Praxair Opens New Cylinder Gases Plant in Tacoma, Washington.DANBURY, Conn. -- Praxair, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PX) announced the opening of a new packaged gases production facility in Tacoma, Washington. Located in Tacoma's tide flats area and covering more than 44,000 square feet, the new Praxair plant is the largest cylinder fill plant in the state of Washington. "We have successfully grown our business in the Pacific Northwest by delivering fully integrated products and services to our customers," said Wayne Yakich, president of Praxair Distribution, Inc. "This new fill plant helps enhance our customer service offering and positions us for even further growth in the region. The plant supplies our customers with industrial and medical gases, and a range of specialty gases. It features a gas analysis laboratory, a customer training center and a fully automated dry ice cutting operation. It cuts and bags dry ice produced at our Ferndale, Washington Ferndale is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The population was 8,758 at the 2000 census. History Ferndale was officially incorporated on March 19, 1907. It is so called because of the ferns that once grew around the original school house. plant. The Tacoma plant will also house a Praxair retail store featuring our exclusive line of ProStar(R) premium welding equipment and supplies, and other related products," Yakich said. Praxair Distribution, Inc. and its subsidiaries and distributors deliver a wide array of industrial and specialty gases, equipment and supplies, technical expertise, and services to thousands of customers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. With hundreds of locations throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Praxair provides differentiated product and service offerings that help customers achieve their objectives faster, better and at lower total cost. 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 2005 sales of $7.7 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 technologies bring productivity and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, 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. , electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and others. More information on Praxair is available on the Internet at www.praxair.com |
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