DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — According to MarketsandMarkets™, the PTFE Membranes Market is expected to reach USD 2.84 billion by 2031 from USD 2.14 billion in 2026, at a CAGR of 5.8 % during the forecast period.  

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PTFE Membranes Market Size & Forecast:

Market Size Available for Years: 2025-20312026 Market Size: USD 2.14 billion2031 Projected Market Size: USD 2.84 billionCAGR (2026-2031): 5.8%

PTFE Membranes Market Trends & Insights:

The global PTFE membranes market is experiencing regional growth, driven by rising demand for high-performance filtration, expanding pharmaceutical and biotechnology activities, and increasing deployment of advanced membrane technologies across industrial and critical applications. Asia Pacific is the largest regional market, supported by rapid industrialization, infrastructure development, expanding pharmaceutical and electronics manufacturing, and increasing demand for advanced filtration across China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. North America holds the second-largest share, supported by pharmaceutical and biotechnology production, semiconductor manufacturing, healthcare facilities, water treatment, and stringent filtration and environmental requirements. Europe is supported by demand for high-purity filtration across pharmaceutical, industrial, healthcare, and water treatment applications. Meanwhile, South America and the Middle East & Africa are experiencing growing demand, driven by industrialization, water and wastewater treatment, healthcare infrastructure, pharmaceutical production, and increasing adoption of advanced filtration technologies across emerging markets.By region, the Asia Pacific PTFE membranes market accounted for 42.2% of the market in 2026, driven by rapid industrialization, expanding pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing, growing semiconductor and electronics production, and increasing demand for advanced filtration solutions across the region.By type, the hydrophobic segment dominated the PTFE membranes market in 2026, accounting for 66.7% of the overall market value, owing to its high chemical resistance, hydrophobicity, and widespread use in air, gas, and liquid filtration applications.By technology, the microfiltration segment dominated the PTFE membranes market in 2026, accounting for 45.8% of the overall market in terms of value, owing to its high filtration efficiency, broad particle-removal capability, and extensive use across industrial, pharmaceutical, and water treatment applications.By form, the spiral segment accounted for the highest share (44.8%) of value in 2026, owing to its compact configuration, high membrane area, and widespread use in industrial and water filtration applications.By application, the food & beverage application segment accounted for the largest share (22.2%) of the PTFE membranes market in terms of value in 2026, owing to increasing demand for high-purity filtration, contamination control, and reliable processing solutions.W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. and Merck KGaA were identified as some of the star players in the PTFE membranes market (global), given their strong market share and product footprint.Agilent Technologies, Inc., Sterlitech Corporation, and Zeus Company LLC have distinguished themselves among startups and SMEs by securing strong footholds in specialized niche areas, underscoring their potential as emerging market leaders.

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The expansion of the PTFE membranes market is driven by increasing demand for high-performance filtration, separation, and protective products across industries such as industrial, commercial, healthcare, automotive, electronics, construction, and infrastructure. PTFE membranes are known for their exceptional properties, including chemical resistance, low friction, high filtration efficiency, and durability, making them suitable for a wide range of harsh environments. Additionally, stringent environmental regulatory guidelines, a heightened need for clean water and air, growth in pharmaceutical and biotechnology production, and the adoption of more advanced industrial methods are significant factors driving the market’s growth.

Moreover, advancements in membrane manufacturing processes have enabled the production of PTFE membranes with enhanced permeability, superior filtration performance, finer pore structures, extended lifespans, and consistent performance, even under challenging conditions. As a result, high-quality PTFE membrane technology has become an essential component of modern filtration and separation processes, helping to protect the environment while facilitating industrial operations.

The hydrophilic segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment, by type, during the forecast period.

Hydrophilic PTFE membranes are expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the PTFE membranes market.is growth is primarily due to their excellent wettability, high chemical resistance, and ability to function effectively as liquid filtration devices. These membranes are designed to allow easy filtration of aqueous solutions while preventing the passage of particles and contaminants. Hydrophilic PTFE membranes are widely used across industries, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology processing, water and wastewater treatment, food and beverage production, chemical processing, and other liquid filtration systems. The increasing adoption of these membranes in industry is driven by rising purity requirements in liquid filtration and sterilization processes, as well as a growing demand for effective treatment solutions. Moreover, their compatibility with both aqueous and organic solvents, combined with reliable performance in harsh working conditions, has contributed to their popularity across various end-use applications.

