Praxair.com is manufacturer of industrial, process and specialty gases
Praxair, Inc. - Manufacturer of industrial, process and specialty gases
Headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut Praxair, Inc. engages in the production, sale, and distribution of industrial gases worldwide. Karl von Linde’s founded the company in the year 1907 by the name Linde Air Products Company in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was the first to produce oxygen from air through a cryogenic process. The company trades under the symbol TX on the NYSE. The primary products of the company include atmospheric gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. Praxair also designs, engineers, and builds equipment that produces industrial gases. It also supplies surface coatings including wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings, and powders to aircraft, printing, textile, plastics, primary metals, petrochemical, and other industries. In addition, the company manufactures electric arc, plasma, and high velocity oxygen fuel spray equipment, as well as arc and flame wire equipment used for the application of wear resistant coatings. It serves industries, such as healthcare and petroleum refining; computer-chip manufacturing and beverage carbonation; fiber-optics and steel making; and aerospace, chemicals, and water treatment etc.
Main Subsidiaries: Praxair Asia, Inc. (Singapore); Praxair Canada, Inc.; Praxair Mexico S.A. de C.V.; Praxair Holding N.V. (Belgium); Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc.; S.A. White Martins (Brazil; 69%).
Competitors: Air Liquide S.A.; Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.; Airgas Inc.; The BOC Group plc.
The History
1895 – Karl von Linde develops cryogenic liquefier
1902 – Von Linde builds his first Oxygen production plan
1904 – Establishes the first plant ever to produce nitrogen
1907 – Karl von Linde establishes Linde Air Products Company in Cleveland, Ohio
1911 - Starts talk with Union Carbide which manufactures Calcium Carbide.
1917 – The company merges with National Carbon Co., Inc., Prest-O-Lite Co., Inc., Electro Metallurgical Co. and Union Carbide to form one entity called Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation.
1940’s – Linde participates in Union Carbide’ effort in the development of atomic bomb, the company reorganizes
1950’s and 1960’s – Goes global and retains the position of America’s Top Producer of Industrial Gases.
1970’s – Receives tremendous boost due to the energy crisis of 70’s as people started using oxy-fuel as an alternative to traditional fuels
1980’s – Company’s progress is marred due to financial, environmental and human disasters by parent company Union carbide including the sad Bhopal, India gas tragedy in December 1984 as a result the company suffers massive losses, company also begins divestment. Although by early 1980’s Linde’s sales contributed about a billion dollar annually and by the end of the decade the company became the second largest producer of nitrogen and hydrogen.
1992 – The company spins off from Union Carbide and forms Praxair, Inc.
1994 – Praxair earns ISO 9002 certification
1996 – Acquires CBI subsidiary Liquid Carbonic, the world leader in carbon dioxide valued at over $2.2 billion
1998 – Sales reach $4.83 billion
1999 – Praxair stops using the Linde Name that has been used since 1895
2000 – In late 2000 company closed several plants and laid off 750 employees
2001 – The company lays off more employees in late 2001 due to global recession
2002 – Plans to build 2 new hydrogen plans
Products and Services
- Gases
- Acetylene
- Argon
- Carbon Dioxide
- Carbon Dioxide (Dry Ice)
- Carbon Monoxide
- Helium
- Hydrogen
- Krypton
- Neon
- Nitrogen
- Oxygen
- Specialty Gases
- Xenon
- Supply modes
- Pipelines
- On-Site Supply Plants - Cryogenic (oxygen, nitrogen) and Non-cryogenic (membrane, VPSA)
- Bulk liquid deliveries via tank trucks and tube trailers
- Industrial cylinders and liquid containers
- Microbulk Gas Delivery System
- Mobil Nitrogen Pumping Units
- Nitrogen Membrane Systems
- Oxygen Producing Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption (VPSA) Systems
- Services
- Cathodic Protection
- Coatings
- Cryogen & Magnet Services
- Customer Care Center
- Cylinder Gases and Equipment
- Full Service Drying
- IMPAC
- Industrial Gas Services
- Laser Processing
- Leak Detection
- Logistics Center
- Mechanical Cleaning
- National Accounts Program
- Nitrogen Pumping
- Pipeline
- Plating
- Quality Assurance Program
- Soil-to-Structure Measuring
- Uninterrupted Supply
How big they are?
Praxair is one of the world’s largest producers and supplier of industrial gases operating in forty countries. The company employs more than 24,000 people. The company was also ranked 297 in the list of Fortune 500 Companies for 2006. The company had revenue of $7.56 billion, a 16.1% rise and net profit of $726 million, a 4.2% rise, in the year 2006. The asset base of the company is $10.4 billion and market value of $18.34 billion as of March 17, 2006.
About the Website
The homepage of the company uses green colors giving an impression that the company is eco-friendly and committed to protecting the environment. The homepage is very efficient providing every piece of information that a user looks for. If a user is looking to find the information about the company, it is provided under “About the company” section of the homepage. If the visitors are looking for information like what industries does Praxair serves it is located under “Industries” section of the website. “Products and Services” section of the homepage provides information about its products and services. If a user is looking to find technical information about different processes they use, it can be found under “Innovation” section of the homepage. The company also has an interactive feature called “Customer Connection” where customer can order their products online, contact them and also provides contact information of their worldwide offices. One of the important features that is missing on the website is the career’s page.
Website Rank
The website had a low traffic rank of 222,420 as of July 2, 2007 owing to the fact that it’s not a online shopping website.
Address
- 39 Old Ridgebury Road
- Danbury, Connecticut 06810
Contact
- Telephone: (716) 879-4077
- Toll Free: 1-800-PRAXAIR
- Fax: (716) 879-2040
Languages
English
Additional Information
Related Domains
External Links
- Stock: PX
- Alexa: Praxair.com
References
- Acetylene
- Adsorption
- Argon
- Atmospheric Gases
- Basic Chemicals
- Beverage Carbonation
- Bulk Gas Supply
- Business
- Carbon Dioxide
- Ceramic Coatings
- Chemicals
- Connecticut
- Corrosive Gases
- Cryogenic
- Cylinder Management
- Danbury
- Dopant Gases
- Emission Monitoring
- Environmental Solutions
- Etchant Gases
- Gases
- Global Warming Gases
- Helium
- Hydrogen
- Iso 9002
- Industrial
- Industrial Gases
- Medical Gases
- Membrane Services
- Membrane Systems
- Metallic Coatings
- Metallurgy
- Nitrogen
- Non Cryogenic
- On Site Gas Supply
- Oxygen
- Patented Gases
- Pressure
- Process Enhancement
- Process Gases
- Productivity Improvements
- Rare Gases
- Reactant Gases
- Recycling
- Semiconductor Gases
- Specialty Gases
- Surface Coating
- Surface Technologies
- Surface Technology
- Swing
- Thermal Spray Equipment
- United States
- Vpsa
- Vacuum
- Wastewater Treatment
- Welding Supplies
- Business and Economy
- ISO 9002
- Localities
- Non-cryogenic
- North America
- On-site Gas Supply
- Regional
- VPSA