Yahoo! FinanceFinance Home - My Yahoo - Yahoo! - Help 

Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 8:42AM ET - U.S. Markets open in 48 mins.. Dow Up 0.34% Nasdaq  0.00%
Airgas Inc. (ARG)On Nov 30: 46.25   0.00 (0.00%)  
MORE ON ARG
Quotes
Charts
News & Info
Company
HereProfile
Analyst Coverage
Ownership
Financials

ProfileGet Profile for:
Airgas Inc.
259 North Radnor-Chester Road
Suite 100
Radnor, PA 19087-5283
United States - Map
Phone: 610-687-5253
Fax: 610-225-3271
Web Site: http://www.airgas.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Services
Industry:Industrial Equipment Wholesale
Full Time Employees:14,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Airgas, Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes industrial, medical, and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods in the United States. The company’s gas products include nitrogen, oxygen, argon, helium, and hydrogen; welding and fuel gases, such as acetylene, propylene, and propane; and carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, ultra high purity grades, special application blends, and process chemicals. Its hardgood products comprise welding consumables and equipment, and safety products, as well as maintenance, repair, and operating supplies. The company also engages in the rental of gas cylinders, cryogenic liquid containers, bulk storage tanks, tube trailers, and welding and welding related equipment. In addition, Airgas produces and/or distributes gas products, principally carbon dioxide, dry ice, nitrous oxide, anhydrous ammonia, refrigerants, and atmospheric merchant gases; and produces oxygen, nitrogen, and argon. It serves industrial manufacturing, repair and maintenance, non-residential construction, medical, petrochemical, food products, wholesale trade, analytical, utilities, and mining, and transportation industries. The company markets its products through multiple sales channels, including branch-based sales representatives, retail stores, strategic customer account programs, telesales, catalogs, e-business, and independent distributors. As of March 31, 2008, it operated an integrated network of approximately 1100 locations, including branches, retail stores, packaged gas fill plants, specialty gas labs, production facilities, and distribution centers. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
Key Statistics

COMPANY WEBSITES 
  • Home Page
  • Search Yahoo! for:
    More on Airgas Inc.

    HOTJOBS JOB POSTINGS 
     Medical Fill Plant Operator - Elk Grove Village, I
     Medical Fill Plant Operator - LaGrange, IL
     New Account Customer Service Rep
    More job openings...
    Brought to you by HotJobs

    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Airgas Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 32.4% of S&P 500 companies and 80.7% of Materials companies.
    Brought to you by Institutional Shareholder Services.

    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Peter McCausland , 59
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Pres and Member of Exec. Committee
    $ 1.44M $ 2.84M
    Mr. Robert M. McLaughlin , 52
    Chief Financial Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 417.00K $ 0
    Mr. Michael L. Molinini , 58
    Chief Operating Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 651.00K $ 0
    Mr. B. Shaun Powers , 57
    Pres of Eastern Division
    $ 396.00K $ 419.00K
    Mr. Leslie J. Graff , 48
    Sr. VP of Corp. Devel.
    $ 344.00K $ 143.00K
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
    View Insiders


    Add to My Portfolio Add to Portfolio    Set Alert Set Alert    Email to a Friend Email to a Friend
    Get Profile for Another Symbol: Symbol Lookup
    Annual ReportsSector Analysis