The microfiltration segment is expected to be the fastest-growing technology segment during the forecast period.

During the forecast period, microfiltration is anticipated to be the fastest-growing technology in the PTFE membranes industry. This growth is primarily driven by its high filtration efficiency, straightforward operation, and effective removal of suspended particles, microorganisms, and other impurities from liquids and gases. Microfiltration-based PTFE membranes are widely used in various sectors, including pharmaceutical and biotechnology processing, water and wastewater treatment, food and beverage processing, semiconductor processing, and industrial filtration applications. The increasing demand for high-purity filtration, contamination control, and efficient treatment processes is creating opportunities for microfiltration applications. Additionally, rising investment in water treatment plants and pharmaceutical manufacturing is boosting demand for microfiltration-based PTFE membrane technology across numerous end-use industries.

The spiral segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment, by form, during the forecast period.

Spiral Membranes are anticipated to be the fastest-growing segment in the PTFE Membranes market. This growth is largely attributed to their compact design, large surface area, and efficient filtration capabilities. Spiral membranes provide higher filtration efficiency within a smaller footprint, making them ideal for applications where space, throughput efficiency, and time are critical. These membranes are rapidly finding applications in various sectors, including water and wastewater treatment, pharmaceutical and biotechnology processing, food and beverage, chemical processing, and industrial filtration. The ongoing demand for compact, highly efficient filtration systems, along with growing investments in advanced water treatment and industrial technologies, is driving the adoption of spiral PTFE membrane configurations across diverse end-use applications.

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The food & beverage segment is expected to be the fastest-growing application segment during the forecast period.

The food & beverage sector is anticipated to be the fastest growing application in the PTFE membranes market. This growth is primarily attributed to the membranes’ high-purity filtration, contamination control, and reliable processing solutions. PTFE membranes are widely used in liquid and gas filtration, clarification, sterile processing, and venting applications in dairy, beverage, brewing, and food processing operations. The increasing emphasis on food safety, product quality, process efficiency, and hygienic manufacturing practices makes PTFE membrane solutions particularly attractive. Additionally, the market is expected to grow due to expansion in food & beverage production and rising investment in the development of advanced filtration systems.

The Asia Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region during the forecast period.

The PTFE membranes market in the Asia Pacific region is expected to be the fastest growing from 2026 to 2031. This growth is driven by rapid industrialization, urbanization, manufacturing expansion, and significant investments in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, semiconductor, electronics, and water treatment sectors. Countries such as China, India, Japan, South Korea, and various economies in Southeast Asia are increasing their industrial and manufacturing activities, which in turn boosts the demand for efficient filtration systems. Areas such as pharmaceuticals, semiconductor manufacturing, food and beverage processing, chemical industries, and water and wastewater treatment are increasingly utilizing PTFE membranes. Additionally, there is a rising demand for high-purity filtration, effective contamination control, chemical resistance, and reliable membrane performance, all of which are creating growth opportunities for the PTFE membranes market in the Asia Pacific region.

As industrialization and manufacturing continue to expand rapidly in this region, countries like China, India, Japan, and South Korea are making substantial investments in advanced manufacturing, healthcare infrastructure, digital technologies, and industrial development. These nations are also increasing their capacity for water and wastewater treatment and enhancing critical industrial and healthcare facilities, which further drives the need for high-quality filtration solutions. The growing demand for efficient contamination control, high-purity processing, chemical resistance, and reliable filtration performance is driving greater adoption of advanced PTFE membrane technologies. Consequently, the Asia Pacific region is poised to achieve the highest growth potential during the forecast period.

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Key Players

The report profiles several key PTFE membranes companies, including Pall Corporation (US), Cytiva (US), W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (US), Merck KGaA (US), Corning Incorporated (US), Donaldson Company, Inc. (US), Saint-Gobain (France), Sartorius AG (Germany), HYUNDAI MICRO Co., Ltd. (South Korea), and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan) and others.

