BNET Industries
Market Cap:$25.0B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$10.7B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Praxair makes the coatings that make the world's industries work. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in Danbury, CT, Praxair Inc (NYSE: PX) manufactures and sells atmospheric, process, and specialty gases and surface coatings. Primarily, it produces oxygen, nitrogen, and argon through several separation processes, and supplies wear- and temperature-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings to customers in healthcare, petroleum, computer chip, carbonation, fiber optic, steel, aerospace, chemicals, and water treatment. The company has revenues of approximately $7.65 billion and employs about 27,300 workers. It operates in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
Number of Employees 26,936
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Industrial Gas Manufacturing: 325120
Recent Events
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Praxair to sell gases to Chinese solar cell maker
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Indian Market To Track Global Cues For Direction
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Praxair PX Signs Solar Cell Bulk and Process Gas Supply Agreement with MAGI Solar
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Praxair declares dividend of 40 cents
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Praxair, Inc. - SWOT Analysis
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Secretary Chu's 'Game-Changing' Push to Capture Carbon
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Praxair listed among top for carbon disclosure
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Praxair 2Q Profit Down 14%; Gives Weak 3Q EPS View
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Praxair Surface Technologies Acquires Sermatech Int'l - Update
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Praxair Acquires Sermatech International
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Reilley to Retire from Praxair; Angel to Assume Leadership
- 2006-10-06
DANBURY, Conn. -- Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) announced today that Dennis H. Reilley, chairman and chief executive officer, will step down as CEO at the end of 2006. Reilley will remain as chairman of the corporation until his retirement on April 30, 2007. Stephen F. Angel, currently Praxair's president and...
Praxair CFO to Address Prudential Industrials Conference
- 2006-09-25
DANBURY, Conn. -- James S. Sawyer, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX), will address the Prudential Equity Group Industrials Conference in Mt. Snow, Vt., on Thursday, September 28, at 10:00 am ET. Sawyer will discuss Praxair's growth strategies and business outlook. An...
Praxair Selected for Dow Jones Sustainability Index
- 2005-09-09
DANBURY, Conn. -- For the third consecutive year, Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) has been selected as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. This puts Praxair among the top 10 percent of the world's largest 2,500 companies in 34 countries that are included in the index because of...
Praxair Dividend Declared
- 2001-07-24
Business Editors DANBURY, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 24, 2001 The board of directors of Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) today declared a quarterly dividend of 17 cents per share, payable on September 17, 2001 to shareholders of record on September 7, 2001. Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North...
Hotard to Retire From Praxair
- 1998-09-22
DANBURY, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 22, 1998--Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) today announced that Edgar G. Hotard, president and chief operating officer, will retire from the company, effective December 31, 1998. Hotard, who joined the company in 1965, has held a series of engineering assignments and management positions in the U.S and...
Texaco, Praxair establish joint venture gasification plant to be located in Texas City, Texas
- 1996-03-18
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 18, 1996--Texaco and Praxair, Inc. announced today the formation of a joint venture, T&P Syngas Supply Company, to own and operate a gasification plant, located in Texas City, Texas, that will produce synthesis gas for sale in the industrial gases market.This facility will be operational in...
Praxair Sells Rights To Linde Name In North America
- 1996-01-18
DANBURY, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 18, 1996--Praxair, Inc., one of the world's largest industrial gases companies, today announced it has sold the North American rights to the Linde name and trademark to Linde AG of Wiesbaden, Germany, for $60 million.According to the agreement, Praxair will discontinue all use of the Linde name...
Praxair amends cash tender offer to $33 per share
- 1995-12-28
DANBURY, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 28, 1995--Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) today announced that its cash tender offer for all the outstanding common shares of CBI Industries, Inc. (NYSE: CBI) has been increased from $32 net per share to $33 net per share, in accordance with the terms of the previously announced...
Praxair Extends Tender Offer
- 1995-12-15
DANBURY, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--December 15, 1995--Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) announced today that it is extending its tender offer for CBI Industries (NYSE: CBI) at $32 net cash per share until 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, January 16, 1996. The offer had been scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m....
Praxair Commences Tender Offer For Cbi Industries
- 1995-11-03
DANBURY, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 3, 1995--Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) today commenced its previously announced cash tender offer for all of the outstanding common shares of CBI Industries, Inc. (NYSE: CBI) at a price of $32.00 per share, net to the seller, in cash. The tender offer is scheduled to expire...
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