please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message praxair inc. type public traded as nyse px s & p 500 component industry chemicals industrial gases founded 1907 headquarters danbury connecticut key people steve angel chairman president and ceo revenue us 12 billion 2013 number of employees 27 000 2014 website http www.praxair.com praxair inc. is an american worldwide industrial gases company . it is the largest industrial gases company in north and south america and the third largest worldwide by revenue . history edit the company was originally founded by carl von linde as linde air products company in 1907 . in 1917 it joined with 4 other chemical companies under the name union carbide and carbon corporation while maintaining a separate identity . 1 its degree of independence waxed and waned over the years and in 1989 it was spun off as a subsidiary union carbide industrial gases inc. and renamed to praxair when it became a formally independent company three years later . 2 the name is derived from a combination of the greek word praxis or practical application and air the company s primary raw material . citation needed praxair was the first company in north america to commercialize cryogenically separated oxygen . citation needed the company introduced the first distribution system for liquid gas in 1917 and developed on site gas supply in the 1940s . citation needed in the 1960s praxair introduced non cryogenic means of air separation . citation needed in august 2016 it was publicly announced that the american company was in official negotiations to acquire german competitor linde group which would form the world s largest gas supplier . 3 4 5 6 the following month in september the negotiations were halted and suspended indefinitely . 7 8 9 10 references edit praxair inc. international directory of company histories . ed . paula kepos . vol . 11 . detroit st. james press 1995 . 402 404 http www.unioncarbide.com history fontanella khan james ; massoudi arash 16 august 2016 . praxair makes move for german rival linde . ft.com . retrieved 23 august 2016 . iwasaki mariko 16 august 2016 . praxair in talks to acquire germany s linde . thestreet . retrieved 23 august 2016 . stone mike ; hack jens 16 august 2016 . update 3 gas supplier praxair opens talks to buy germay s linde . cnbc . retrieved 16 august 2016 . stone mike ; hack jens 16 august 2016 . gas suppliers praxair linde hold merger talks . reuters . retrieved 16 august 2016 . http www.marketwatch.com story praxair linde call a halt to merger talks 2016 09 12 mod mw story latest news http www.ft.com fastft 2016 09 12 praxair linde terminate 60bn merger after linde disagreement http www.wsj.com articles praxair and linde call off merger talks 1473663095 http www.reuters.com article us linde m a praxair iduskcn11i0gq external links edit praxair inc. google finance profile yahoo finance profile this united states corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title praxair & oldid 739636648 categories companies established in 1907companies based in fairfield county connecticutdanbury connecticutchemical companies of the united statescompanies listed on the new york stock exchangeunited states company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2015all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2011articles with unsourced statements from september 2013all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol fran aisitalianonorsk bokm lportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 15 september 2016 at 23 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view