Investment Funding 

The PTFE membranes market is witnessing investment activity driven by manufacturing expansions, capacity additions, and investments in advanced membrane and filtration technologies. Recent activity reflects continued interest in expanding production capabilities and strengthening membrane technology portfolios. Sartorius AG invested approximately USD 500 million in research and production infrastructure in 2025, including investments in membrane and filter production in Göttingen, Germany, and a new production site in Songdo, South Korea. Donaldson Company, Inc. also invested approximately USD 25 million to expand ePTFE membrane production capacity in Belgium. These investments indicate continued strategic interest in the market, with companies focusing on expanding manufacturing capabilities, strengthening supply capacity, and developing advanced PTFE membrane solutions.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers/acquisitions in the PTFE membranes market for 2025 reflect growing strategic interest in advanced filtration, life sciences, and complementary membrane-related technologies, with buyers prioritizing technology capabilities, portfolio expansion, and access to high-growth pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications. Deal activity was supported by increasing demand for advanced filtration, bioprocessing, and laboratory technologies. One notable deal was Sartorius AG’s acquisition of MatTek Corp., including Visikol Inc., from BICO Group AB, which strengthened Sartorius’ life sciences portfolio and expanded its capabilities in advanced cell technologies.

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DALLAS, Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Solidion Technology Inc. (“Solidion” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: STI), an advanced battery technology solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Kimi L. Ellen, Mark N. Schwartz, and Dante W. Robinson as independent directors to its Board of Directors, effective August 31. Each of the new directors has been determined by the Board to be independent under the applicable listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market and applicable rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The appointments strengthen the financial, audit, and governance expertise of Solidion’s Board and its committees as the Company advances its battery materials and next-generation battery commercialization strategy. “Our entire organization is proud to welcome three new directors that bring a wealth of financial and governance experience to Solidion,” said Jaymes Winters, Chief Executive Officer.

Kimi L. Ellen, CPA
Ms. Ellen is Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Benford Brown & Associates, LLC, a full-service certified public accounting firm, and brings extensive expertise in audit, internal controls, financial reporting, risk assessment, and governance across public and private sector organizations. She is a Certified Public Accountant and an NACD Certified Director, and currently serves on the American Institute of CPAs Council and the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council, among other board and committee roles. Ms. Ellen was named to Forbes’ Top 200 CPAs in the U.S. in 2024 and 2025 and to “50 Women to Watch for Boards” in 2025. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of Illinois. Ms. Ellen will serve on the Board’s Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee and has been determined to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under SEC rules.

Mark N. Schwartz
Mr. Schwartz is a public and private company chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and director with extensive experience in corporate finance, initial public offerings, SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and financial strategy across multiple industries. He currently serves as a director and Audit Committee Chair of Onfolio Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONFO) and as a director of Avicanna and the StartEngine Growth Tech Fund. Mr. Schwartz previously served on the board of directors of Starbucks Corporation. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Claremont McKenna College. Mr. Schwartz will serve as Chair of the Compensation Committee and will also serve on the Board’s Audit Committee and has been determined to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert.”

Dante W. Robinson, CPA
Mr. Robinson is a financial and audit leader with more than three decades of experience in the finance industry and audit function, and currently serves as Chief of Internal Affairs at State Compensation Insurance Fund, one of California’s largest workers’ compensation insurers. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a qualified financial expert with experience serving as an Audit Committee Chair, and an NACD Board Leadership Fellow. Mr. Robinson holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with an emphasis in accounting and finance from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Robinson will serve on the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee and the Audit Committee and has been determined to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert.”

Board and Chair Composition
Following the appointments, Solidion’s Board consists of seven directors, a majority number of whom are independent under Nasdaq listing standards.

