego to make Water Reuse Decision
COLORADO
- $13.5 Million for Repairs for Northern Colorado Water, Sewer Systems
CONNECTICUT
- $5 Million for Plainfield Wastewater Projects
FLORIDA
- $25 Million for Daytona WWTP
GEORGIA
- Hall County Wastewater Plan being Considered
- Madison Considers New Equipment for WWTP
- Warner Robbins WWTP undergoing $28 Million Upgrade
- Forsyth County to Build New $31 Million Wastewater Plant
- Gwinnett Approves $16 Million Project for Water Plant
IDAHO
- Jerome to Upgrade WWTP
- $5 Million for Effingham Water Treatment Plant, Sewer System Improvements
- Blackfoot Seeks $2.9 Million for Wastewater Plant Upgrade
ILLINOIS
- Quincy Requesting Bids for WWTP Repairs
- Chicago WWTP Discovers How to Harness Extra Energy at WWTP
IOWA
- Northwood to Upgrade Wastewater Plant
LOUISIANA
- Franklinton WWTP Repair Project in Design Phase
- Construction of $12 Million Plaquemine WWTP Begins
MASSACHUSETTS
- Otsego Planning WWTP Improvements
MICHIGAN
- New Baltimore to develop Asset Management Plan for WWTP
- Maryville to Apply for Storm, Wastewater Grant
MINNESOTA
- Mabel City accepts Bids for Water, Sewer Projects
- Blooming Prairie Updates WWTP
MISSISSIPPI
- West Point Upgrading WWTP
MISSOURI
- $32 Million Requested for Columbia’s Wastewater Plant Upgrades
- $6.25 Million for Taney County WWTP Project
MONTANA
- MT Treatment Plant to Receive Upgrades for Nutrient Removal Requirements
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- $40 Million for Exeter WWTP
NEW JERSEY
- Mendham Township receives Grant for WWTP Upgrade
NEW MEXICO
- $31 Million for Albuquerque WWTP Upgrade
- $5.5 Million for New WWTP in Cimarron
NEW YORK
- Rome OKs Bond for $3 Million for WWTP Repairs
- Bay Park WWTP Begins Repairs
- Watertown Proceeding with Plans to Produce Methane Gas
- EPA Orders Middleton to Address Clean Water Act Violations
- $262 Million for Bay Park WWTP Upgrade including Odor Control
NORTH DAKOTA
- Watford Planning for Mechanical Wastewater Treatment
OHIO
- Columbus Begins $25 Million WWTP Upgrade
- Stark County Begins WWTP Improvement Project
- Tuscarawas County WWTP Needs Upgrade
- Massillon to Vote on $24 Million Upgrade to WWTP
OREGON
- Glendale Working to Resolve Wastewater Plant Problems
PENNSYLVANIA
- Spring City to Upgrade WWTP
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Georgetown WWTP Out of Compliance
TENNESSEE
- Pegram Pursues $449,000 Sewer Loan
WEST VIRGINIA
- Berkeley County Planning $47 Million Upgrade to WWTPs
CANADA
- Regina Referendum Results in Favor of P3 Sewage Plant
BUSINESS NEWS
- Wastewater Treatment Solutions Highlighted at WEFTEC
RECENT CHEMICAL BID REPORTS
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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES – November 8, 2013
(Listed by most current date)
- Without a Buyer Murphy Oil May Close Wales Milford Haven Refinery
(Article Dated: 11/8/2013)
- Honeywell to Modernize Swedish Preemraf Lysekil Oil Refinery
(Project Dated: 11/8/2013)
- Electrical Installation JV Created for Whiting Refinery Modernization
Project (Project Dated: 11/8/2013)
- Foster Wheeler Wins FEED for Khurais Arabian Light Crude Increment Program
