NEWS RELEASE                                                                                                    NOVEMBER 2012

Sedimentation and Centrifugation Revenues to Rise 5.6 Percent Next Year to $7.3 Billion

Municipalities, chemical producers, and food processors will raise purchases of centrifuges, clarifiers and related equipment next year by 5.6 percent increasing revenues to $7.3 billion. This is the conclusion reached in the McIlvaine continually updated report, Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets.

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The McIlvaine forecast is in percentages, so actual sedimentation revenues will rise by about 6 percent. This is a higher estimate than predicted for some of the major participants in this market.

Alfa Laval is one of the largest suppliers of this equipment and is a major supplier of disk and decanter centrifuges. Analysts following this company are projecting revenue increases of 4.75 percent in 2013. Two other major players are GE and Siemens. However, the sales of sedimentation and centrifugation equipment are a small portion of their total sales. In general, both suppliers are more optimistic about the water segments than they are about the businesses as a whole.

The clarifier market is the largest single segment. The challenges with hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas shale are boosting this segment at greater than 5 percent annually. East Asia is the largest purchasing region. Higher than average revenues in this region will offset lower than average revenues in other regions.

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