Demand for membranes in the US is expected to increase 7.7 percent per year to $5.4 billion in 2016, driven by water and wastewater regulations. Polymeric membranes will remain the dominant material. Microfiltration membranes will continue as the largest product segment, while reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration membranes will grow the fastest.

This study analyzes the $3.7 billion US membrane industry, with forecasts for 2016 and 2021 by material (e.g., polymeric, ceramic), type (e.g., microfiltration, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, pervaporation, nanofiltration) and market (e.g., water and wastewater treatment, food and beverage processing, pharmaceutical and medical uses, chemical processing, industrial gas processing).

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market shares and profiles 38 industry players, including Pall, General Electric and Millipore.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		INTRODUCTION							       x

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		General								       4
		Macroeconomic Trends						       5
		Consumer Spending Trends					       8
		Demographic Trends						      12
		Pollution Control Equipment Outlook				      15
		Pricing & Product Mix						      17
		Environmental & Regulatory Considerations			      19
		Membrane System Demand						      24
		World Membrane Separation Outlook				      26
		   North America						      28
		   Asia/Pacific							      29
		   Western Europe						      30
		   Other Regions						      31

	III.	TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW						      33
		General								      33
		Membrane Separation Processes					      34
		Membrane Configurations						      37
		Membrane Advantages						      38
		Liquid Processing Membrane Technologies				      41
		   Microfiltration						      43
		   Ultrafiltration						      44
		   Nanofiltration						      45
		   Reverse Osmosis						      46
		   Other							      48
		      Forward Osmosis						      48
		      Dialysis							      50
		      Electrodialysis						      50
		      Pervaporation						      52
		Gas Separation Membrane Technologies				      53
		Membrane Maintenance						      54
		Competitive Technologies					      58
		   Liquid							      58
		      Conventional Filters					      58
		      Distillation						      60
		      Ion Exchange Resins					      60
		      Other Liquid Separation Processes				      61
		   Gas								      62
		      Cryogenic Separation					      63
		      Pressure Swing Adsorption					      63
		      Other Gas Separation Processes				      64

	IV.	MATERIALS							      65
		General								      65
		Polymeric Membranes						      68
		   Fluoropolymer Membranes					      73
		      PTFE Membranes						      75
		      PVDF Membranes						      75
		   Polyamide Membranes						      76
		   Cellulosic Membranes						      79
		   Polysulfone & Polyethersulfone Membranes			      83
		   Other Polymeric Membranes					      87
		      Acrylic Membranes						      90
		      Silicone Membranes					      91
		      Polyacrylonitrile Membranes				      92
		      All Other Polymeric Membranes				      92
		Nonpolymeric Membranes						      93
		   Ceramic Membranes						      96
		      Characteristics						      97
		      Markets							      98
		      Producers							      99
		   Other Nonpolymeric Membranes					     100

	V.	TYPES								     103
		General								     103
		Microfiltration							     105
		   Markets							     108
		   Characteristics						     110
		   Producers							     111
		Reverse Osmosis							     112
		   Markets							     114
		   Characteristics						     118
		   Producers							     119
		Ultrafiltration							     120
		   Markets							     122
		   Characteristics						     124
		   Producers							     126
		Pervaporation							     126
		   Markets							     128
		   Characteristics						     129
		   Producers							     130
		Other Membrane Types						     131
		   Gas Separation						     132
		      Markets							     133
		      Characteristics						     134
		      Producers							     135
		   Nanofiltration						     136
		      Markets							     137
		      Characteristics						     138
		      Producers							     139
		   Dialysis							     139
		   Electrodialysis						     140

	VI.	MARKETS								     142
		General								     142
		Water & Wastewater Treatment					     145
		   Water Withdrawal & Use Trends				     146
		   Membrane Demand						     150
		      Water Treatment						     153
			Municipal Water Treatment				     157
			Industrial Water Treatment				     163
			Ultrapure Water Treatment				     165
			Residential Water Treatment				     168
		      Wastewater Treatment					     172
			Municipal						     175
			Industrial						     177
			Other Wastewater Treatment Markets			     181
		Food & Beverage Processing					     182
		   Food & Beverage Industry Outlook				     182
		   Membrane Demand						     185
		      Food Processing						     187
		      Beverage Processing					     190
		Pharmaceutical & Medical Uses					     194
		   Pharmaceutical & Health Care Outlook				     195
		   Membrane Demand						     197
		      Pharmaceutical Production					     199
		      Dialysis & Related Uses					     201
		      Biotechnology						     203
		      Drug Delivery						     205
		      Testing & Diagnostics					     206
		      Blood Collection						     207
		Chemical Processing						     208
		   Chemical Processing Outlook					     208
		   Membrane Demand						     211
		      Chlor-Alkali Production					     213
		      Other Chemical Processing					     215
		Industrial Gas Processing					     216
		   Industrial Gas Outlook					     216
		   Membrane Demand						     219
		      Nitrogen Processing					     222
		      Other Industrial Gas Processing				     223
		Other Markets							     224
		   Environmental						     226
		   Fuel Cells							     228

