Congresswoman Johnson Honored for Exemplary Voting on Key Manufacturing Issues.Business/Photo Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photoblob.sh?pw.011703/bb2 DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2003 Congresswoman Nancy L. Johnson has been awarded the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence in recognition of her consistent support of American manufacturers and their employees. The award was presented to Representative Johnson on behalf of the NAM by the chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Praxair, Inc., Dennis Reilley, at a ceremony held today at Praxair's headquarters in Danbury. The award is presented by the NAM - one of the nation's largest business groups - to senators and representatives based on their voting records on key legislation affecting the manufacturing community. Its recipients have shown support for a pro-growth, pro-manufacturing, pro-worker agenda. Members of Congress are notified throughout the congressional session of votes that will be considered as "key votes" used to determine eligibility for the award. "Nancy Johnson's voting record shows a true understanding of manufacturing's key role in the strength of the U.S. economy," Dennis Reilley said. "Rep. Johnson has continually demonstrated her willingness to cast the critical votes that will boost competitiveness, job creation and prosperity for working Americans." Key manufacturing votes during the 107th Congress included trade promotion authority, tax cuts, and energy policy, among others. "On behalf of Praxair and all our U.S. employees, I thank Rep. Johnson for championing the causes that will help U.S. manufacturers thrive," Reilley added. The National Association of Manufacturers is the nation's largest industrial trade association. The NAM represents 14,000 members (including 10,000 small and mid-sized companies) and 350 member associations serving manufacturers and employees in every industrial sector and all 50 states. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the NAM has 10 additional offices across the country. Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and one of the largest worldwide, with 2001 sales of $5.1 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric and process gases, and high-performance surface coatings Surface coating A substance applied to other materials to change the surface properties, such as color, gloss, resistance to wear or chemical attack, or permeability, without changing the bulk properties. . Praxair products, services and technology bring productivity and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , healthcare, semiconductor materials Semiconductor materials are insulators at absolute zero temperature that conduct electricity in a limited way at room temperature (see also Semiconductor). The defining property of a semiconductor material is that it can be doped with impurities that alter its electronic properties , steel, chemicals and refining refining, any of various processes for separating impurities from crude or semifinished materials. It includes the finer processes of metallurgy, the fractional distillation of petroleum into its commercial products, and the purifying of cane, beet, and maple sugar , metal fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. , water treatment, glass and others. For more information, visit Praxair on the Internet at www.praxair.com. Note: A photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photoblob.sh?pw.011703/bb2 |
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