http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2010 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:28:31 EDT Linde and its Linde LienHwa (LLH) subsidiary in China say they have signed several long-term gas supply contracts with leading solar manufacturers in China. The multi-million dollar contracts... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/industrial_gases/25447.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT  Linde reported 2009 net income down 16%, to €653 million, on sales down 12%, to €11.2 billion. The gases division's operating profit slipped 2%, to €2.4 billion, on sales... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/industrial_gases/25448.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Linde says that BOC Pakistan (Karachi, Pakistan), which is part of the Linde group, will invest about €17 million ($24 million) to build a new air separation plant and related supply chain... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/industrial_gases/25393.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Air Liquide says it will invest approximately €40 million ($54.4 million) in a 1,200-m.t./day air separation plant at Yichun, Heilongjiang Province... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/industrial_gases/25402.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Linde says its Linde Gases division has expanded and upgraded its specialty gases production plant at Johannesburg, South Africa. The €1.12-million investment involved a complete... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/industrial_gases/25263.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Airgas will issue $300 million in new senior debt in a public offering, the company announced today. The will carry an interest rate of 2.85% and come due in 2013. It will go towards paying down... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/industrial_gases/25270.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST The company says it has cushioned the impact of the economic crisis.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/industrial_gases/25199.html Fri, 5 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Linde says its Linde Gases division has opened its previously announced helium production plant at Darwin, Australia. The plant... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/industrial_gases/25169.html Thu, 4 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Airgas’s board of directors has recommended that its shareholders reject Air Products’ proposal to acquire Airgas through a hostile takeover. Air Products launched its hostile bid... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/industrial_gases/24918.html Mon, 22 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST Air Products appears to see big things in small packages, again. After a brisk exit from the North American packaged gases sector in 2002, it is seeking a grand reentrance via a hostile takeover... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/industrial_gases/24729.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST