Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report analysing the market for world membranes.

The publication World Membranes: Global forecasts for 2012 & 2017 reports that the demand for membranes worldwide is projected to increase 8.6% annually to $15.1 billion in 2012.

The report shows that China, India, Russia and other countries with large, developing industrial bases and stressed local water resources are expected to post the strongest gains through the forecast period. Increased attention paid to water quality, the disposal of industrial and other waste streams, and food and drinks safety regulations will further propel membrane sales.

Furthermore, North America, the largest regional market, accounted for one-third of global membrane sales in 2007. Advances in the US market will be aided by the need to accommodate newer water quality regulations and enable the use of brackish water, seawater and other low quality water resources in water-stressed regions.

Authors of the report note that in developing countries, such as Russia, China, India and Brazil, gains are based on continued growth of water-intensive industries, greater need to tap poor quality water resources, and rising investment in modernising water and waste infrastructure. Much of the Middle East has invested heavily in seawater and brackish water treatment to ensure a sufficient supply of water. Despite competition from thermal distillation plants, even oilrich nations are shifting to more efficient reverse osmosis desalination systems.

World Membranes: Global forecasts for 2012 & 2017

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