Regional analysis

The fifth-largest economy by nominal figures, and the second-largest in Europe, France is at the forefront of one of the most mature regional industrial gas markets.

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...

Midway through 2014 and the global industrial gases industry is in the midst of a gradually improving business environment.

As our global analysis explains this month, of the dynamics that the gases industry can control and capitalise on, there is cause for optimism – the energy boom and the headway in healthcare are two...

At the heart of the Western Europe market both economically and in industrial gas circles is Germany. An industrial heartland and home to Tier 1 players The Linde Group and Messer Group, respectively, it is...

A number of market dynamics imply that the US industrial gases business is going through a period of transformation. Two particular factors are driving change, notably a big shift in the carbon dioxide (CO2) market...

From 1st April (2014), Lee Ju-yeol is expected to take over as the governor of the Bank of Korea, tasked with leading Asia’s fourth largest economy into a period of innovation and economic rebalancing.

January 2014: The latest investment to be made in China was revealed by the Messer Group, with the construction of a new gas plant in Guangdong Province confirmed.

November (2013) saw Iwatani Corporation unveil its latest three-year mid-term business plan, to run through until fiscal year 2015. Titled ‘Plan 15’ the strategy perhaps best summarises the position the Japan industrial gases business finds...