- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Chemicals - Specialty
- Address
- New Zealand
- IPO Date
- Nov 1, 1986
- Business
- Airgas Inc. (ARG), an Air Liquide company, supplies industrial, medical, and specialty gases delivered in packaged or cylinder form, as well as hardgoods and related products including welding equipment and supplies; the company ranks as one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, Airgas operates more than 1,400 locations nationwide with over 18,000 associates, serving more than one million customers across industries such as manufacturing and metal fabrication, energy and chemicals, construction, food and beverage, healthcare, life sciences, power and utilities, government, defense and aerospace, metals, and retail services. Core offerings encompass atmospheric gases, carbon dioxide, dry ice, nitrous oxide, refrigerant gases, bulk gases, specialty gas mixtures, process chemicals, industrial tools and supplies, and equipment rentals; the company provides additional services like gas management, blending, delivery and logistics, pressure regulation, storage solutions, monitoring, safety training, and emergency response through its Airgas Emergency Response Organization (AERO). Airgas maintains a robust supply chain with branches, cylinder fill plants, production facilities including 16 air separation plants, specialty gas laboratories, and regional distribution centers, enabling multichannel sales via eBusiness platforms, telesales, retail branches, and strategic accounts teams. In recent developments, Airgas' parent Air Liquide signed a binding agreement in 2025 to acquire South Korea's DIG Airgas for 2.85 billion euros from Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund 2, marking a major expansion into Asia's industrial gas market with expected closure in the first half of 2026 and synergies in electronics, semiconductors, clean energy, and biopharma sectors; earlier, Airgas completed the acquisition of Tech Air in 2019 to bolster its U.S. distribution of industrial gases and welding supplies.