Global demand for filters is forecast to expand 5.1 percent annually through 2013. Market advances in the developing areas will considerably outpace increases in the US, Western Europe and Japan. Sales of air purification filters will be the fastest growing segment while internal combustion engine and related filters remain the largest.

This study analyzes the $45.5 billion world filter industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 1998, 2003 and 2008, with forecasts for 2013 and 2018 by product (e.g., oil filters, air intake filters, fluid power filters, air purification filters), market (e.g., transportation equipment, manufacturing, utilities, consumer), world region and for 26 countries.

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 39 industry players, including MAHLE International, MANN+HUMMEL and Donaldson.

TABLE OF CONTENTS                    


SECTION                                                                      PAGE

               INTRODUCTION                                                    xi

          I.   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY                                                1

         II.   MARKET ENVIRONMENT                                               4
               General                                                          4
               World Economic Overview                                          5
                   Recent Economic Performance                                  5
                   World Economic Outlook                                       8
               World Demographic Overview                                      11
                   Population                                                  12
                   Households                                                  13
               World Personal Income Trends                                    14
               World Manufacturing Outlook                                     16
               World Motor Vehicle Trends                                      19
                   Motor Vehicles in Use                                       19
                   Motor Vehicle Production                                    21
               World Internal Combustion Engine Motorcycle Trends              24
                   Internal Combustion Engine Motorcycles in Use               25
                   Internal Combustion Engine Motorcycle Production            27
               World Building Construction Trends                              29
               World HVAC Equipment Outlook                                    31
               World Nonagricultural Water Withdrawal                          33
               Pricing Patterns                                                36
               Filtration & Separation Technologies                            39
                   Conventional Filtration Technology                          40
                   Filtration Media                                            42
                   Competitive Technologies                                    46
               Legal & Regulatory Environment                                  48

        III.   WORLD SUPPLY & DEMAND                                           52
               General                                                         52
               Regional Overview                                               53
                   Demand                                                      53
                   Production                                                  59
                   International Trade                                         61
               Demand by Product                                               63
                   Internal Combustion Engine & Related                        65
                     Oil                                                       68
                     Air Intake                                                69
                     Other                                                     71
                   Fluid                                                       73
                     Fluid Power                                               75
                     Other                                                     77
                   Air Purification                                            79
                     Panel & Pocket                                            81
                     Other                                                     83
               Demand by Market                                                85
                   Transportation Equipment                                    87
                   Manufacturing                                               89
                   Utilities                                                   92
                   Consumer                                                    95
                   Other                                                       97

         IV.   NORTH AMERICA                                                  100
               General                                                        100
               Filter Supply & Demand                                         101
               Filter Outlook & Suppliers                                     104
               United States                                                  106
               Canada                                                         113
               Mexico                                                         119

          V.   WESTERN EUROPE                                                 126
               General                                                        126
               Filter Supply & Demand                                         128
               Filter Outlook & Suppliers                                     131
               Germany                                                        133
               France                                                         140
               Italy                                                          145
               United Kingdom                                                 151
               Spain                                                          157
               Netherlands                                                    163
               Other Western Europe                                           169
                   Belgium                                                    176
                   Sweden                                                     176
                   All Other                                                  177
                           

         VI.   ASIA/PACIFIC                                                   179
               General                                                        179
               Filter Supply & Demand                                         182
               Filter Outlook & Suppliers                                     184
               Japan                                                          186
               China                                                          192
               India                                                          200
               South Korea                                                    207
               Indonesia                                                      213
               Taiwan                                                         219
               Australia                                                      225
               Other Asia/Pacific                                             231
                   Thailand                                                   238
                   All Other                                                  239

        VII.   OTHER REGIONS                                                  240
               Latin America                                                  240
                   Brazil                                                     246
                   Other Latin America                                        252
               Eastern Europe                                                 258
                   Russia                                                     265
                   Poland                                                     271
                   Other Eastern Europe                                       277
                     Czech Republic                                           284
                     All Other                                                285
               Africa/Mideast                                                 286
                   Turkey                                                     293
                   Other Africa/Mideast                                       299
                     South Africa                                             306
                     Iran                                                     307
                     All Other                                                308

