Despite continued external headwinds and modest economic growth prospects around the world, air separation units and other projects in the $78bn (2014) industrial gases business continue to emerge globally throughout the year – such is...
Nitrotec has expressed “huge satisfaction” after it opened a new factory in Brazil – located in a key strategic location.
This month our regional focus is on South America, a region long considered one of the emerging industrial gas markets but arguably in the shadow of fellow developing gas hubs, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Praxair has announced it has started up multiple plants serving the oxygen needs of Nadir Figueiredo S/A, one of Brazil‘s leading housewares manufacturers.
Since the global recession, many world markets with significant ethanol resources, such as the Americas, have consolidated and numerous dormant plants have been sold – in some cases for pennies on the dollar. Some of...
Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s Industrial division has announced the acquisition of the valve division of Engemasa Engenharia E Materiais LTDA of Sao Carlos, Brazil.
Air Liquide will invest around €40m in a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) that will supply Klabin, Brazil’s biggest paper manufacturer, with oxygen.
The Latin American Economy Two thousand and ten saw the Latin American region emerging from the global economic crisis at a faster pace than anticipated. In the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recently published World Economic Outlook (www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/01 /pdf/text.pdf), the organization increased its projection...
This report examines the financial results for the major players in the Latin American Region up to September of 2009. Business in Latin America, similar to the rest of the world, showed the effects of the reduced economic activity that...
