The growing use of membrane filtration technologies for water
purification and recycling is being driven in part by the dramatic
reductions in cost, according to study by Frost & Sullivan.
In the US, ceramic membrane filter manufacturer, Corning has
announced an agreement for the supply of membrane liquid filters to
Ionics for the global food and beverage processing industries.
Maxwell Technologies' prolonged effort to commercialise technology
that uses pulses of extremely intense light to sterilise beverages
has been officially closed in the US.