Desalination Market Moving to Reverse Osmosis and Larger Flow Control Expenditures
Nearly 80 percent of the investment in desalination this year will be for membrane treatment as opposed to thermal.
Nearly 80 percent of the investment in desalination this year will be for membrane treatment as opposed to thermal.
Marine vessels are purchasing air and liquid flow control and treatment equipment at an accelerating rate due to new limits on both emissions to the atmosphere and to the water.
The top ten companies in the air and water monitoring market had 2012 revenues of $4.4 billion representing 21 percent of the $21 billion market. This ranking analysis has just been posted to the McIlvaine report, Air & Water Pollution Monitoring World Markets.
Long-term revenue forecasts in the twenty McIlvaine market reports in the air, water and energy fields are heavily weighted by the projected dominance of companies over countries. The ability of governmental officials in individual countries to shape the markets is more than countered by the abilities of domestic and international companies to shape those markets.
The need to meet new environmental standards, the growing demand for water and the need to replace obsolete infrastructure are causing U.S. water utilities to embark on thousands of capital improvement projects. These projects are tracked in the McIlvaine North American Public Water Plants and People.
The electronics and power industries in Asia will make the most contribution toward generating $468 million in ultrapure instrument and control sales this year.
Desalination plant flow control and treatment expenditures are now just 1.5 percent of the $340 billion dollar flow control and treatment market.
McIlvaine Company has revised its forecast for growth in the industrial valve industry over the next five years. The current forecast is for 5 percent growth. This is being revised to 5.5 percent CAGR for the 2013-2017 period.
Over the next two years the market for ultrapure water systems and consumables will grow by 5 percent per year measured in constant dollars and by 8 percent per year measured in current dollars.