Stefan Messer: Asset acquisition ‘the biggest decision I have ever made’
Returning to the Americas market after a 14-year absence will represent the major milestone in the company’s 120-year history, says owner and CEO, Stefan Messer.
Returning to the Americas market after a 14-year absence will represent the major milestone in the company’s 120-year history, says owner and CEO, Stefan Messer.
With the business world and the industrial gases industry alike awaiting news of further divestment packages, and just how far Praxair and Linde are prepared to go in under to see through their merger of...
Two years ago today, with the ink barely dry on Air Liquide’s $13.4bn acquisition of Airgas, the news sensationally broke that Praxair and Linde were in merger talks.
It is unquestionable that digital change is coming and e-commerce is gaining traction, the question is whether the gases industry will deliver the solution itself or rely on B2B platforms from outside.
Discussions with various antitrust authorities have resulted in further indications that merger clearances of the business combination of Linde and Praxair could be subject to requirements more onerous than previously expected.
As gasworld wrote in last month’s edition, newly introduced steel tariffs have been making headlines in the US and globally, with a trade war in-the-making rapidly being realized. The tariffs had been mooted for some time,...
With an estimated population of more than 56 million in 2018, the medical market need – and potential – in South Africa is certainly significant.
Industry 4.0 is widely acknowledged as heralding the next Industrial Revolution. We are on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work and relate to one another, all...
Air Products has today reported fiscal third quarter (2018) sales of $2.3bn that rose 6% over the prior year, as well as net income from continuing operations of $431m.
One month on from the European CO2 supply shortage that sent shockwaves through food and beverage markets and the mainstream press alike, and much of the frenzy surrounding this supply chain crisis has long since...