(Contract Dated: 11/8/2013)
- Iraq Signs $6 Bln Refinery Contract with Swiss Firm Satarem
(Contract Dated: 11/8/2013)
- Wison Launches Zhoushan Fabrication Yard with Venezuela's RPLC Refinery
Project (Project Dated: 11/8/2013)
- Iraq Wins Oil Supply Deal at China Sinochem Refinery (Article Dated:
11/8/2013)
- Trading House Gunvor Looks to Raise Stake in European Oil Refining
(Article Dated: 11/7/2013)
- BP Whiting Refinery Project Getting Closer to Completion (Project
Dated: 11/7/2013)
- Honeywell's UOP to Help PT Pertamina Develop Modernization Plan for
Indonesian Refineries (Article Dated: 11/7/2013)
- Uganda Seeks Investor to Build $2.5 Bln Oil Refinery (Project Dated:
11/7/2013)
- Citgo Plans FCC Work at Lake Charles Refinery in 2014 (Article
Dated: 11/7/2013)
- MOL Group to Convert Italy’s Mantova Refinery into 'Products Logistics
Hub' (Project Dated: 11/7/2013)
- Wison Wins $834 Mln Contract for Puerto La Cruz Refinery Deep Conversion
Project (Contract Dated: 11/7/2013)
- Global Data Says China Refinery Cancellation Will Have 'Far-Reaching
Consequences' (Project Cancelled Dated: 11/7/2013)
- ICA Fluor Awarded Contract for Miguel Hidalgo Refinery in Mexico
(Contract Dated: 11/6/2013)
- Foster Wheeler Signs Agreement with Khabarovsk Oil Processing Refinery in
Russia (Project Dated: 11/6/2013)
- Yokogawa Wins Mizushima Refinery FEED Contract from JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corp (Order Dated: 11/6/2013)
- Saudi Aramco and Total Set to Begin Exports at New Jubail Refinery Venture
(Project Dated: 11/6/2013)
- Essar Energy to Sell Kenya’s Only Refinery to Government (Sale
Dated: 11/6/2013)
- Invensys to Supply Refining Simulators Software for KBR (Agreement
Dated: 11/6/2013)
- Dubai Signs with China Sonangol to Build Oil Refinery (Project
Dated: 11/6/2013)
- Aramco, Total Ship First Refined Product Cargo from New Jubail Complex
(Project Dated: 11/6/2013)
- Foster Wheeler to Supply Fired Heaters for Russia’s KINEF Refinery
Expansion (Contract Dated: 11/6/2013)
- Honeywell to Help New Production Facility Meet Rising Demand For Clean
Energy (Project Dated: 11/4/2013)
- Rosneft and ExxonMobil Select Contractors for Russian Far East LNG Project
FEED (Project Dated: 11/4/2013)
- GP Strategies Corp to Build Thirteen LNG Fueling Stations for UPS
(Contract Dated: 11/4/2013)
- Project Development Agreement for Lake Charles LNG Export Terminal
(Agreement Dated: 11/4/2013)
- GE to Provide Almost $600 Mln in Turbomachinery Equipment for Yamal LNG
Megaproject (Contract Dated: 11/4/2013)
- Wison Installs LNG Storage Tanks into the World's First FLNG Production
Unit (Project Dated: 11/4/2013)
- Alaska LNG Project Selects Lead Terminal Location (Project Dated:
11/1/2013)
- Enbridge in Talks with Natural Gas Producers about British Columbia LNG
Pipeline (Article Dated: 11/1/2013)
- Malaysia's Petronas to Spend $35 Bln on Canadian LNG Project
(Project Dated: 11/1/2013)
- Stabilis Energy and Flint Hills Resources to Build LNG Liquefaction
Facilities for Oilfield Fuel Consumers (Project Dated: 11/1/2013)
- Chevron and Tohoku Electric Sign Wheatstone LNG Agreement (Agreement
Dated: 11/1/2013)
- GDF Suez to Operate Uruguay's First FLNG Terminal (Agreement Dated:
