Praxair Announces Jan. 1 Price Increases

Praxair says the adjustments will help address rising product costs from suppliers and increasing operating costs at production and distribution facilities.

DANBURY, Conn. — Praxair, Inc. is notifying packaged industrial, specialty and medical gas and bulk gas customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico of increases in prices, effective Jan. 1, or as contracts permit, as follows:

  • Up to 10 percent for nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide
  • Up to 15 percent for argon, hydrogen and helium
  • Up to 10 percent for facility fees or other monthly supply system charges
  • Up to 5 percent on hardgoods

Price adjustments will vary as permitted by individual supply contracts.

These adjustments will help address rising product costs from suppliers and increasing operating costs at production and distribution facilities, driven, in part, by higher power, raw material, and wage and benefit costs. Increases in metals prices continue to drive up costs for cylinders, bulk tanks and gas handling equipment.

Praxair, Inc., with 2013 sales of $12 billion, is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America and one of the largest worldwide. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. More information about Praxair is available at www.praxair.com.

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