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Praxair Inc.

(PX) is in the Manufacturing Industry

Market Cap:$24.9B

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 union carbide corp. - All News and Analysis

Major Employers: ranked by number of employers in country; alphabetical in case of a tie. (The List).(Fairfield County, Connecticut)(Directory)(Illustration)

- 2003-04-14

FCBJ THE LIST Next List: April 28 Moving & Storage companies Ranked by number of employers in country; alphabetical in case of a tie Major Employers Fairfield Country Name, address, phone ...

Tags: General Electric Co., International Paper Co., Pitney Bowes Inc., Praxair Inc., Road, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., The Dow Chemical Co., Union Carbide Corp.
Comings & Goings: Buyers - Praxair taps Inserra as risk exec.(Richard M. Inserra)(Brief Article)

- 2001-08-27

Richard M. Inserra has been named assistant treasurer and director-risk management at Praxair Inc., a Danbury, Conn.-based producer of specialty gases for chemical companies and other industries. Mr. Inserra's responsibilities in the newly created position cover global risk management and risk financing. He also...

Tags: Praxair Inc., Union Carbide Corp.
Reilley Succeeds Lichtenberger as Praxair Chairman

- 2000-11-29

Business Editors DANBURY, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 29, 2000 Effective December 1, 2000, Dennis H. Reilley, president, chief executive officer and director of Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX), will assume the additional position of chairman of the board, succeeding H. William Lichtenberger, who will retire. Lichtenberger's intended retirement was announced earlier this...

Tags: Praxair Inc., Union Carbide Corp.
The List: Highly Compensated Chief Executive Officers.

- 2000-07-24

Highly Compensated Chief Executive Officers Ranked by total annual compensation: salary, bonus and other compensation Fairfield County Rank Name, address, phone number CEO and website...

Tags: Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., IMS Health Inc., Mercator Software, Pitney Bowes Inc., Praxair Inc., Swiss Army Brands Inc., Transwitch Corp., Union Carbide Corp., UST Inc., W.R. Berkley Corp.
Investor group acquires ex-Union Carbide unit. (Union Carbide Corp.; Advanced Ceramics Corp.)

- 1993-03-08

A group of Cleveland investors led by Dan T. Moore last week purchased the former Union Carbide Corp. advanced ceramics business based in Lakewood. Mr. Moore wouldn't disclose the sale price other than to say it exceeded $10 million. He also declined to disclose the company's...

Tags: Praxair Inc., Union Carbide Corp.