10/31/2013)
- DSME Awards Veolia's MPPE Water Treatment Technology Contract for Ichthys
LNG Project (Contract Dated: 10/31/2013)
- Applied Natural Gas Fuels, Inc. to Build LNG Production Platform in Texas
(Project Dated: 10/31/2013)
- Alfa Laval Wins Natural Gas Order in the U.S. (Order Dated:
10/31/2013)
- Clean Energy, Ferus Natural Gas Fuels, GE Join Forces to Jointly Deliver
LNG (Article Dated: 10/31/2013)
- Dominion Welcomes DOE Approval for Natural Gas Exports From Cove Point
(Project Dated: 10/31/2013)
- Finland’s Gasum Gets Approval for LNG Terminal (Project Dated:
10/30/2013)
- BG Group May Buy Gas Fields in Canada to Produce LNG for Asia
(Article Dated: 10/30/2013)
- Freeport LNG Signs 20-year Liquefaction Tolling Agreement with Toshiba
(Agreement Dated: 10/30/2013)
- Novatek, CNPC and Chinese Banks Conclude Memorandum On Project Financing
For Yamal LNG (Project Dated: 10/30/2013)
- Freeport LNG Expects 3rd Train FID by End-2014 (Project Dated:
10/30/2013)
- ConocoPhillips Warns of Possible LNG Oversupply (Article Dated:
10/30/2013)
- Oman LNG and Qalhat LNG Join Forces (Article Dated: 10/30/2013)
- East Timor Offers New Bid of $800 Mln for Onshore Gas Processing
(Project Dated: 10/30/2013)
- Reliance Power Pulls Out of Proposed LNG Terminal JV with Shell
(Article Dated: 10/30/2013)
- Huge Estimates of Untapped Shale Oil in Australia’s Arckaringa Basin
(Article Dated: 10/29/2013)
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WORLD POWER GENERATION PROJECT HEADLINES – Nov. 1,
2013
This includes only projects where there was an update
during the month. There are thousands of projects in the database.
Project Title |
First Entry Date |
Location |
Startup date |
Yankari power plant |
11/1/2013
|
Nigeria |
Unknown |
Gorzow cogeneration plant-PGE GiEK |
11/1/2013
|
Poland |
2016 |
Kostolac power plant upgrade-EPS |
11/1/2013
|
Serbia |
2019 |
Harford County gas turbine power plant-Exelon
|
8/1/2013
|
MD |
Unknown |
Helwan South power plant-Egyptian Electricity
Holding Co. |
7/1/2013
|
Egypt |
2018 |
Port Everglades modernization-Florida Power &
Light |
1/1/2013
|
FL |
2016 |
Genesee combined cycle power plant-Consumers
Energy |
12/1/2012
|
MI |
2017 |
Samra Phase III combined cycle addition-Samra
Electric Power |
9/1/2012
|
Jordan |
2015 |
Hardiwar power plant-Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam
|
8/1/2011
|
India |
Unknown |
Dar es Salaam power plant-Tanzania Electric
Supply Co Ltd. |
6/1/2011
|
Tanzania |
Unknown |
Moatize minemouth power plant-Ncondezi Energy
|
6/1/2009
|
Mozambique |
Unknown |
Aqaba Stage 1-Jordan nuclear power plants
|
12/1/2008
|
Jordan |
2020 |
Vinh Tan 3.2-Vietnam Electricity (EVN)/One Energy
|
10/1/2008
|
Vietnam |
2014 |
Angra 3 (Alvaro Alberto) nuclear power
plant-Electronuclear |
8/1/2008
|
Brazil |
2016 |
Brazi-Petrom combined cycle power plant
|
10/1/2007
|
Romania |
2011 |
Chugach Electric Southcentral gas-fired power
plant |
6/1/2007
|
AK |
2013 |
Astravyets in Ostrovetsky district--Belarus
nuclear power plant |
6/1/2007
|
Belarus |
2018 |
Norochcholai power plant |
7/1/2004
|
Sri Lanka |
2018 |
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