This study analyzes the global membrane industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2000, 2005 and 2010, and forecasts for 2015 and 2020 by product (e.g., microfiltration, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration), market (e.g., water treatment, wastewater treatment, food and beverage processing, pharmaceutical and medical), world region and for 34 countries. The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share, and profiles industry participants.

Global demand to rise 9% annually through 2015

Global demand for membranes is projected to increase a healthy 9.0 percent annually to $19.3 billion in 2015. The countries that will see the fastest growth include the BRIC countries and others with large, developing industrial bases and stressed local water resources. Economic recovery from the global recession of 2009 that restrained manufacturing activity and capital investments will boost gains through 2015 in several key markets. Going forward, rising environmental standards and regulations in many parts of the world, and high population growth, particularly in waterstressed areas, will further drive investment in membrane-based water and
wastewater systems. Increased attention paid to food and beverage safety regulations and interest in water re-use and material reclamation will also propel membrane sales.

US to account for largest share of growth

North America, the largest regional market, accounted for 33 percent of global membrane sales in 2010 and will advance 8.3 percent annually through 2015, a healthy rate but below the global average. Gains in the dominant US market are projected to be aided by the ongoing development of new and better performing membranes and related systems for existing markets, as well as upgrades of water treatment techniques to accommodate the use of low quality water resources in the water-stressed regions. Also, a growing number of industries use membranes to reduce water use and waste disposal expenditures. Western Europe and Japan are fairly comparable to the US in terms of the maturity of their water infrastructures, regulatory schemes, and the technological sophistication of local manufacturing. While their gains will be well below the global average through 2015, these areas will exhibit recovery in membrane demand from a reduced 2010 base as their economies improve following a period of economic weakness.

In developing countries, growth is based on the ongoing development of waterintensive industries, increased need to tap brackish or otherwise poor quality water resources, and rising investment in modernizing water and waste infrastructure. However, in many of the least developed countries -- especially in Africa and South Asia -- growth will be more limited due to lack of adequate funding and local corruption that impedes progress.

Water treatment to remain largest market

Much of the Middle East, North Africa and the Caribbean has invested heavily in seawater and brackish water treatment to ensure a sufficient supply of water for drinking, agricultural and industrial purposes. Although historically much of that came from thermal distillation plants, even oil-rich nations are increasingly shifting to more efficient reverse osmosis desalination systems. Other countries, including Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore and the US, have also added membrane-based desalination capacity in recent years. While the water treatment market will continue to account for the largest share of global membrane demand through 2015, the best opportunities for growth will emerge in pharmaceutical and medical applications, and other smaller markets, as these industries continue to develop globally and create new uses for membranes.

Study coverage

This new industry study, World Membrane Separation Technologies, presents historical demand data (2000, 2005, 2010) plus forecasts (2015 and 2020) by product, market, world region and for 34 countries. The study also assesses market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles 37 worldwide competitors including Asahi Kasei, Dow Chemical, General Electric, Merck, Nitto Denko, Pall, 3M and Toray Industries.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

                  INTRODUCTION                                      

         I.       EXECUTIVE SUMMARY                                  

        II.       MARKET ENVIRONMENT                                 
                  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                                          
                  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                                     
                  General                                            91
                  Membrane Demand                                    93
                  United States                                      96
                  Canada                                            107
                  Mexico                                            114

        V.        WESTERN EUROPE                                   
                  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                                     
                  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                                      
                  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                                 
                  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 Limited                                     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

                  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

                  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