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Industrial Gases Conference. Blankenberge, 14-15 December 2005 Michael Wolters, ICEM Industry Officer. Industrial Gases Companies. Company structure of the big players Global industrial gases business 2004 Workers representatives rights in the EU EWC-Communication model : LINDE
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Industrial Gases Conference Blankenberge, 14-15 December 2005 Michael Wolters, ICEM Industry Officer
Industrial Gases Companies Company structure of the big players Global industrial gases business 2004 Workers representatives rights in the EU EWC-Communication model : LINDE Building a network for trade unionists
1. L‘Air Liquide S.A. Headquarter:75, Quai d‘Orsay, 75007 Paris, France Sales (2004): US$ 12.789 billion - Ind. Gas. 88 % - Welding 5 % - Engineering 3 % - Other 4 % Employees: 35,900 (+ 12%) Operations in more than 70 countries Net income: US$ 1.0605 billion Net profit: 8.3 % One year sales growth: 21.4 % One year income growth: 16.4 % Return on Equity: 14.5 %
2. Praxair Inc. • Headquarter: 39 Old Rigdebury Road, Danbury, CT, 06810-5113, United States • Sales (2004): US$ 6.594 billionGases 93 % Surfaces technologies 7 % • Employees: 27,020 (+6,2%) • Operations in 40 countries • Net income: US$ 697 million • Net profit: 10.6 % • One year sales growth: 17.5 % • One year income growth: 19.1 % • Return on Equity:19.3 %
Headquarter:Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 21, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany Sales (2004): US$ 12.8502 billion Gas & Engineering 57 % Material Handling 36 % Employees: 41,383 (+11.3 %) Operations in 35 countries Net income: US$373.7 million Net profit: 2.9 % One year sales growth: 13.9 % One year income growth: 75.7 % Return on Equity: 6.8 % 3. Linde AG
4. Air Products and Chemicals Inc. • Headquarter: 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195-1501, USA • Sales(9/2005): US$8.144 billion Ind. Gases 72 % Chemicals 23 % Equipment 5 % • Employees: 19,900 (+7,6 %) • Operations in over 30 countries • Net income: US$711.7 million • Net profit: 8.7 % • One year sales growth: 9.9 % • One year income growth: 17.8 % • Return on Equity: 15.6 %
Headquarter: Chertsey Road, Windlesham GU20 6HJ, UK Sales (9/2005): US$8.116 billion incl. BOCEdwards, Gist, Afrox Employees: 43,383 (+2.5 %) Operations in more than 50 countries Net income: US$478.4 million Net profit: 6.8 % One year sales growth: 13.9 % One year income growth: 31.3 % Return on Equity: 15.8 % 5. The BOC Group plc
2004 Sales were 12.5 % over those of 2003 Consultants are anticipating a global growth of around 7 % in 2005 External reasons for the growth: Demand pull from China (steel and petrochemical sector) Weak US$, 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 Global Gases Business 2004
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 Forecast for the next 5 years
Workers rights in Europe – a comparison Source: ETUCO
Trade unions and workers reps in Europe red = trade union repsblue= workers reps
Collective Bargaining in Europe http://education.etui-rehs.org/en/resources/ewc/workrepguide.cfm
EWC-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
Use of Quickplace:platform for regularly information and standardised reports EWC Executive Committee:boost the dynamic of this progress Focus 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 reports:delegates agreed on a standard questionnaire for the country report and are prepared to send it out before or between the meetings EWC-Communication model : LINDE Flow of information between workers’ representatives at Linde Gas
Requirements for successful networks: A common social basic Trust – give and take Openness for new ideas Organisational and technical tools The social basic is not replaceable by technique! How a union network works
Start of a network: Use your internal structures Talk to someone else who may be interested Find real topics to work on in a network Invite to a start-up workshop Collect on the workshop topics all participants want to work on How a union network works
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 How a union network works