Spiral Membrane Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)

Spiral Membrane Market Overview

The Spiral Membrane Market size is expected to reach US$10.4 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of around 9.6% from 2022 to 2027. The spiral membranes are filters that consist of permeable membranes for water treatment and purification. The spiral element includes feed spacers, membranes, permeate tubes, and spacers. Furthermore, the spiral membrane provides a wide application range such as water treatment, desalination, protein concentration, gas separation, and others. The membrane filtration and separation techniques such as nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, and others are used for various applications for water recycling and reuse. The spiral membrane industry is experiencing growth due to its high demand in wastewater treatment, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and other end-use industries. The growing awareness for clean water and wastewater treatment in slums and industries is driving the Spiral Membrane Market in the forecast period.

COVID-19 Impact

The covid-19 outbreak hampered the spiral membrane market and led to disruption in production and global demand. The lockdown restriction, manufacturing disruption, supply chain disturbances, and logistics difficulties hampered the growth in the market. The spiral membranes are used in various end-use industries such as the water and waste treatment industry, food and beverage, and others. The food and beverage sector uses spiral membranes in protein concentration, lactose concentration, water purification, and others. The declining consumption due to the shutdown of hotels, food stores, and retail, disrupted supply chain, and lockdown restrictions disturbed the food and beverage industry. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics, the spending on food showed a decrease of 10.4% in 2020, driven by a fall in the spending for food away from home with a 32.5% decline. Thus, with declining growth in the food & beverage sector, the major applications of the spiral membrane also declined. The water and waste treatment, which majorly uses spiral membrane in various applications, was also impacted, thereby creating an effect on the global spiral membrane industry. The slow investments and reduced operations in the water sector created a slowdown in the wastewater treatment industry. Thus, the global spiral membrane market experienced a short-term disturbance and declined growth in the initial phase of covid. However, the recovery in food & beverage, owing to increased online food consumption and growth in ready-to-eat food items led to potential demand in the post-pandemic phase. The global spiral membrane market will experience recovery in growth and demand, with stabilizing applications in end-use sectors.

Report Coverage

The “Spiral Membrane Market Report – Forecast (2022-2027)” by IndustryARC covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the spiral membrane market and provides a spiral membrane industry outlook.

By Technology: Reverse Osmosis, Nanofiltration, Microfiltration, and Ultrafiltration
By Application: Water Purification and Treatment, Desalination Plants, Protein Concentration, Oil Separation, and others
By End-Use Industry: Chemical & Petrochemical Industry (Chemical Fluid Wastes Filter), Oil and Gas (Gas Separation, Refinery Wastewater), Food & Beverage Industry (Food Concentration, Dairy, Beverage Concentration), Water and Wastewater Treatment Industry (Desalination, Wastewater Recycle, Public Utility Water Treatments), Biopharmaceuticals (Chemical Synthesis, Complex Drugs), and Others
By Geography: North America (USA, Canada, and Mexico), Europe (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Belgium, and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Rest of APAC), South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Rest of South America), Middle East (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Rest of the Middle East) and Africa (South Africa, Nigeria, Rest of Africa)

Key Takeaways

• The rising demand for spiral membranes in major end-use industries such as food and beverage, chemicals & petrochemicals, oil & gas, water, and wastewater treatment, and others, thereby offering growth in the global spiral membrane industry.
• The Asia Pacific holds the largest growth share in the spiral membrane market due to the rising water and wastewater sanitation and treatment projects in this region in the coming years.
• The rising demand for spiral membranes for the food and beverage segment is creating traction in the market due to growing applications such as protein concentration, lactose concentration, water purification, juice clarification, and others
  

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Spiral Membrane Market Segment Analysis – By Technology

By technology, the reverse osmosis segment held the largest spiral membrane market share in 2021 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 30% in the coming years. The demand for reverse osmosis is increasing due to major use in water purification and wastewater treatment. The reverse osmosis technology provides a high rate of recovery in comparison to the traditional desalination procedures such as MSF and MED. This technology has major demand in water processing, purification, and treatment in various industries such as the wastewater and beverage sector. The wastewater treatment industry uses this technology in treatment units or plants to remove salts and pollutants. According to UN-Water, around 56% of the household wastewaters were treated safely in the year 2020. Furthermore, reverse osmosis is expected to grow owing to its cost-effectiveness and safe technology applications in the water and wastewater treatment industry in the coming years.

Spiral Membrane Market Segment Analysis – By Application

By application, the water purification and treatment segment held the largest share and is expected to grow at 35% and increase the spiral membrane market size in the coming years. The spiral membrane is majorly used in water purification and treatment application for the removal of contaminants and pollution. The growing water and wastewater treatment projects across the globe are influencing the growth of water purification and treatment in the market. According to the reports by World Bank, around 80% of the wastewater in the world is a resource, which offers pure and clean water, energy, and other valuable resources. Moreover, the government is putting major emphasis on water purification and treatment activities such as sewage recycle treatment, desalination plants, and others to develop a safe and clean water environment. Furthermore, membrane filtration technology such as reverse osmosis and nanofiltration are used in household drinking water, industrial separation, and sewage treatment to offer pure and clean water. Thus, with major emphasis on water purification and treatment application for end-use industries such as food & beverage and water and wastewater treatment, the spiral membrane industry will grow in the forecast period.

