Industrial Gases in South America

Industrial Gases in South America

Datamonitor's Industrial Gases in South America industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the industrial gases industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

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Market Definition

The global industrial gases market is deemed to be the revenues accrued by manufacturers from the production of industrial gases. These include merchant gases, packaged gases, on-site supply for large industries, healthcare gases and gases used in electronic production and others. All currency conversions are calculated at 2007 annual average exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report the South Americas comprises Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 11
CHAPTER 5 Five Forces Analysis 12
5.1 Summary 12
5.2 Buyer Power 13
5.3 Supplier Power 14
5.4 New Entrants 15
5.5 Substitutes 16
5.6 Rivalry 17
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 19
6.1 Air Liquide SA 19
6.2 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 22
6.3 Praxair, Inc. 25
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 28
7.1 Market Value Forecast 28


CHAPTER 8 Appendix 29
8.1 Methodology 29
8.2 Industry Associations 30
8.3 Related Datamonitor Research 30

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: South America Industrial Gases Market Value: $ million, 2003-2007 9
Table 2: South America Industrial Gases Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 10
Table 3: South America Industrial Gases Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 11
Table 4: Key Facts: Air Liquide SA 19
Table 5: Key Financials: Air Liquide SA 21
Table 6: Key Facts: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 22
Table 7: Key Financials: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 24
Table 8: Key Facts: Praxair, Inc. 25
Table 9: Key Financials: Praxair, Inc. 27
Table 10: South America Industrial Gases Market Value Forecast: $ million, 2007-2012 28