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Airgas Great Lakes is an Air Liquide Company.

Airgas was founded in 1982 with the acquisition of a local distributor, Connecticut Oxygen. Over the next 35+ years, the company has grown organically and through more than 500 acquisitions to become the largest U.S. distribution network in the packaged gas industry. Airgas was acquired by Air Liquide in 2016. Together, the combined company became a world leader in gas and services for Industry and Health

With more than one million customers, Airgas excels at providing customers, large and small, with the following:

• Industrial, medical and specialty gases
• Welding equipment and supplies
• Safety products and PPE
• Dry Ice
• Nitrous Oxide
• Ammonia
• Process Chemicals

Serving Diverse Industries

Dedicated to improving the performance of its more than one million customers, Airgas safely and reliably provides products, services and expertise to the following industries through its more than 18,500 associates, over 1,400 locations, robust e-Business platform and Airgas Total Access® telesales channel:

• Construction
• Energy and chemicals
• Food and beverage
• Government, defense and aerospace
• Life sciences and healthcare
• Manufacturing and metal fabrication
• Power utilities and materials
• Retail services

Airgas offers a wide range of value added services for both Bulk and Packaged gases.

• Complete suite of value-added solutions
• Unparalleled selection of specialty gases, equipment and safety products
• Cryogenic design and management
• Custom-designed gas systems
• Efficient and cost-effective central gas supply
• Advanced inventory management and cylinder-tracking systems
• Regulatory and application expertise

Airgas Healthcare: Our mission is to support our healthcare and life sciences customers in their mission to improve lives

60,000+                Customers Served

100+                     Healthcare Experts

440+                     FDA-registered Medical Gas Fill Plants