Back in April 2015, gas world posed the question, could there be room for one more big deal within the global industrial gases industry?
Such inquisition is always likely to lend itself to a certain degree of speculation, but given the industrial gas year that 2016 has been, one might say it was more crystal ball gazing than gas guesswork.
Air Liquide has since completed the $13bn acquisition of Airgas, Inc. and another potential industry game-changer could be on the horizon as the year ends, with the resumption of merger talks between Praxair, Inc. and The Linde Group. In the last few days, the two companies have announced the terms of an agreement in principle.
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