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With annual sales of more than $9 billion, Praxair is a global, Fortune 300 company that supplies atmospheric, process and specialty gases, as well as high-performance coatings. Founded in 1907, it serves a range of industries, including aerospace, food and beverages, health care, semiconductors, chemicals, refining, ore and gas production and metal fabrication. The company s atmospheric gases include oxygen, nitrogen, argon and rare gases. Praxair offers various process and specialty gases, such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen and acetylene. It has over 28,000 employees and operates in nearly 30 countries. The company also designs, engineers and constructs cryogenic and non-cryogenic supply systems. Praxair operates a subsidiary company, known as Praxair Surface Technologies, which applies powders and metallic and ceramic coatings to a variety of metal surfaces. With Headquartered in Danbury, Conn., Praxair maintains a location in Inver Grove Heights, Minn.