Spiral Membrane Market Segment Analysis- By End-Use Industry

By end-use industry, the water and wastewater treatment segment held the largest market share and is expected to grow at 41% in the spiral membrane market during the forecast period. The exploitation of groundwater and water pollution has influenced the demand for spiral membranes for water purification and wastewater treatment. Moreover, the shortages of freshwater reserves and scarcity have led to growth in the spiral membrane usage in the water and wastewater treatment industries for public utility water treatments, municipal sewage treatments, and drinking water purification and filtration. The high performance, compact nature, and effectiveness of spiral membranes make them ideal for high flow applications. The spiral membranes use fluoropolymers, which offer increased chemical stability and mechanical strength for water purification applications in the water and wastewater treatment sector. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the government of the U.S. spent around USD 18 billion on wastewater management. Thus, with high applications in the water and wastewater treatment industry, the spiral membrane market will grow in the forecast period.

Spiral Membrane Market Segment Analysis – By Geography

By geographical analysis, the Asia Pacific held the largest share and will grow at a CAGR of 45% in the spiral membrane market during the forecast period. The rising demand for spiral membranes for water purification and treatment in the food & beverage and water and wastewater treatment industry has led to major growth for the spiral membrane industry in this region. Various food and beverage manufacturing firms use spiral membranes for applications such as water purification, lactose concentration, juice clarification, and other beverages processing and purification. According to the China Chain Store & Franchise Association, the food and beverage sector reached around USD 595 billion in China for the year 2019. Moreover, the growing demand from water and wastewater treatment and purification activities in the APAC region is also driving the spiral membrane market. Furthermore, with major growth in other end-use industries such as chemicals, biopharmaceuticals, oil and gas, and others, the demand for water filtration is rising, thereby creating a high growth in spiral membrane filtration applications. Thus, with the rising requirement for purified and treated water in major end-use industries, majorly food & beverage in APAC, the spiral membrane market will significantly grow in the coming years.

Spiral Membrane Market – Drivers

Increasing demand from the food and beverage industry

The spiral membrane is dominantly used in the food and beverage sector. It offers major applications such as whey protein concentration, water purification for beverages, lactose concentration, juice clarification, and others.  The growing demand for spiral membranes for the food and beverage sector across the world is driving the market. Various membrane filtration technologies such as reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, and others are employed for the removal of microorganisms, water contaminants, protein, starch, and others. The spiral membranes are majorly employed in the treatment or filtration of liquid substances in food and beverage, therefore experiencing high demand from this sector. According to the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI), the estimation of USD 1.147 trillion for food and beverage consumption by the year 2025 was made. Thus, with high demand from the food and beverage sector for various applications such as juice processing, whey, lactose, and gelatin concentration, dealcoholization, and others, the market for spiral membranes is growing during the forecast period. 

Increasing wastewater treatment and purification applications will drive the spiral membrane market in the forecast period

The market for the spiral membrane is experiencing growth owing to its high demand and application in water and wastewater purification and treatment activities. The spiral membranes offer various solutions for desalination, drinking water, sewage treatment, water reuse, and recycling. The growing emphasis on the treatment of wastewater from industrial and municipalities is influencing the demand for spiral membranes across various end-use verticals. Furthermore, the rising water contamination and pollution requires effective treatment and filtration, thereby demand for spiral membrane filtration technologies for pure and clean water has increased. For instance, the ACWA Power and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWIC) agreed to build the largest desalination plant in the world, with a capacity of 909,200m³ per day by the year 2022. Thus, with increased water and wastewater treatment projects, the demand for spiral membranes for purification and filtration will rise, thereby creating major growth prospects for the spiral membrane industry in the coming years.  

Spiral Membrane Market – Challenges

High operating costs and fouling issues

The manufacturing of spiral membranes is a high costs oriented challenge, as the equipment used to make these spiral membranes is costly. The spiral membranes are used by various end-use industries majorly water and wastewater treatment, food and beverage, chemical, and others. The spiral element fouling in spiral membranes is high, which requires regular treatment, removal, and cleaning. Thus, the operating costs of spiral membranes for end-users are high due to additional expenditure on handling, pre-treatment, foulant removal, and cleaning costs. The fouling is a major issue as it reduces the life span and flux of the spiral membrane. The end-users face the issue of high maintenance costs associated with the spiral membranes. The fouling of spiral elements requires removal and cleaning treatment and even replacement. Thus, the additional costs associated with the maintenance, treatment, and cleaning of spiral membranes create major hindrances for the users, thereby creating restricted growth and disruptions in the market.

Spiral Membrane Industry Outlook

Technology launches, acquisitions, and R&D activities are key strategies that are adopted by the dominant players in the Spiral Membrane market. The major spiral membrane top 10 companies include:

1. Alfa Laval
2. FMC Corporation
3. Aquatech International LLC
4. BASF SE
5. Toray Industries
6. Hyflux Ltd.
7. Bayer AG
8. Synder Filtration, Inc.
9. LANXESS
10. LG Chem, Ltd.

Recent Developments  

• In January 2021, Suez company acquired the reverse osmosis (RO) product line from the Lanxess company. This acquisition will help the Suez to meet the growing demand for the brackish water reverse osmosis membranes.
• In July 2020, SUEZ, a leading firm operating in water treatment sector, announced the acquisition of the Reverse Osmosis (RO) technology from the LANXESS with the aim to expand the water treatment solutions.
  
• In September 2019, DuPont signed the agreement to make the acquisition of the ultrafiltration membrane from BASF. This will provide integrated drinking water and industrial water treatment solutions globally. 

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