Praxair
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| NYSE: PX | |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Founder | Carl von Linde |
| Headquarters | Danbury, Connecticut, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Steve Angel (chairman, president, & CEO) |
| Products | Industrial gases |
| Revenue | US$11.437 billion (2017) |
| US$2.448 billion (2017) | |
| US$1.237 billion (2017) | |
| Total assets | US$20.436 billion |
| Total equity | US$6.018 billion |
Number of employees | 26,461 (January 2020) |
| Parent | Linde plc |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references | |
Praxair, Inc. was an American worldwide industrial gases company. Founded in 1907, Praxair was the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, and the third-largest worldwide by revenue. In 2018 it merged with Linde AG to form Linde plc. The Praxair name was discontinued on September 1, 2020 in the US.