Currently, the market studied is comprised of international players that have wide portfolios of laboratory filters and related products. The market studied has been witnessing continuous innovations. Significant resources have been allocated in the R&D of the membrane filtration technology, in order to meet the industry goals.  With the allocation of resources, companies have been able to introduce advanced and novel laboratory filters that are being demanded by the industry. Studies indicate that the applications of membrane filtration have increased since the last decade, which in turn, has propelled the demand for the same. Currently, microfiltration (MF) membranes are witnessing high demand in the industry, along with reverse osmosis (RO) membranes.

The number of pests in different crops across the world is rising, and there is a tremendous increase in the number of insecticide-resistant pests. Insecticides can be used to control a variety of pests, however, overtime, they loose their effectiveness, as pests develop resistance, a significant decrease in sensitivity to a pesticide, which reduces the field performance of the pesticides. Reliance on insecticide-based pest management of insect pests often leads to the development of insecticide resistance. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working on slowing and combating pests’ resistance to pesticides. These pests have caused enormous loss with regard to many economically important crops and have forced farmers to rely more on the usage of chemicals. Farmers are applying higher quantity of the same insecticides to kill crop pests, which has lead to pesticide resistance in the field. With each application, a few pests survive, who pass on their genes to their offspring. Eventually, the pesticide stops killing pests, leading to crop damage, which leads to demand of more investment in the R&D and new formulations of insecticides in the market. According to an International Survey of 2017, by Issac and McManus, currently, there are 500 cases of pesticide resistance and 200 cases of insecticide resistance, worldwide.