The definitive guide to the international membrane industry. Will help you to keep track of the major issues affecting the fast growing membrane marketWill enable you to identify new business opportunitiesIncludes Market forecasts, commentary and analysis supported by primary researchCompletely revised and updated, the 3rd edition of Profile of the International Membrane Industry - Market Prospects to 2008 reviews the markets, technological trends and major manufacturers of industrial membranes. We have drawn on the expertise from our existing portfolio, Membrane Technology newsletter and Filtration & Separation magazine to bring you vital information, analyses and forecasts that cannot be found anywhere else. The report covers all industrial applications involving both liquid and gas separation, including: MicrofiltrationUltrafiltrationReverse osmosis and nanofiltrationAll other membrane separationsThe study deals with all kinds of separating media that are now accepted as membranes, whether they are polymeric, ceramic, metallic or liquid. In broad terms the study covers microfiltration, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis and nanofiltration and all other membrane separations.Profile of the International Membrane Industry covers the structure of the industry, highlighting developments, identifying future trends, and looking at recent mergers and acquisitions in the sector. Market estimates and forecasts to 2008, by region and membrane type, are presented along with an analysis of the main end-user markets for industrial membranes, and a technology overview. Forty leading international membrane manufacturers are profiled. A directory of membrane manufacturing companies is also included.
February 1971On the morning of the devastating Sylmar Earthquake, pop sensation Vicki La Monica is found dead in her Hollywood Hills home. Police, busy with the earthquake disaster, want to close the case quickly, calling it a drug overdose. After all, it has only been weeks since the famous drug-deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Vicki's father won't buy it. Chuck Donnegan, a retired LAPD homicide detective, knows his daughter would never take drugs. He dives into the ultra-hip world of the seventies music scene and begins a citywide search for Vicki's missing boyfriend. He barges in on her friends, her manager, a rival singer, her record label, and the mysterious Japanese entertainment conglomerate about to buy them. Out of place, physically and emotionally exhausted, Chuck's public criticism of the police causes the media to focus on him. They brand him The Vigilante Dad, follow him everywhere and train cameras on his every move. And now someone wants him dead.