Market Data & Pricing
Weathering the storm – Brexit forces a filter manufacturer to rethink its supply chain
Croft Filters Ltd, based in Warrington, U.K., has been designing and manufacturing customized filters for industry for more than 33 years. During that time, I’ve noticed that whenever a general election is called in the United Kingdom, the phone stops ringing, email inquiries drop off and the order book diminishes. Once the election is past, …
The outlook for nonwoven filter media
These drivers and developments have resulted in the nonwoven filtration market consuming an ever-greater amount of nonwoven material, reaching 1.3 million tonnes in 2018, an annual increase of 7.5% from 2008. The filtration end use is the fifth largest (in tonnage) of the nonwoven segments, consuming 9% of the world’s nonwovens production in 2018, and …
Four ways china is fighting air pollution
A new Freedonia study finds that the Chinese market for internal combustion engine, air, and fluid filters will approach $18 billion in 2022, and remain the largest in the world. Among the factors driving market growth, efforts by regulators to curb the nation’s notorious air pollution problem, such as by raising filtration standards, will continue …