In preparing this year’s US Industrial Gas Market Report, CryoGas International analyzed economic and market information from respected groups such as the US Bureau of the Census, US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), and the US Federal Reserve Board. For industrial gas (IG)...
Latin America showed a solid 6.1 percent growth in GDP in 2010, signaling that the crisis that began in late 2008 was over. This reflects solid macroeconomic policy fundamentals, strong internal demand supported by sizable government support, favorable external financing conditions,...
Q1 2011 Results Robert W. Baird and Company (www.rw baird.com) conducts a quarterly survey of over 40,000 US companies in the distribution of industrial products (All Distributors). In 2010, Baird teamed with CryoGas International (www.cryogas.com) to include a large sample...
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is both a high-profile greenhouse gas and a valuable market commodity for the US industrial gases industry. CO2 is found in naturally occurring underground structures (wells) or emitted from fossil fuel burning industrial plants as a byproduct where...
Despite bumps in the economic landscape, demand for nitrogen has remained fairly steady in the US markets since our last report. In this article, we examine the sectors that have kept the nitrogen market relatively buoyant. Nitrogen production plants,...
R.W. Baird & Co. (www.rwbaird.com) has been surveying industrial distributors (including some gas distributors) for more than three years. In 2010 Baird and CryoGas International partnered to provide a survey of quarterly results focused on US packaged gas...
Robert W. Baird & Co (www.rwbarid.com) provides research coverage on 20 industrial distributors and service companies, including the US publicly-traded gas companies Airgas (ARG), Air Products (APD), and Praxair (PX). Baird produces a quarterly industrial distribution survey and recently partnered with CryoGas International to...
CryoGas International is partnering with Robert W. Baird & Co. to provide quarterly reports on the state of the US Gases and Welding & Cutting Distributor segment from the perspective of the broader US Industrial Distribution industry. Baird, an international wealth management...
In February, I reported on the financial results for the major players in the Latin American region, and noted that signs of an economic recovery were showing. (See “The Latin American Business Report,” CGI, February 2010, pp. 44–46.) This article presents an economic...
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...