Effective August 31, the Chairmanship of the Board Committees shall additionally be updated such that: 

Compensation Committee: Chaired by Mark Schwartz, whose qualifications are noted above.Audit Committee: Chaired by Independent Board Member Karin-Joyce Tjon. Ms. Tjon has served as a director of the Company since the closing of its IPO. Ms. Tjon has served as a Director at Volcon, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLCN) and Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE: KLR). Prior to Ms. Tjon’s retirement in 2020, from July 2018 until May 2020 she served as Chief Financial Officer for Alorica, Inc. a multi-billion dollar customer service provider with over 100,000 employees worldwide. Ms. Tjon has more than 6 years of executive management level experience as a Chief Executive Officer for publicly listed companies and large privately held companies. Ms. Tjon was President and Chief Operating Officer for Scientific Games, Inc., responsible for their Gaming and Lottery divisions, and also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Epiq Systems (NASDAQ: “EPIQ”) where she was responsible for legal, governance and risk compliance as well as all areas of international corporate finance, including financial planning and analysis, accounting, SEC filings, tax planning, investor relations, and SAP support, and Ms. Tjon served at Alvarez & Marsal LLC, a leading global professional services firm, where Ms. Tjon served in several C-level posts guiding global clients through operational restructurings, business planning and execution, complex negotiations, financial audit and regulatory compliance issues, and technology issues. Ms. Tjon holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in specialized studies in Organizational Behavior from Ohio University.Nominating & Governance Committee: Chaired by Independent Board Member John Davis. Since 2022, Mr. Davis has served as President of BTECH, Inc., a battery monitoring technology company. Prior to that role, from 2021 to 2022, Mr. Davis served as Chief Operating Officer of Primet Precision Materials, a nanoscission technology company producing lithium battery cathode. Prior to that role, from 2019 to 2020, Mr. Davis served as Chief Operating Officer of Global Graphene Group. Prior to that role, from 2015 to 2018, Mr. Davis served as Senior Vice President of Operations for BrightVolt, a solid state lithium battery technology company. Mr. Davis received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.B.A. from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

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Headquartered in Dallas, Texas with pilot production facilities in Dayton, Ohio, Solidion’s (NASDAQ: STI) core business includes manufacturing of battery materials and components, as well as development and production of next-generation batteries for energy storage systems, including UPS systems serving the artificial intelligence (AI) data center market and electric vehicles for ground, aerospace, and sea transportation. Solidion holds a portfolio of over 385 patents, covering innovations such as high-capacity, silane gas free and graphene-enabled silicon anodes, biomass-based graphite, advanced lithium-sulfur and lithium-metal technologies.

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One fiber connector technology, from the optical engine to the box edge. Live connector demonstration at SEMICON Taiwan.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mixx Technologies, Inc., a US-based venture-backed deep-tech company building co-packaged optics for hyperscale AI infrastructure, today launched the SxC™ Connector, an optical connector for both the front plane and the backplane that terminates up to 24,576 fibers in a single rack unit. Mixx will hold live connector demonstrations at SEMICON Taiwan, booth #I2923, beginning September 2, 2026. 

Mixx’s first product to market is a fiber connector. The industry is moving toward co-packaged optics (CPO) in steps, through near-package optics, CPX, and similar socketed approaches. Each step needs more radix out of the box than existing connectors can deliver, and true CPO won’t arrive without it. The connector determines how much optical I/O a box can carry. This layer decides whether optics solves the inference challenge at rack scale or only demonstrates it on a bench.

Inference has changed what a scale-up network needs. Mixture-of-experts and agentic workloads require every node to reach every other node with the lowest latency, and that all-to-all connectivity comes down to radix, the number of endpoints a single node can reach. Higher radix reduces the switching layers a packet crosses. Each layer removed takes its switches, transceivers, and cables with it, which means lower latency, lower aggregate power, and fewer components in the failure chain. 

Scale-out runs on a mature pluggable transceiver ecosystem, and the opportunity in scale-up is to extend that ecosystem rather than replace it. But the arithmetic arrives at the connector. A 400T switch brings thousands of fibers out of a single box, and pluggable transceivers cannot support that density at the front panel. Once optics move inside the box, fiber becomes the next bottleneck, and existing connector families do not easily support the density this generation requires. The inference challenge also means replacing an electrical backplane with an optical one, a requirement the mature ecosystem was never built to meet. 

One connector technology, inside the box and outside it

The SxC™ Connector is the first product in the SxC™ connector family, the system-level connectivity layer of the HBxIO™ platform. It uses the same core connector technology Mixx deploys across the optical signal chain. Mixx builds the optical engine and the connector, so it can optimize the interface from the start rather than negotiating it across multiple vendors.

