Ceramic membrane are a type of artificial membranes made from inorganic materials, such as alumina, titania, zirconia oxides, silicon carbide, or certain glassy materials. They are used in membrane operations. The ceramic membranes market has witnessed significant growth in recent years, and this growth is projected to continue in coming years. The ceramic membrane market is projected to register high CAGR in future due to their physical characteristics such as excellent thermal stability, which makes them usable in high temperature membrane operations and their extensive use as filtration material for water & wastewater treatment. Owing to these properties, ceramic membranes are used in a wide range of end user industries, such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, dairy, food & beverages, chemical and petrochemical, microelectronics, metal finishing, and power generation.

The ceramic membrane market is projected to register a market size of $5.1 Billion by 2020, signifying a firm annualized growth of 11.7% between 2015 and 2020. The growing global water market, requirement of high purity components in various applications, high selectivity and permeability requirements, and recovery of used materials are the key drivers for the growing ceramic membrane demand. Emerging countries, such as China, Brazil, and India are acknowledged to be the important drivers for overall market growth.

Currently, Asia-Pacific is the largest market for ceramic membranes, accounting for nearly 35% of the total market size in terms of value in 2014. Among all the countries, China dominates the ceramics membranes market, which had the maximum market share in 2014, closely followed by the U.S. The major materials used in ceramic membranes are titania, alumina, zirconia, and silica.

On the basis of end-user industry, the ceramic membrane market is categorized into water & wastewater treatment, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, food & beverages, chemical processing, and others. The growth in the end-user segment is primarily driven by the fast growing water & wastewater treatment, mainly in developing nations.

The ceramic membranes involve various technologies such as ultrafiltration (UF), microfiltration (MF), and nanofiltration (NF) among others. These technologies are used in many end-user application industries to fulfill the growing demand of quality, filtered, and recycled products along with overcoming water scarcity issues. The ultrafiltration technology segment dominates the global ceramic membranes technology market in terms of value and nanofiltration technology is projected to be the fastest-growing segment in terms of growth rate by 2020.

The major players of the ceramic membrane market include TAMI, PALL, Atech, Hyflux, Siva, DNP, The ToyoInk Group, Suntar, Shijie, and Jiusi, among others.