Synthetics
(PX) Praxair Builds into China
Praxair China, Chinese arm of Praxair, Inc. (PX) signed a contract with Tangshan Railway Vehicle Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Northern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry Group (CNR), to supply welding gases used in the production of its newest high-speed train, with...
4Feb2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(OLN) Olin Corporation – 333rd Consecutive Quarterly Dividend Paid
Olin Corporation (OLN) recently reported fourth-quarter results, which included earnings per share that topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 40%. The company also declared a dividend of 20 cents per share. It is the 333rd consecutive quarterly dividend paid by Olin and translates...
30Jan2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(PX) Praxair Earnings Report is in Line with Earnings Consensus
Praxair, Inc. (PX) reported better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2009. Net earnings stood at $340 million or $1.09 per share, and $1,254 million or $4.01 during the fourth quarter and full year 2009, respectively. This was much higher than the EPS of...
27Jan2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(PX) Praxair Incorporation Expands to Costa Rica
Recently, Praxair, Inc. (PX) started its new air separation plant in San Jose, Costa Rica. In addition to meeting increasing demand for oxygen, nitrogen and argon from industrial and medical customers in Costa Rica, the new facility positions Praxair to supply distributors in...
25Jan2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(IFF) International Flavors & Fragrances Coverage Initiated as Neutral
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF), the leading creator and manufacturer of flavor and fragrance compounds, was recently initiated as “Neutral.” The company regularly creates new compounds to meet the changing characteristics and composition of customers’...
23Jan2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(PX) Praxair Signs Agreement with Valero Energy Corporation
Praxair Inc. (PX) has signed an agreement with Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) for the supply of oxygen and nitrogen to Valero’s Memphis, Tenn., refinery connected to Praxair’s pipeline system. According to the agreement, Praxair will build a new air separation plant with a...
18Jan2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(CCC) Calgon Carbon Corporation Gets Distributor
Calgon Carbon Corporation (CCC), a global leader in services and solutions for making water and air safer and cleaner and its European operation, Chemviron Carbon, has acquired Zwicky Denmark and Sweden, long-term distributors of Chemviron Carbon’s activated carbon products...
6Jan2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(IPHS) Innophos Holdings Inc. – Earnings Surprised by 81.58% in the Third Quarter
Innophos Holdings Inc. (IPHS) has surprised on estimates 4 consecutive quarters by an average of 30.05%. The stock is cheap. IPHS trades at just 7.5x forward earnings. Company Description Innophos Holdings manufactures specialty phosphates. Operating as a holding company, it...
2Dec2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(PX) Praxair China Signs Contract With Hainan China Aviation Special Glass Materials
Recently, Praxair China, a unit of Praxair Inc. (PX), signed a contract with Hainan China Aviation Special Glass Materials Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China Aviation Sanxin Co. Ltd. (CAS) to supply oxygen and high purity nitrogen for a 100% oxy-fuel float glass furnace, the first...
1Dec2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(PX) Praxair China Signs Multi-Year Contract
Earlier this week, Praxair China Investment Co., Ltd, Chinese unit of Praxair, Inc. (PX) signed a multi-year agreement with MAGI Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd. to supply bulk and process gases for its solar cell and module manufacturing facility, located in the Jiangsu Yixing...
29Nov2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(CCC) Calgon Carbon Corporation Reports Good Quarter
Calgon Carbon Corporation (CCC) earned 25 cents in the third quarter of 2009. Results beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 12 cents with an over fivefold increase from 4 cents reported in the same period of the previous year, following favorable pricing and demand for activated...
2Nov2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(PX) Praxair Beats Consensus Estimates
Praxair Inc. (PX) reported decent third-quarter results before the opening bell today. Net income and earnings per share were $325 million and $1.04, respectively. These results include a net after-tax benefit of $7 million, or 2 cents of earnings per share, resulting from a...
28Oct2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(PX) Praxair: This Company Has Gas
Back in February in this column, I reviewed Praxair (NYSE: PX), one of the dominant players in the specialty gas sector. You may recall that Praxair – a global, Fortune 300 company – is the largest industrial gases company in the Americas, and the world. With 27,000 employees...
1Sep2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(SHI) Shanghai Petrochemical Company Profits Return
China’s largest petroleum company, Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited (SHI), posted net earnings of RMB 1 billion ($129 million) in the first six-months of 2009 helped by a lower cost of sales. Basic earnings were RMB 0.139 ($1.79) per share in contrast to a basic loss...
28Aug2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(PX) Praxair: Stock of the Day – a great infrastructure “pick & shovel” company
by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist Back in February, I profiled a great infrastructure “pick & shovel” company. Praxair (NYSE: PX) is a global Fortune 300 company, the largest industrial gases company in the Americas, and one of the largest in the world. Investors saw...
8Jul2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(ROC) Finally, the plan … sort of
I am spending the next few days in Europe on a short business trip. First stop is Dublin where the temperature is icy, the mood is dour, property prices are plunging, the queues for jobless claims are five hours long, the soon-to-be-unemployed are holding protest strikes, and...
12Feb2009 | prieur | 0 comments | Continued(PX) Current Stock Prices: Why Trillions of Dollars on the Sidelines Maybe A Good Thing
by Alexander Green, Oxford Club Investment Director You can’t blame most market investors for being nervous… The stock market has done a belly flop. Real estate keeps tumbling. The economy remains weak. Jobless claims recently hit a 26-year high. Investors have pulled tens...
9Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(PX) Praxair: Stock of the Day
by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist, Investment U Aggressively Growing a Business During a Recession… It’s a Gas It’s hard to imagine an easy way to grow a company during recessionary times. Most are hunkering down, laying off workers, and closing factories. So how...
5Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued