Regional markets: Focus on Pacific Rim
When we profiled the North Pacific industrial gases business last year, we noted how in 2018 the region had for the first time in history eclipsed the size of the European market to become the...
When we profiled the North Pacific industrial gases business last year, we noted how in 2018 the region had for the first time in history eclipsed the size of the European market to become the...
The Great Lakes region is estimated to have reached revenues just over $3.07bn in 2018, which compares to $3.02bn in 2016.
The Southwest is the third-largest regional industrial gas market in the US, falling behind the Southeast and the West Coast, with revenues of approximately $3.43bn in 2018. This is up from just under $2.43bn in...
Announcements of domestic air separation unit (ASU) and liquefaction builds and expansions for startup through 2022 indicate that the US air gases business has steadily been improving. By the end of 2019, seven new or...
The Southeast region’s industrial gas market was the largest in the US in 2018, with the commercial market in the region achieving revenues of $5.67bn. This was up from just over $4bn in 2008, indicating...
Finally, after several months of suspense, on 1st March (2019) the merger of Praxair and Linde became effective in the Americas and Messer Industries took effective control of the former Linde subsidiaries in Brazil and...
Healthcare makes up approximately one-sixth of the US economy and impacts everyone directly as we all have health care needs.
Within the US merchant carbon dioxide (CO2) market, changes to patterns in CO2 sourcing and changes in demand regionally, continued to reshape the business in 2019 as they have over the past decade.
The three largest markets in the North America region are the US, Canada and Mexico, with these three markets generating just under $24.7bn in 2018, up from just over $23.3bn in 2017.
Hydrogen remains a solid growth platform for the industrial gas industry. Industrial gas companies supply large quantities of hydrogen through their on-site pipeline (OSP) business that are used by oil and gas refineries, basic and...