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Praxair Inc. (PX)

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Praxair Inc.
39 Old Ridgebury Road
Danbury, CT 06810-5113
Phone: 203-837-2000
Fax: 203-837-2001
Web Site: http://www.praxair.com

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Index Membership: S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Synthetics
Employees (last reported count): 27,992

BUSINESS SUMMARY
Praxair, Inc. engages in the production, sale, and distribution of industrial gases worldwide. Its primary products 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. The company 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. Praxair, Inc. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut.
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    OFFICERS
      Pay Exercised
    Mr. Stephen F. Angel , 52
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Pres
    $ 2.05M $ 0
    Mr. James S. Sawyer , 51
    Chief Financial Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 1.22M $ 2.71M
    Mr. James J. Fuchs , 55
    Sr. VP, Pres of North American Industrial Gases and Pres of Praxair Canada Inc
    $ 935.00K $ 3.52M
    Mr. Ricardo S. Malfitano , 49
    Exec. VP
    $ 1.29M $ 0
    Mr. George P. Ristevski , 48
    Pres of Praxair Distribution Inc
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-06 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.
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