       VIII.   INDUSTRY STRUCTURE                                             309
               General                                                        309
               Industry Composition                                           310
               Market Share                                                   313
                   MAHLE International                                        313
                   MANN+HUMMEL                                                314
                   Donaldson                                                  314
                   DENSO                                                      315
                   Parker-Hannifin                                            316
                   Other Leading Suppliers                                    316
               Competitive Strategies                                         316
               Research & New Product Development                             319
               Marketing & Distribution                                       321
               Cooperative Agreements                                         323
               Mergers & Acquisitions                                         329
               Company Profiles                                               332
                   AAF International, see Daikin Industries
                   ACDelco, see General Motors
                   Affinia Group Incorporated                                 333
                   Ahlstrom Corporation                                       335
                   Alfa Laval AB                                              338
                   Balcke-Duerr, see SPX
                   Baldwin Filters, see CLARCOR
                   Bosch (Robert) GmbH                                        339
                   BRITA GmbH                                                 342
                   Camfil Farr Group                                          344
                   Champion Laboratories, see United Components
                   CLARCOR Incorporated                                       347
                   CLC Air, see CLARCOR
                   Corning Incorporated                                       353
                   Culligan International Company                             354
                   Cummins Incorporated                                       356
                   CUNO, see 3M
                   Daikin Industries Limited                                  360
                   DENSO Corporation                                          363
                   Donaldson Company Incorporated                             365
                   Eaton Corporation                                          372
                   Everpure, see Pentair
                   Faurecia SA                                                374
                   Filtration Group Incorporated                              376
                   Filtrona plc                                               378
                   Flanders Corporation                                       379
                   FRAM, see Honeywell International
                   Freudenberg & Company                                      382
                   General Electric Company                                   385
                   General Motors Company                                     390
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                   Honeywell International Incorporated                       392
                   IBIDEN Company Limited                                     395
                   Johnson Matthey plc                                        397
                   MAHLE International GmbH                                   399
                   MANN+HUMMEL GmbH                                           403
                   NGK Insulators Limited                                     410
                   Pall Corporation                                           411
                   Parker-Hannifin Corporation                                416
                   Pentair Incorporated                                       419
                   Porous Media, see Pentair
                   Procter & Gamble Company                                   423
                   PUR Water Purification Products, see Procter & Gamble
                   Purolator Advanced Filtration Group, see CLARCOR
                   ROKI Company Limited                                       425
                   SHURflo, see Pentair
                   Siemens AG                                                 426
                   Sogefi SpA                                                 429
                   SPX Corporation                                            432
                   Tenneco Incorporated                                       437
                   3M Company                                                 438
                   Total Filtration Services, see CLARCOR
                   Toyo Roki Manufacturing, see ROKI
                   Toyota Boshoku Corporation                                 443
                   United Air Specialists, see CLARCOR
                   United Components Incorporated                             445
                   Wix Filtration Products, see Affinia Group
               Other Companies Mentioned in Study                             447

                                  LIST OF TABLES
                                        
TABLE NUMBER                                                                 PAGE

               SECTION I - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
               Summary Table                                                    3

               SECTION II - MARKET ENVIRONMENT
           1   World Gross Domestic Product by Region                          11
           2   World Population by Region                                      13
           3   World Households by Region                                      14
           4   World Per Capita GDP by Region                                  16
           5   World Manufacturing Value Added by Region                       18
           6   World Motor Vehicles in Use by Region                           21
           7   World Motor Vehicle Production by Region                        24
           8   World Internal Combustion Engine Motorcycles in Use
                   by Region                                                   26
           9   World Internal Combustion Engine Motorcycle Production
                   by Region                                                   29
          10   World Building Construction Expenditures by Type
                   & Region                                                    31
          11   World Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Equipment
                   Demand by Region                                            33
          12   World Water Withdrawal for Nonagricultural Uses
                   by Region                                                   36

