BNET Industries

Praxair Inc.

(PX) is in the Manufacturing Industry

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

Contact Information

39 Old Ridgebury Rd

Danbury, Connecticut 06810

www.praxair.com

(203) 837-2000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Industrial Gas Manufacturing: 325120

Company News

Recent Events

Praxair PX Issues Regional Guidance for 2009

12/09/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Praxair Unit Launches Coating Production Cell For Airframe Applications - Quick Facts

12/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Praxair China Signs Gas Supply Contract with China Aviation

11/30/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Praxair to sell gases to Chinese solar cell maker

11/23/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Indian Market To Track Global Cues For Direction

11/23/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Praxair PX Signs Solar Cell Bulk and Process Gas Supply Agreement with MAGI Solar

11/23/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Praxair declares dividend of 40 cents

10/28/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
Praxair, Inc. - SWOT Analysis

10/30/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Secretary Chu's 'Game-Changing' Push to Capture Carbon

10/15/09 - New Investment - View Story
Praxair listed among top for carbon disclosure

9/30/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Praxair 2Q Profit Down 14%; Gives Weak 3Q EPS View

7/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Praxair Surface Technologies Acquires Sermatech Int'l - Update

7/01/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Praxair Acquires Sermatech International

7/01/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

praxair inc. and seeking alpha - All News and Analysis

Praxair Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-28

Question-and-Answer SessionYour first question comes from Pj Juvekar - Citi Pj Juvekar - Citi The reality appreciated significantly against the dollar recently. That should be a benefit on the translation impact but maybe Brazilian export growth slows down. Can you talk about those pluses and minuses and how are...

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Praxair, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-29

Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. And your first question is from the line of Sergey Vasnetsov with Praxair. Please proceed. Sergey Vasnetsov - Barclays I wish it was Praxair, I’m with Barclays. Good morning. Jim Sawyer Good morning, Sergey. Sergey Vasnetsov - Barclays I wanted to ask you about your...

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Praxair Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-04-29

Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of David Begleiter with Deutsche Bank. Please proceed with your question. David Begleiter - Deutsche Bank Hey, good morning. James Sawyer Hi, David. David Begleiter - Deutsche Bank Hi. Jim, just on the cost fortuity issue. The decline...

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Praxair Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-01-28

Question-and-Answer SessionOperator And your first question comes from the line of Kevin McCarthy with Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. You may proceed. Kevin McCarthy - Banc of America-Merrill Lynch Yes, good morning. Jim, with regard to the project pipeline, would you comment on how many projects were entered and...

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Praxair, Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-29

Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Edward Yang of Oppenheimer. Edward Yang - Oppenheimer Hi good morning Jim. James Sawyer Hey Ed. Edward Yang - Oppenheimer On the backlog are customers already trying to delay some projects and if they are trying to...

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