Praxair Inc.

Exporter
39 Old Ridgebury Rd., Danbury, CT 06810-5103, United States
(800)772-9247, (716)879-4077, (716)879-2040 fax, http://www.praxair.com

Primary SIC: Industrial Gases, Primary NAICS: Industrial Gas Manufacturing
Description: Praxair, Inc. was founded in 1907, and became an independent publicly traded company in 1992. It is headquartered in Danbury, CT. Praxair is an industrial gas supplier and was the first company in the United States to produce oxygen from air using a cryogenic process. The company's primary products for its industrial gases business are atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases) and process gases (carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, acetylene). In addition to producing gases, Praxair designs, engineers and builds equipment that produces industrial gases for internal use and external sale. Its two main business segments are industrial gases distribution and surface technology. Gases are distributed on-site, through liquid or packaged in metal containers. Praxair's surface technologies segment supplies wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings and powders to the aircraft, printing, textile, plastics, primary metals, petrochemical and other industries. Praxair is represented in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. More

Manufacturing: Industrial, electronic and specialty gases, metal and ceramic coatings and powders.