               SECTION III - WORLD SUPPLY & DEMAND
           1   World Filter Demand by Region                                   56
           2   World Filter Shipments by Region                                60
           3   World Filter Net Exports by Region                              63
           4   World Filter Demand by Product                                  64
           5   World Internal Combustion Engine & Related Filter
                   Demand by Product & Region                                  67
           6   World Fluid Filter Demand by Product & Region                   75
           7   World Air Purification Filter Demand by Product & Region        81
           8   World Filter Demand by Market                                   86
           9   World Transportation Equipment Filter Demand by Region          89
          10   World Manufacturing Filter Demand by Region                     92
          11   World Utility Filter Demand by Region                           95
          12   World Consumer Filter Demand by Region                          97
          13   World Demand for Other Filters by Region                        99
                            
               SECTION IV - NORTH AMERICA
           1   North America - Filter Market Overview                         101
           2   North America - Filter Supply & Demand                         103
           3   North America - Filter Demand by Market                        106
           4   United States - Filter Market Overview                         108
           5   United States - Filter Supply & Demand                         110
           6   United States - Filter Demand by Market                        113
           7   Canada - Filter Market Overview                                115
           8   Canada - Filter Supply & Demand                                117
           9   Canada - Filter Demand by Market                               119
          10   Mexico - Filter Market Overview                                121
          11   Mexico - Filter Supply & Demand                                123
          12   Mexico - Filter Demand by Market                               125

               SECTION V - WESTERN EUROPE
           1   Western Europe - Filter Market Overview                        128
           2   Western Europe - Filter Supply & Demand                        130
           3   Western Europe - Filter Demand by Market                       133
           4   Germany - Filter Market Overview                               135
           5   Germany - Filter Supply & Demand                               137
           6   Germany - Filter Demand by Market                              139
           7   France - Filter Market Overview                                141
           8   France - Filter Supply & Demand                                143
           9   France - Filter Demand by Market                               145
          10   Italy - Filter Market Overview                                 147
          11   Italy - Filter Supply & Demand                                 149
          12   Italy - Filter Demand by Market                                151
          13   United Kingdom - Filter Market Overview                        153
          14   United Kingdom - Filter Supply & Demand                        155
          15   United Kingdom - Filter Demand by Market                       157
          16   Spain - Filter Market Overview                                 159
          17   Spain - Filter Supply & Demand                                 161
          18   Spain - Filter Demand by Market                                163
          19   Netherlands - Filter Market Overview                           165
          20   Netherlands - Filter Supply & Demand                           167
          21   Netherlands - Filter Demand by Market                          169
          22   Other Western Europe - Filter Market Overview                  171
          23   Other Western Europe - Filter Supply & Demand                  173
          24   Other Western Europe - Filter Demand by Market                 175
          25   Other Western Europe - Filter Demand by Country                175

               SECTION VI - ASIA/PACIFIC
           1   Asia/Pacific - Filter Market Overview                          181
           2   Asia/Pacific - Filter Supply & Demand                          183
           3   Asia/Pacific - Filter Demand by Market                         186
           4   Japan - Filter Market Overview                                 188
           5   Japan - Filter Supply & Demand                                 190
           6   Japan - Filter Demand by Market                                192
           7   China - Filter Market Overview                                 195
           8   China - Filter Supply & Demand                                 197
           9   China - Filter Demand by Market                                200
          10   India - Filter Market Overview                                 202
          11   India - Filter Supply & Demand                                 204
          12   India - Filter Demand by Market                                206
          13   South Korea - Filter Market Overview                           209
          14   South Korea - Filter Supply & Demand                           211
          15   South Korea - Filter Demand by Market                          213
          16   Indonesia - Filter Market Overview                             215
          17   Indonesia - Filter Supply & Demand                             217
          18   Indonesia - Filter Demand by Market                            219
          19   Taiwan - Filter Market Overview                                221
          20   Taiwan - Filter Supply & Demand                                223
          21   Taiwan - Filter Demand by Market                               225
          22   Australia - Filter Market Overview                             227
          23   Australia - Filter Supply & Demand                             229
          24   Australia - Filter Demand by Market                            231
          25   Other Asia/Pacific - Filter Market Overview                    233
          26   Other Asia/Pacific - Filter Supply & Demand                    235
          27   Other Asia/Pacific - Filter Demand by Market                   237
          28   Other Asia/Pacific - Filter Demand by Country                  238

               SECTION VII - OTHER REGIONS
           1   Latin America - Filter Market Overview                         242
           2   Latin America - Filter Supply & Demand                         244
           3   Latin America - Filter Demand by Market                        246
           4   Brazil - Filter Market Overview                                248
           5   Brazil - Filter Supply & Demand                                250
           6   Brazil - Filter Demand by Market                               252
           7   Other Latin America - Filter Market Overview                   254
           8   Other Latin America - Filter Supply & Demand                   256
           9   Other Latin America - Filter Demand by Market                  258
          10   Eastern Europe - Filter Market Overview                        260
          11   Eastern Europe - Filter Supply & Demand                        262
          12   Eastern Europe - Filter Demand by Market                       265
          13   Russia - Filter Market Overview                                267
          14   Russia - Filter Supply & Demand                                269
          15   Russia - Filter Demand by Market                               271
          16   Poland - Filter Market Overview                                273
          17   Poland - Filter Supply & Demand                                275
          18   Poland - Filter Demand by Market                               277
          19   Other Eastern Europe - Filter Market Overview                  279
          20   Other Eastern Europe - Filter Supply & Demand                  281
          21   Other Eastern Europe - Filter Demand by Market                 283
          22   Other Eastern Europe - Filter Demand by Country                284
          23   Africa/Mideast - Filter Market Overview                        288
          24   Africa/Mideast - Filter Supply & Demand                        290
          25   Africa/Mideast - Filter Demand by Market                       293
          26   Turkey - Filter Market Overview                                295
          27   Turkey - Filter Supply & Demand                                297
          28   Turkey - Filter Demand by Market                               299
          29   Other Africa/Mideast - Filter Market Overview                  301
          30   Other Africa/Mideast Filter Supply & Demand                    303
          31   Other Africa/Mideast - Filter Demand by Market                 305
          32   Other Africa/Mideast - Filter Demand by Country                306

               SECTION VIII - INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
           1   Filter Sales for Selected Manufacturers, 2008                  312
           2   Selected Cooperative Agreements                                325
           3   Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures                           331

                                  LIST OF CHARTS
                                        
CHART NUMBER                                                                 PAGE

               SECTION II - MARKET ENVIRONMENT
           1   World Manufacturing Value Added by Region, 2008                 19
           2   World Motor Vehicles & Internal Combustion Engine
                   Motorcycles in Use by Region, 2008                          27
           3   Water Used in the Production of Selected Consumer Goods         35
           4   World Filter Price Index                                        39

               SECTION III - WORLD SUPPLY & DEMAND
           1   World Filter Demand by Region, 2008                             57
           2   Increase in Annual Filter Demand from 2008 to 2013
                   by Region                                                   57
           3   World Filter Demand - Projected 2008-2013 Annual Rate
                   of Growth                                                   58
           4   World Filter Shipments by Region, 2008                          61
           5   World Filter Demand by Product, 2008                            65
           6   World Filter Demand by Market, 2008                             87

               SECTION IV - NORTH AMERICA
           1   North America Filter Demand by Country, 2008                   104

               SECTION V - WESTERN EUROPE
           1   Western Europe Filter Demand by Country, 2008                  131

               SECTION VI - ASIA/PACIFIC
           1   Asia/Pacific Filter Demand by Country, 2008                    184

               SECTION VII - OTHER REGIONS
           1   Eastern Europe Filter Demand by Country, 2008                  263
           2   Africa/Mideast Filter Demand by Country, 2008                  291

               SECTION VIII - INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
           1   World Filter Market Share by Company, 2008                     313