Introduction

Industrial Gases in Asia-Pacific industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Asia-Pacific industrial gases market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The 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 2010 annual average exchange rates.

*The Asia-Pacific industrial gases market generated total revenue of $22,877.5 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.4% between 2006 and 2010.

*The Merchant gases (liquefied, tank delivery) segment is the market's most lucrative in 2010, with total revenue of $7,895.2 million, equivalent to 34.5% of the market's overall value.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 5.8% for the five-year period 2010 - 2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $30,398.3 million by the end of 2015.

Features

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Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the industrial gases market in Asia-Pacific

Leading company profiles reveal details of key industrial gases market players’ global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Asia-Pacific industrial gases market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Asia-Pacific economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Asia-Pacific industrial gases market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Asia-Pacific industrial gases market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Asia-Pacific industrial gases market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up Asia-Pacific's industrial gases market?
 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 12
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 13
Summary 13
Buyer power 14
Supplier power 15
New entrants 16
Substitutes 17
Rivalry 18
LEADING COMPANIES 19
Linde AG 19
Air Water Inc. 23
Air Liquide SA 26
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation 30
MARKET FORECASTS 33
Market value forecast 33
APPENDIX 34
Methodology 34
Industry Associations 35
Further reading 35
Disclaimer 36
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 37
Premium Reports 37
Summary Reports 37
Datamonitor consulting 37

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Asia-Pacific industrial gases market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Asia-Pacific industrial gases market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Table 3: Asia-Pacific industrial gases market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Linde AG: key facts 19
Table 5: Linde AG: key financials ($) 21
Table 6: Linde AG: key financials (€) 21
Table 7: Linde AG: key financial ratios 21
Table 8: Air Water Inc.: key facts 23
Table 9: Air Water Inc.: key financials ($) 24
Table 10: Air Water Inc.: key financials (¥) 24
Table 11: Air Water Inc.: key financial ratios 24
Table 12: Air Liquide SA: key facts 26
Table 13: Air Liquide SA: key financials ($) 27
Table 14: Air Liquide SA: key financials (€) 27
Table 15: Air Liquide SA: key financial ratios 28
Table 16: Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation: key facts 30
Table 17: Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation: key financials ($) 30
Table 18: Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation: key financials (¥) 31
Table 19: Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation: key financial ratios 31
Table 20: Asia-Pacific industrial gases market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 33

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Asia-Pacific industrial gases market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Asia-Pacific industrial gases market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Figure 3: Asia-Pacific industrial gases market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the industrial gases market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the industrial gases market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the industrial gases market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 15
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the industrial gases market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 16
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the industrial gases market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 17
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the industrial gases market in Asia-Pacific, 2010 18
Figure 10: Linde AG: revenues & profitability 22
Figure 11: Linde AG: assets & liabilities 22
Figure 12: Air Water Inc.: revenues & profitability 25
Figure 13: Air Water Inc.: assets & liabilities 25
Figure 14: Air Liquide SA: revenues & profitability 28
Figure 15: Air Liquide SA: assets & liabilities 29
Figure 16: Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation: revenues & profitability 32
Figure 17: Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation: assets & liabilities 32
Figure 18: Asia-Pacific industrial gases market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 33