Each connector scales up to 64 fibers, supporting both SMF and PMF in the same form factor depending on customer requirements. The same connector serves the front plane and the backplane, mounted at the faceplate or seated in a bulkhead. The industry workhorse, the MPO, carries 16 in the configuration typically deployed for this application, and the newer, more compact VSFF also usually carries 16. The SxC™ form factor does not change with lane rate or optical power, so the connector supports current and next-generation rates without redesign. By ganging up sixteen connectors within a bulkhead for the backplane, Mixx can terminate 1,024 fibers in less than 800 square millimeters, which is the figure of merit for a connector: fibers per square millimeter. Radix resolves to fiber count, and fiber count resolves to density at the box edge.

Twenty-four bulkheads bring a single OCP rack unit to 24,576 fibers. That is 4x the fiber density of MMC-VSFF, the highest-density connector platform qualified for deployment today, and what previously required a four-rack-unit enclosure with MMC connectors now fits in a single rack unit. That density is what makes the next step in CPO integration possible. Advanced packaging and cooling technologies have scaled what can sit inside a box faster than the front panel has scaled what can come out of it, and a box of co-packaged optical engines is limited today by the fiber at the box edge, not by the silicon inside. Bringing the fiber out through the edge of the box at this density removes that limit and puts multi-petabit connectivity from a single box within reach. 

Mixx is a member of the Expanded Beam Optics Multi-Source Agreement (EBO MSA), the multi-source agreement standardizing expanded-beam optical connectors, and the first connector specification is now in development. Expanded beam is where the industry is heading, and Mixx is contributing to that work while building for deployments happening now. Mixx’s ferrule is glass rather than the plastic used in most connectors, which lets it handle the optical power levels that remote laser architectures and future multi-wavelength signals require. 

How the ferrule is made

Expanded-beam ferrules are conventionally assembled in series: starting with a V-groove substrate or molded plastic ferrules, individually placing fibers, dispensing epoxy, polishing, then actively aligning a lens before the assembly goes into a housing. That sequence limits fiber placement to a single array and reduces throughput and yield. Mixx forms the optical structures in a full wafer-scale integrated process using no exotic materials. The free-form optics, 3D waveguides, and 2D fiber holes are enabled by true wafer-scale processing, which allows fiber to be placed in a two-dimensional array to achieve high density and low loss.

Mixx is building an EBO connector that scales further than what is available today, so operators committing to optical infrastructure solutions now are committing to something that keeps scaling. Because the same core connector technology serves the optical engine, the external laser source (ELSFP), the backplane, and the front panel, volume aggregates across product lines instead of splitting across them. 

The ferrule was only half the problem. Cable assembly, the next step, has remained largely manual across the industry, and it is the constraint operators hit once ferrule supply is solved. Mixx is automating that step with robotic fiber assembly and automated visual inspection as part of the production pathway. The connector also supports passive fiber attach, drawing on years of pick-and-place optimization to remove the active-alignment step between lens and fiber that has historically limited yield and throughput.

“Every era of the data center has had a connector that carried it,” said Vivek Raghuraman, CEO of Mixx Technologies. “MPO carried one generation, and VSFF carried the next, and each one arrived because the network behind it had changed shape. Inference has changed the shape again. What Mixx has built is not a denser version of the last connector. It is one ferrule technology that terminates the signal chain at the package, at the laser, at the backplane, and at the front panel, so the connectivity problem gets solved once instead of four times.”

Demonstration

Mixx will show the connector at SEMICON Taiwan, booth #I2923, beginning September 2, 2026. The demonstration puts the hardware in visitors’ hands, not on a slide. Attendees can seat and unseat a fully populated bulkhead by hand, watch the link come up on each cycle, and see the ferrule that makes it possible. 

About Mixx Technologies

Mixx Technologies, Inc. is a venture-backed deep-tech company founded by the team that commercialized many zero-to-one silicon photonics products. The company is solving the data-movement bottleneck for AI compute infrastructure through its HBxIO™ platform, a multi-terabit, ultra-high-radix co-packaged optical interconnect architecture enabling cloud service providers to deploy large-scale AI inference at the speed and efficiency hyperscale demands. Headquartered in San Jose, California, with R&D operations in India and Taiwan. Visit mixxtech.io.

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