Durable

Airgas is a business built to last. We’ve been growing steadily for the past three decades and have all the ingredients to continue on this track well into the future.

Our time-tested growth strategies are straightforward and effective.

We build our core industrial gases business and national footprint through acquisitions of independent gas distributors – about 400 acquisitions and counting – and expand into adjacent, strategic growth businesses where it makes sense. Over the past decade, we’ve made strong moves into bulk, medical and specialty gases, carbon dioxide and dry ice, and safety equipment. Similarly, we’ve built the industry’s largest fleet of rental welding equipment, and a thriving ammonia distribution network. And now, we’re building a new refrigerant supply and reclamation business.

But these strategies only work because they are built on a solid foundation. Our counter people, drivers, fillers and managers are veteran employees with invaluable industry experience, and our business runs on more than 10 million cylinders, 13,000 bulk tanks, 5,000 trucks and other long-life assets that provide us with financial and operating stability for years to come.