	VII.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     231
		General								     231
		Industry Composition						     233
		Market Share							     235
		Competitive Strategies						     239
		Research & Development						     242
		Marketing							     244
		Mergers & Acquisitions						     247
		Cooperative Agreements						     249
		Company Profiles						     253
		   Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated			     254
		   Applied Membranes Incorporated				     255
		   Ballard Power Systems Incorporated				     258
		   Baxter International Incorporated				     260
		   Becton, Dickinson and Company				     262
		   Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated				     264
		   Bio-Rad Laboratories Incorporated				     267
		   C’treat Offshore, see ITT
		   Celgard, see Polypore International
		   Corning Incorporated						     269
		   Culligan International Company				     270
		   Dantherm Power, see Ballard Power Systems
		   Daramic, see Polypore International
		   Discovery Labware, see Becton, Dickinson
		   domnick hunter Process Filtration, see Parker-Hannifin
		   Donaldson Company Incorporated				     272
		   Dow Chemical Company						     273
		   DuPont (EI) de Nemours					     276
		   Ecodyne, see Berkshire Hathaway
		   EcoWater Systems, see Berkshire Hathaway
		   Entegris Incorporated					     278
		   ESCO Technologies Incorporated				     281
		   Filtertek, see Illinois Tool Works
		   General Electric Company					     283
		   Gore (WL) & Associates Incorporated				     290
		   Graver Technologies, see Berkshire Hathaway
		   Hydranautics, see Nitto Denko
		   Illinois Tool Works Incorporated				     293
		   Innovative Gas Systems Incorporated				     294
		   ITT Corporation						     296
		   Koch Industries Incorporated					     297
		   L’Air Liquide SA						     300
		   Life Technologies Corporation				     303
		   Linde AG							     305
		   Liqui-Cel, see Polypore International
		   Marmon Holdings, see Berkshire Hathaway
		   MEDAL, see L’Air Liquide
		   Medtronic Incorporated					     307
		   Membrana, see Polypore International
		   Merck KGaA							     309
		   Millipore, see Merck
		   Nitto Denko Corporation					     314
		   Pall Corporation						     318
		   Parker-Hannifin Corporation					     324
		   PCI Membranes, see Xylem
		   Polypore International Incorporated				     327
		   Praxair Incorporated						     330
		   PTI Technologies, see ESCO Technologies
		   Sartorius AG							     332
		   Siemens AG							     335
		   Sigma-Aldrich Corporation					     338
		   Spectrum Laboratories Incorporated				     340
		   SpinTek Filtration LLC					     342
		   SPX Corporation						     343
		   Supelco, see Sigma-Aldrich
		   3M Company							     344
		   Water Equipment Technologies, see Xylem
		   Whatman, see General Electric
		   Xylem Incorporated						     347


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Macroeconomic Indicators					       8
	2	Personal Consumption Expenditures				      11
	3	Population & Households						      15
	4	Pollution Control Equipment Shipments				      17
	5	Selected Membrane Material Prices				      19
	6	Membrane Separation System Demand				      26

		SECTION III -- TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
	1	Advantages & Disadvantages of Membrane Separation Technologies	      41
	2	Membrane Separation Spectrum					      43

		SECTION IV -- MATERIALS
	1	Membrane Demand by Material					      68
	2	Polymeric Membrane Demand					      71
	3	Fluoropolymer Membrane Demand by Market				      74
	4	Polyamide Membrane Demand by Market				      79
	5	Cellulosic Membrane Demand by Market				      83
	6	Polysulfone/Polyethersulfone Membrane Demand by Market		      87
	7	Other Polymeric Membrane Demand by Market			      90
	8	Nonpolymeric Membrane Demand by Material & Market		      95
	9	Ceramic Membrane Demand						      97
	10	Other Nonpolymeric Membrane Demand				     102

		SECTION V -- TYPES
	1	Membrane Demand by Type						     104
	2	Microfiltration Membrane Demand by Market			     108
	3	Reverse Osmosis Membrane Demand by Market			     114
	4	Ultrafiltration Membrane Demand by Market			     122
	5	Pervaporation Membrane Demand by Market				     127
	6	Other Membrane Demand by Market					     132

		SECTION VI -- MARKETS
	1	Membrane Demand by Market					     144
	2	Water Withdrawal & Use						     149
	3	Water & Wastewater Treatment Market for Membranes		     152
	4	Water Treatment Market for Membranes by Type & Segment		     156
	5	Municipal Water Treatment Market for Membranes			     159
	6	Industrial Water Treatment Market for Membranes			     165
	7	Ultrapure Water Treatment Market for Membranes			     167
	8	Residential Water Treatment Market for Membranes		     172
	9	Wastewater Treatment Market for Membranes			     175
	10	Food & Beverage Shipments					     185
	11	Food & Beverage Processing Market for Membranes			     187
	12	Food Processing Market for Membranes by Type			     190
	13	Beverage Processing Market for Membranes by Type		     194
	14	Pharmaceutical & Health care Indicators				     197
	15	Pharmaceutical & Medical Market for Membranes by Type		     199
	16	Chemical Product Shipments					     211
	17	Chemical Processing Market for Membranes by Type		     213
	18	Industrial Gas Shipments					     219
	19	Industrial Gas Market for Membranes by Type			     222
	20	Other Markets for Membranes by Type				     225

		SECTION VII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Membrane Sales by Company, 2011				     235
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     249
	3	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     252

				      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	World Membrane Demand by Region, 2011				      28

		SECTION III -- TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
	1	Dead-End & Crossflow Membrane Separation Processes		      36

		SECTION IV -- MATERIALS
	1	Polymeric Membrane Demand in Area & Value Terms, 2011		      72

		SECTION V -- TYPES
	1	Membrane Demand by Type, 2011					     105

		SECTION VI -- MARKETS
	1	Membrane Demand by Market, 2011					     145
	2	Water & Wastewater Treatment Market for Membranes, 
		   2001-2021							     153
	3	Water Treatment Market for Membranes by Market Segment, 
		   2011								     157

		SECTION VII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Membrane Market Share by Company, 2011			     236