TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
INTRODUCTION xi
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4
General 4
World Economic Outlook 5
Recent Historical Trends 5
Macroeconomic Outlook 7
World Fixed Investment 11
World Demographic Outlook 13
Population 14
Urbanization Patterns 15
World Water Use 17
World Manufacturing Outlook 18
World Food & Beverage Processing Outlook 20
World Pharmaceutical Overview 23
World Chemical Industry Outlook 25
Environmental & Regulatory Issues 27
Water Pollution 29
Regulations 30
Waterborne Diseases 33
III. OVERVIEW 35
General 35
Regional Overview 36
Products 41
Microfiltration 43
Reverse Osmosis 47
Ultrafiltration 52
Others 57
Nanofiltration 60
Direct Osmosis 61
Dialysis 62
Electrodialysis 63
Pervaporation 64
Markets 65
Water Treatment 68
Wastewater Treatment 72
Food & Beverage Processing 76
Pharmaceutical & Medical 81
Other 86
IV. NORTH AMERICA 91
General 91
Membrane Demand 93
United States 96
Canada 107
Mexico 114
V. WESTERN EUROPE 122
General 122
Membrane Demand 124
Belgium 128
France 135
Germany 143
Italy 151
The Netherlands 158
Spain 165
United Kingdom 173
Other Western Europe 181
VI. ASIA/PACIFIC 189
General 189
Membrane Demand 191
Australia 195
China 203
India 214
Japan 224
South Korea 232
Taiwan 239
Other Asia/Pacific 246
VII. OTHER REGIONS 255
Central & South America 255
Membrane Demand 257
Brazil 259
Other Central & South America 267
Eastern Europe 274
Membrane Demand 275
Poland 278
Russia 284
Other Eastern Europe 292
Africa/Mideast 300
Membrane Demand 302
Saudi Arabia 305
South Africa 312
Other Africa/Mideast 319
VIII. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 328
General 328
Industry Composition 329
Market Share 332
Competitive Strategies 340
Research & Development 342
Mergers & Acquisitions 345
Cooperative Agreements 347
Company Profiles 353
Acciona SA 354
Aquasource, see GDF Suez
Asahi Kasei Corporation 356
Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated 359
BWT AG 363
Celgard, see Polypore International
ChemTreat, see Danaher
China National Bluestar Group Company Limited 366
Crossbow Water, see Nalco Holding
CUNO, see 3M
Danaher Corporation 368
Daramic, see Polypore International
Donaldson Company Incorporated 369
Dow Chemical Company 371
DuPont (EI) de Nemours 375
Ecodyne, see Berkshire Hathaway
EcoWater Systems, see Berkshire Hathaway
EMD Millipore, see Merck
FilmTec, see Dow Chemical
Filtrix, see Norit
FuMA-Tech, see BWT
GDF Suez SA 378
GE Water & Process Technologies, see General Electric
General Electric Company 380
Gore (WL) & Associates Incorporated 389
Graver Technologies, see Berkshire Hathaway
HDP, see Veolia Environnement
H2O Innovation Incorporated 392
Hydranautics, see Nitto Denko
Infilco, see GDF Suez
ITT Corporation 394
Koch Industries Incorporated 397
Kruger, see Veolia Environnement
L’Air Liquide SA 401
Linde Group 403
Marmon Holdings, see Berkshire Hathaway
MEDAL, see L’Air Liquide
Membrana, see Polypore International
Membrane Technology and Research Incorporated 405
Merck KGaA 407
Nalco Holding Company 414
Nitto Denko Corporation 417
Norit NV 422
Pall Corporation 425
Parker-Hannifin Corporation 432
Polymem 436
Polypore International Incorporated 437
Res-Kem, see Nalco Holding
Sartorius AG 441
Severn Trent plc 445
Siemens AG 447
3M Company 451
Tianjin Motimo Membrane Technology Limited 454
Tianjin Novofangyuan Membrane Separation Technology Company Ltd 455
Toray Industries Incorporated 456
Ube Industries Limited 459
Veolia Environnement SA 461
Vontron Technology Company Limited 465
Whatman, see General Electric
Woongjin Coway Company Limited 466
X-Flow, see Norit
Other Companies Mentioned in Study 468
LIST OF TABLES
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SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Summary Table 3
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 World Gross Domestic Product by Region 11
2 World Gross Fixed Capital Formation by Region 13
3 World Population by Region 15
4 World Urban Population by Region 16
5 World Nonagricultural Water Use by Region 18
6 World Manufacturing Value Added by Region 20
7 World Food, Beverage & Tobacco Manufacturing Value Added
by Region 22
8 World Pharmaceutical Shipments by Region 25
9 World Chemical Manufacturing Value Added by Region 27
SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
1 World Membrane Demand by Region 39
2 World Membrane Demand by Type 42
3 World Microfiltration Membrane Demand by Region 46
4 World Reverse Osmosis Membrane Demand by Region 51
5 World Ultrafiltration Membrane Demand by Region 56
6 World Other Membrane Demand by Region 59
7 World Membrane Demand by Market 67
8 World Water Treatment Membrane Demand by Region 71
9 World Wastewater Treatment Membrane Demand by Region 75
10 World Food & Beverage Processing Membrane Demand
by Region 80
11 World Pharmaceutical & Medical Membrane Demand
by Region 85
12 World Other Markets Membrane Demand by Region 89
SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
1 North America: Market Environment 92
2 North America: Membrane Demand by Type & Market 95
3 United States: Market Environment 98
4 United States: Membrane Demand by Type 101
5 United States: Membrane Demand by Market 106
6 Canada: Market Environment 108
7 Canada: Membrane Demand by Type 110
8 Canada: Membrane Demand by Market 113
9 Mexico: Market Environment 116
10 Mexico: Membrane Demand by Type 118
11 Mexico: Membrane Demand by Market 121
SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
1 Western Europe: Market Environment 124
2 Western Europe: Membrane Demand by Type & Market 127
3 Belgium: Market Environment 130
4 Belgium: Membrane Demand by Type 132
5 Belgium: Membrane Demand by Market 134
6 France: Market Environment 136
7 France: Membrane Demand by Type 138
8 France: Membrane Demand by Market 141
9 Germany: Market Environment 144
10 Germany: Membrane Demand by Type 146
11 Germany: Membrane Demand by Market 149
12 Italy: Market Environment 153
13 Italy: Membrane Demand by Type 155
14 Italy: Membrane Demand by Market 157
15 The Netherlands: Market Environment 160
16 The Netherlands: Membrane Demand by Type 162
17 The Netherlands: Membrane Demand by Market 164
18 Spain: Market Environment 167
19 Spain: Membrane Demand by Type 169
20 Spain: Membrane Demand by Market 172
21 United Kingdom: Market Environment 175
22 United Kingdom: Membrane Demand by Type 177
23 United Kingdom: Membrane Demand by Market 179
24 Other Western Europe: Market Environment 182
25 Other Western Europe: Membrane Demand by Type 184
26 Other Western Europe: Membrane Demand by Market 186
27 Other Western Europe: Membrane Demand by Country 188
SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
1 Asia/Pacific: Market Environment 191
2 Asia/Pacific: Membrane Demand by Type & Market 194
3 Australia: Market Environment 197
4 Australia: Membrane Demand by Type 199
5 Australia: Membrane Demand by Market 202
6 China: Market Environment 205
7 China: Membrane Demand by Type 207
8 China: Membrane Demand by Market 211
9 India: Market Environment 216
10 India: Membrane Demand by Type 218
11 India: Membrane Demand by Market 222
12 Japan: Market Environment 226
13 Japan: Membrane Demand by Type 228
14 Japan: Membrane Demand by Market 230
15 South Korea: Market Environment 234
16 South Korea: Membrane Demand by Type 236
17 South Korea: Membrane Demand by Market 238
18 Taiwan: Market Environment 241
19 Taiwan: Membrane Demand by Type 243
20 Taiwan: Membrane Demand by Market 245
21 Other Asia/Pacific: Market Environment 247
22 Other Asia/Pacific: Membrane Demand by Type 249
23 Other Asia/Pacific: Membrane Demand by Market 252
24 Other Asia/Pacific: Membrane Demand by Country 254
SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
1 Central & South America: Market Environment 257
2 Central & South America: Membrane Demand by Type
& Market 259
3 Brazil: Market Environment 261
4 Brazil: Membrane Demand by Type 263
5 Brazil: Membrane Demand by Market 266
6 Other Central & South America: Market Environment 269
7 Other Central & South America: Membrane Demand by Type 271
8 Other Central & South America: Membrane Demand
by Market 273
9 Eastern Europe: Market Environment 275
10 Eastern Europe: Membrane Demand by Type & Market 277
11 Poland: Market Environment 280
12 Poland: Membrane Demand by Type 281
13 Poland: Membrane Demand by Market 283
14 Russia: Market Environment 286
15 Russia: Membrane Demand by Type 288
16 Russia: Membrane Demand by Market 291
17 Other Eastern Europe: Market Environment 294
18 Other Eastern Europe: Membrane Demand by Type 296
19 Other Eastern Europe: Membrane Demand by Market 298
20 Other Eastern Europe: Membrane Demand by Country 300
21 Africa/Mideast: Market Environment 302
22 Africa/Mideast: Membrane Demand by Type & Market 304
23 Saudi Arabia: Market Environment 307
24 Saudi Arabia: Membrane Demand by Type 309
25 Saudi Arabia: Membrane Demand by Market 311
26 South Africa: Market Environment 314
27 South Africa: Membrane Demand by Type 316
28 South Africa: Membrane Demand by Market 318
29 Other Africa/Mideast: Market Environment 321
30 Other Africa/Mideast: Membrane Demand by Type 323
31 Other Africa/Mideast: Membrane Demand by Market 325
32 Other Africa/Mideast: Membrane Demand by Country 327
SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 World Membrane Sales by Company, 2010 331
2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 347
3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 350
LIST OF CHARTS
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SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
1 World Membrane Demand by Region, 2010 40
2 World Membrane Demand by Region, 2000-2020 40
3 World Membrane Demand by Type, 2010 43
4 World Microfiltration Membrane Demand by Region, 2010 47
5 World Reverse Osmosis Membrane Demand by Region, 2010 52
6 World Ultrafiltration Membrane Demand by Region, 2010 57
7 World Other Membrane Demand by Region, 2010 60
8 World Membrane Demand by Market, 2010 68
9 World Water Treatment Membrane Demand by Region, 2010 72
10 World Wastewater Treatment Membrane Demand
by Region, 2010 76
11 World Food & Beverage Processing Membrane Demand
by Region, 2010 81
12 World Pharmaceutical & Medical Membrane Demand
by Region, 2010 86
13 World Other Markets Membrane Demand by Region, 2010 90
SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
1 North America Membrane Demand by Country, 2010 96
SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
1 Western Europe Membrane Demand by Country, 2010 128
SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
1 Asia/Pacific Membrane Demand by Country, 2010 195
SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
1 Eastern Europe Membrane Demand by Country, 2010 278
2 Africa/Mideast Membrane Demand by Country, 2010 305
SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 World Membrane Market Share by Company, 2010 333