Introduction

Industrial Gases in Canada 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 Canada 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 Canadian industrial gases market generated total revenue of $957.6 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.2% between 2006 and 2010.

*The merchant gases (liquefied, tank delivery) segment is the market's most lucrative in 2010, with total revenue of $345.5 million, equivalent to 36.1% of the market's overall value.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CARC of -1.2% for the five-year period 2010 - 2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $902.9 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 Canada

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 Canada industrial gases market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Canada economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Canada industrial gases market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Canada industrial gases market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Canada industrial gases market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up Canada'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
Airgas, Inc. 19
Praxair, Inc. 23
Air Liquide SA 27
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 31
MARKET FORECASTS 36
Market value forecast 36
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 37
APPENDIX 39
Methodology 39
Industry associations 40
Further reading 40
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 42
Premium Reports 42
Summary Reports 42
Datamonitor consulting 42

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Canada industrial gases market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Canada industrial gases market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Table 3: Canada industrial gases market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Airgas, Inc.: key facts 19
Table 5: Airgas, Inc.: key financials ($) 20
Table 6: Airgas, Inc.: key financial ratios 21
Table 7: Praxair, Inc.: key facts 23
Table 8: Praxair, Inc.: key financials ($) 25
Table 9: Praxair, Inc.: key financial ratios 25
Table 10: Air Liquide SA: key facts 27
Table 11: Air Liquide SA: key financials ($) 28
Table 12: Air Liquide SA: key financials (€) 28
Table 13: Air Liquide SA: key financial ratios 29
Table 14: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: key facts 31
Table 15: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: key financials ($) 34
Table 16: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: key financial ratios 34
Table 17: Canada industrial gases market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 36
Table 18: Canada size of population (million), 2006–10 37
Table 19: Canada gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 37
Table 20: Canada gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 37
Table 21: Canada inflation, 2006–10 38
Table 22: Canada consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 38
Table 23: Canada exchange rate, 2006–10 38

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Canada industrial gases market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Canada industrial gases market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Figure 3: Canada industrial gases market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the industrial gases market in Canada, 2010 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the industrial gases market in Canada, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the industrial gases market in Canada, 2010 15
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the industrial gases market in Canada, 2010 16
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the industrial gases market in Canada, 2010 17
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the industrial gases market in Canada, 2010 18
Figure 10: Airgas, Inc.: revenues & profitability 21
Figure 11: Airgas, Inc.: assets & liabilities 22
Figure 12: Praxair, Inc.: revenues & profitability 26
Figure 13: Praxair, Inc.: assets & liabilities 26
Figure 14: Air Liquide SA: revenues & profitability 29
Figure 15: Air Liquide SA: assets & liabilities 30
Figure 16: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: revenues & profitability 35
Figure 17: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: assets & liabilities 35
Figure 18: Canada industrial gases market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 36