Industrial Gases Conference

Industrial Gases ConferenceIndustrial Gases Conference

Blankenberge, 14-15 December 2005Blankenberge, 14-15 December 2005

Michael Wolters, ICEM Industry OfficerMichael Wolters, ICEM Industry Officer

Industrial Gases CompaniesIndustrial Gases Companies

1.1. Company structure of the big playersCompany structure of the big players

2.2. Global industrial gases business 2004Global industrial gases business 2004

3.3. Workers representatives rights in the EUWorkers representatives rights in the EU

4.4. EWC-Communication model : LINDEEWC-Communication model : LINDE

5.5. Building a network for trade unionistsBuilding a network for trade unionists

1. L‘Air Liquide S.A.1. L‘Air Liquide S.A.

1. Headquarter: 75, Quai d‘Orsay, 75007 Paris, France

2. Sales (2004): US$ 12.789 billion - Ind. Gas. 88 %- Welding 5 %

- Engineering 3 %- Other 4 %

3. Employees: 35,900 (+ 12%)4. Operations in more than 70 countries5. Net income: US$ 1.0605 billion6. Net profit: 8.3 %7. One year sales growth: 21.4 %8. One year income growth: 16.4 %9. Return on Equity: 14.5 %

2. Praxair Inc.2. Praxair Inc.

1. Headquarter: 39 Old Rigdebury Road, Danbury, CT, 06810-5113, United States

2. Sales (2004): US$ 6.594 billion Gases 93 % Surfaces technologies 7 %

3. Employees: 27,020 (+6,2%)4. Operations in 40 countries5. Net income: US$ 697 million6. Net profit: 10.6 %7. One year sales growth: 17.5 %8. One year income growth: 19.1 %9. Return on Equity: 19.3 %

3. Linde AG3. Linde AG

1. Headquarter: Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 21, 65189 Wiesbaden,

Germany

2. Sales (2004): US$ 12.8502 billion Gas & Engineering 57 % Material Handling 36 %

3. Employees: 41,383 (+11.3 %)4. Operations in 35 countries5. Net income: US$ 373.7 million6. Net profit: 2.9 %7. One year sales growth: 13.9 %8. One year income growth: 75.7 %9. Return on Equity: 6.8 %

1. Headquarter: 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195-1501, USA

2. Sales(9/2005): US$ 8.144 billionInd. Gases 72 %Chemicals 23 %Equipment 5 %

3. Employees: 19,900 (+7,6 %)

4. Operations in over 30 countries

5. Net income: US$ 711.7 million

6. Net profit: 8.7 %

7. One year sales growth: 9.9 %

8. One year income growth: 17.8 %

9. Return on Equity: 15.6 %

4. Air Products and Chemicals Inc.4. Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

5. The BOC Group plc5. The BOC Group plc

1. Headquarter: Chertsey Road, Windlesham GU20 6HJ, UK

2. Sales (9/2005): US$ 8.116 billionincl. BOCEdwards, Gist, Afrox

3. Employees: 43,383 (+2.5 %)4. Operations in more than 50

countries5. Net income: US$ 478.4 million6. Net profit: 6.8 %7. One year sales growth: 13.9 %8. One year income growth: 31.3 %9. Return on Equity: 15.8 %

Global Gases Business 2004Global Gases Business 2004• 2004 Sales were 12.5 % over those of 2003

• Consultants are anticipating a global growth of around 7 % in 2005

• External reasons for the growth:– Demand pull from China (steel and petrochemical sector)– Weak US$, especially for American based companies– Acquisitions, e.g. Messer Group– Higher natural gas prices

• Despite the many external effects, there will be a strong growth in the industrial gases business during 2005 and 2006

• The 7 major industrial gases companies have about 75 % of the market - the rest is being served by 4,000 to 5,000 smaller companies

Forecast for the next 5 years• In Europe:

– New hydrogen projects– New ASU capacity– Growth in medical homecare – Strong growth in the steel, chemical and petrochemical

sector;(evident shift of operations to Eastern Europe or Asia)

– Fast growth in glass, pulp & paper and food sector – Xenon as an anaesthetic

• Worldwide:

– Several major projects in the Middle East and in Asia (China)– Construction and main building in Europe.– Demand on gas-to-liquids projects (GTL)– Increasing demand on oxygen and hydrogen

Workers rights in Europe – a comparisonWorkers rights in Europe – a comparison

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EWC-Communication model : LINDEEWC-Communication model : LINDE

• EWC decided to improve its communication via a project.

• Information about the different workers representatives rights

• Information about the different labour and industrial relations

• Collecting ideas, how to improve the communication between the countries

EWC-Communication model : LINDEEWC-Communication model : LINDE

• Use of QuickplaceUse of Quickplace::platform for regularly information and standardised reports

• EWC Executive CommitteeEWC Executive Committee::boost the dynamic of this progress

• Focus of EWC on specific issuesFocus of EWC on specific issues::issues are collected throughout the whole year and then a few are selected, with the delegates having time to collect information for these topics

• Country reportsCountry reports::delegates agreed on a standard questionnaire for the country report and are prepared to send it out before or between the meetings

Flow of information between workers’

representatives at Linde Gas

How a union network worksHow a union network works

Requirements for successful networks:

1. A common social basic

2. Trust – give and take

3. Openness for new ideas

4. Organisational and technical tools

5. The social basic is not replaceable by technique!


Start of a network:

1. Use your internal structures2. Talk to someone else who may be

interested3. Find real topics to work on in a network4. Invite to a start-up workshop 5. Collect on the workshop topics

all participants want to work on


Successful networks

are useful for each participant, even in a private way

are motivating runs by the engagement of everybody are open for new ideas have the support of the trade unions

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Industrial Gases Conference