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- Germany's Linde 'poised for pounds 8bn takeover of BOC
- The industrial gases giant BOC is understood to be back in bid talks with Germany's Linde, with an agreed pounds 8bn deal possible next week. It is thought that Linde has upped its initial 1,500p offer, which was rejected in January, to 1,600p or more. Some dealers...
- Research articles 2006-03-02
- Industrial gases: getting a lift from the recovery.(Air Liquide America Corp)(BOC Group PLC)(Cover Story)
- Industrial gas companies have weathered the chemical industry's difficult times better than most other sectors, and posted another round of healthy results in 2003. They are now looking forward to a further lift in 2004 from a recovery in the industrial economy to give an added...
- Research articles 2004-02-18
- What's hot: health care and hydrogen. (Industrial Gases).(major producers of industrial gases will invest $3-4 bil in 2003)
- Industrial gases companies enjoyed a relatively healthy performance in 2002, certainly in contrast to most of their peers in the chemical industry. The formerly highflying electronics sector remains in a trough, however, and overall demand for gases is being held back by the slow economy. Oxygen...
- Research articles 2003-03-05
- BOC and Air Liquide merge operations in Japan
- THWARTED ON a big consolidation move, BOC, the industrial gases group, yesterday went for the second best option and merged its operations in Japan with that of its rival Air Liquide. In 2000, regulators in the US put an end to a planned pounds 7bn deal that...
- Research articles 2002-09-05
- Coming in from the cold
- Cryogenics puts the freeze on new applications. Most chemical engineers' first exposure to cryogenics will have been that small part of their courses devoted to air separation technologies. And for many, that could well have been their last exposure to the subject. Air-- separation units are big...
- Research articles 2001-12-01
- Consolidation Looms Large in Industrial Gases.
- Utilities and oil and gas companies see synergies in providing industrial Services. THE ABORTIVE attempt by Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, the French energy, water and waste services provider, to forge a merger with Air Liquide underscores the continued interest by utility...
- Research articles 2001-03-19
- BOC turns a corner as takeover nears
- AIR LIQUIDE and Air Products, the Franco-US consortium taking over industrial gases giant BOC is striking just as the company turns a corner on profits, yesterday's results showed. Unveiling a host of improvements to the business environment, BOC said even currency translations into sterling were set to work...
- Research articles 1999-08-11
- British-Based Industrial Gas Producer Ponders Joint Bid.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 12 -- Directors of industrial gases giant BOC will spend most of today at their head office in Surrey discussing a UKpound 7.2 billion joint bid from France's Air Liquide and Air Products of the US. If...
- Research articles 1999-07-14
- Joint Takeover to Break Up Britain-Based Industrial Gases Company BOC.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 13 -- BOC, the world's second-largest industrial gases group, was today knocked down to Air Liquide of France and Air Products of the US in a UKpound 7.2 billion joint takeover, which will see it broken up. ...
- Research articles 1999-07-14
- Gases Industry Faces a Major Restructuring.
- Hoechst's stake in Messer is up for sale, and BOC could face a takeover. EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL gas manufacturers, which make up five of the seven largest players in the global industry, know for certain that there will soon be major changes...
- Research articles 1999-06-28
- British Manufacturer BOC Holds Out for Higher Price from Joint Bidders.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 22 -- Companies who reject bids to "protect shareholders' interests' usually deserve to be met with scorn. But BOC makes a strong case for spurning the joint overture from arch-rivals Air Liquide of France and Air Products of the...
- Research articles 1999-06-21
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- Air Products, Air Liquide to Carve Up BOC.
- Air Liquide and Air Products will jointly acquire BOC for $11.2 billion, having negotiated for a month. Air Products and Air Liquide will split the cost and divide BOC's assets evenly. BOC's board has recommended the L14.60/share offer, which is conditional upon regulatory approval in the...
- Research articles 1999-07-21
- BOC Accepts $11.2 Bn Offer From Air Liquide & Air Products.
- Acquiring companies to divide up BOC's assets. AFTER ROUNDS OF NEGOTIATIONS with major competitors, BOC Group PLC, a UK-based industrial gases manufacturer, has agreed to a joint [pounds]7.2 billion ($11.2 billion) cash bid from Air Liquide SA and Air Products &...
- Research articles 1999-07-19
- BOC and Air Liquide join Japanese units. (News).(form Japan Air Gases)(Brief Article)
- THE BOC GROUP and Air Liquide announced last week plans to combine their existing industrial and medical gases businesses in Japan by early next year. In the new joint venture, to be named Japan Air Gases Ltd., Air Liquide will take a 55 percent stake to BOC's...
- Research articles 2002-09-09
- Air Products Confirms European Commission's Approval Of BOC Transaction
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) confirmed that the European Commission today announced its approval, subject to certain conditions, of the acquisition of parts of the BOC Group plc by Air Liquide. Air Liquide had filed for regulatory approval with the European Commission as part of the pre-conditional offer made...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
- BOC, Air Liquide JV
- BOC GASES and Air Liquide America Corporation have entered into a joint venture to bui1d a new oxygen, nitrogen and argon plant with a nameplate of 1,200 tons per day. In addition, BOC is currently constructing an air separation unit for Farmland Industries Inc. that will...
- Research articles 1998-07-20
- The Linde Group concludes the sale of non-BOC gases activities in the UK to Air Liquide
- The technology group The Linde Group has concluded the sale of Linde's non-BOC gases activities in the UK ("Linde Gas UK") to the worldwide industrial and medical gases company Air Liquide at an enterprise value of 105 million euro. Following the receipt of unconditional approval from the European Commission, the...
- Research articles 2007-05-31
- The Investment Column: BOC
- BOC, the industrial gases company, was left at the altar in May after US regulators ruled out an acquisition of the company by Air Products and Air Liquide at a generous 1,460p a share. As the world number two, BOC hardly needed a deal, although the offer - a 42...
- Research articles 2000-08-09
- Air Liquide rejects pounds 33bn bid from Suez Lyonnaise
- AIR LIQUIDE, the French industrial gases group which last year failed in a bid for Britain's BOC, yesterday itself rejected an unsolicited 53bn euros (pounds 33bn) merger approach from the French utilities giant Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux. The chairman of Air Liquide, Alain Joly, described the all-share...
- Research articles 2001-03-06
- Foster Wheeler and BOC Form Strategic Alliance; New Partnership Will Offer a Complete Range of Utilities and Services
- 3.) The BOC Group is one of the world's main suppliers of gases,hemes in the metals, chemicals and petroleum reocess could take some months. Air Liquide and Air Products will remain separate, independent companies and the operations of BOC will be divided between them.
- Research articles 1999-10-04
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