Membrane Technology is an Emerging Interdisciplinary Technology

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91268) has announced the
addition of "China Membrane Market Report, 2007-2008" to their
offering.

Membrane technology is an emerging interdisciplinary technology.
New technologies and new processing techniques on membrane production
are constantly being discovered and invented, membrane application is
being expanded to more and more fields. At present, profit of membrane
separation industry is about 100-200%, which has stimulated investment
and research in this industry. However, high cost of complete-set
equipment and high-level technical difficulty has lifted the market
entry threshold.

At present, about 90% membrane separation engineering companies
are involved in manufacturing equipment for the production of
industrial pure water, high pure water and civilian pure water and the
competition in the industry is quite fierce. About 30 membrane
separation engineering companies are engaged in the separation and
purification of industrial liquid and the treatment of industrial
waste water.

According to the statistics, only a few companies use membrane
technology to manufacture equipment for the treatment of
electroplating wastewater, the recovery of precious metals and reuse
of water, which are newly developed fields in the application of
membrane technology. And market capacity of the equipment is large and
competition in the market is not fierce.

Technology of designing and producing industrial and civilian pure
water equipment is more mature and easier to be mastered relatively.
However, it is difficulty to produce the equipment for separation,
purification and condensation of industrial liquid and treatment of
industrial wastewater, due to the high market entry threshold built up
by the diversity of products, market uncertainty and high-level
technical difficulty.

Application of membrane technology in water treatment market
covers the following three aspects:

1. Seawater desalination:

According to "the Special Plan for Seawater Utilization" issued
jointly by the National Development and Reform Commission or NDRC, the
State Oceanic Administration and the Ministry of Finance, China's
total investment in seawater desalination through 2010 is expected to
reach CNY13.6 billion to CNY18 billion, of which 30% to 40% will go to
the production of membrane and membrane module so as to make China's
total volume of seawater desalination reach 800,000-1,000,000 tons per
day in 2010 from current 40,000 tons per day.

2. Recycling wastewater:

NDRC, China's top economic planning agency, has clearly set
standards for limiting emissions and water consumption in such
industries with high water consumption and high emissions as power,
petrochemical, dying and printing, steel and papermaking and also
lifted the price of industrial water. Therefore, recycling industrial
wastewater will play a very important role in enlarging the membrane
market during the "11th Five-Year Plan" period (2006-2010).

3. Purifying water:

With the rapid development of urbanization and industrialization
in China, water in water plants in the Chinese cities has been
polluted to a certain extent, as most of them use traditional water
treatment technology, which could do nothing about heavy metals and
organic pollutants in water.

However, membrane separation technology, which is used almost in
all production of bottled drinking water and instant drinking
machines, is able to remove noxious and hazardous substances.
Additionally, membrane technology is also widely used in food and wine
industry to condense and separate fruit juice and in the fields of
medical injection and electronic components.

The prospect of China's membrane market will be optimistic during
the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-2010). China's market demand for
membranes was CNY12 billion in 2007 and is expected to exceed CNY20
billion in 2010, amounting to 10-15% of the world total by then, which
represents an annual rise of around 15% averagely in the five years.

Many Chinese companies are able not only to produce membrane and
membrane modules but also contract water treatment engineering
projects, indicating China's membrane and water treatment technology
are becoming increasingly mature. Blue Star (Beijing) Cleaning Co. is
one of the general contractors with remarkable achievements in such
fields as pharmacy, beer & food, metallurgy and municipal engineering,
and a leader in membrane and water treatment industry in China.

"This report is modified at the time of ordering and requires 3-5
days to deliver"

Contents:

- China Membrane Industry Development

- China Variety of Key Industry Membrane in 2008

- Application of Membrane Engineering in 2008

- Main China Membrane Enterprises in 2008

- Forecast of Membrane Industry Demand During "11th Five-Year
Plan" Period

- Proposals for Investment in Membrane Industry

- Charts also Included

Companies Mentioned:

- Motimo Membrane Technology Co., Ltd.

- Blue Star Detergent Co., Ltd.

- Huiyuan Tongquan Environmental Science &Technology Co., Ltd.

- Jiangsu Jiuwu High-tech Co., Ltd.

- Ultrapure Environmental Engineering Ltd.

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