Airgas, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution of industrial, medical, and specialty gases in the United States. It offers nitrogen, oxygen, argon, helium, hydrogen, and welding and fuel gases, such as acetylene, propylene and propane, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, ultra high purity grades, special application blends, and process chemicals. The company also produces nitrous oxide and dry ice, liquid carbon dioxide, and atmospheric merchant gases, as well as distributes process chemicals, refrigerants, and ammonia products. In addition, it offers hardgoods consisting of welding consumables and equipment, safety products, construction supplies, and maintenance, repair, and operating supplies. Further, the company rents gas cylinders, cryogenic liquid containers, bulk storage tanks, tube trailers, and welding and welding related equipment. It serves repair and maintenance, industrial manufacturing, energy and infrastructure construction, medical, petrochemical, food and beverage, retail and wholesale, analytical, utilities, and transportation industries. The company markets its products through various sales channels, including branch-based sales representatives, retail stores, strategic customer account programs, telesales, catalogs, e-business, and independent distributors through a network of approximately 1,100 locations. Airgas, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

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