What contribution do Praxair products make to Mexican industries?
We serve many varied industries and some of them are very important for the country; in fact, all of them are very important for the country We serve the steel industry, which needs a lot of oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen; the chemical and petrochemical industries also need a lot of nitrogen and oxygen. We manufacture materials for welding and specialty products, used mostly by the automobile industry, which has enjoyed a period of economic growth in Mexico and we also supply the assembly plant industry, the electronic industries, in Guadalajara and those located at the borders of Tijuana, Juárez, Matamoros. I would say that those are the most important businesses that we serve, although we serve many. We also serve the metal-mechanical industry; basically, I believe that we are very diverse in serving the different parts of industry. How much importance does Praxair Inc. give to Praxair Mexico? It is one of the markets that has been growing in the last five or six years. It is give
