RADNOR, PA – March 23, 2009 – Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) today lowered earnings guidance for its fourth quarter ending March 31, 2009. The Company now expects fully diluted earnings per share to be in the range of $0.64 to $0.67 for the fourth quarter and $3.07 to $3.10 for the full year, and reiterates that prevailing economic conditions offer limited visibility into future sales and earnings, which should be taken into consideration when evaluating the Company’s guidance. The previously announced guidance was $0.73 to $0.76 per share for the fourth quarter and $3.16 to $3.19 for the full year.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Did Races Rev Up Local Economy?
By GARY PINNELL
Highlands Today
Published: March 23, 2009
SEBRING - In this recessionary economy, local business owners are taking anything they can get, and that certainly includes race week.
Two years ago, motels were filled all the way to Bowling Green, 45 miles away. This year, Reed's Motel in Avon Park required, but did not always get, a five-day guaranteed stay from its customers during race week.
"We got pretty full," said Manager Tami Lott. "The only reason why we have a couple of rooms now is that the Pastorelli team - they won't be in the final race."
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Highlands Today
Published: March 23, 2009
SEBRING - In this recessionary economy, local business owners are taking anything they can get, and that certainly includes race week.
Two years ago, motels were filled all the way to Bowling Green, 45 miles away. This year, Reed's Motel in Avon Park required, but did not always get, a five-day guaranteed stay from its customers during race week.
"We got pretty full," said Manager Tami Lott. "The only reason why we have a couple of rooms now is that the Pastorelli team - they won't be in the final race."
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Airgas at PITTCON 2009
16 Mar 2009, Katie Hill, gasworld.com -
At the recent PITTCON event, Airgas held technical suite sessions and unveiled its new specialty gas reference guide.
The largest distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, and hardgoods, such as welding equipment and supplies, attended the Pittsburgh conference in Chicago last week.
It took with it its new multi-edition Specialty Gases and Equipment Reference Guide, and officially released it on the first day of the four day event.
The literature, available in CD and internet formats allowing for up to the minute updates, provides detailed specifications on hundreds of Airgas products used in a variety of specialty gas applications.
Click here for the full press release
At the recent PITTCON event, Airgas held technical suite sessions and unveiled its new specialty gas reference guide.
The largest distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, and hardgoods, such as welding equipment and supplies, attended the Pittsburgh conference in Chicago last week.
It took with it its new multi-edition Specialty Gases and Equipment Reference Guide, and officially released it on the first day of the four day event.
The literature, available in CD and internet formats allowing for up to the minute updates, provides detailed specifications on hundreds of Airgas products used in a variety of specialty gas applications.
Click here for the full press release
The Auto Channel
TOPEKA, Kan. March 13, 2009: With the Toyo Tires SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Season Opener at Sebring less than a week away, competitors have a bevy of contingency programs to choose from for 2009.
Teams need nitrogen to fill the tires wrapped around their wheels, so Airgas is offering a 100% nitrogen credit to registered World Challenge GT and Touring Car winners. Additionally, Airgas offers a 50% credit to a runner-up finisher and a 25% credit to a third-place finisher.
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TOPEKA, Kan. March 13, 2009: With the Toyo Tires SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Season Opener at Sebring less than a week away, competitors have a bevy of contingency programs to choose from for 2009.
Teams need nitrogen to fill the tires wrapped around their wheels, so Airgas is offering a 100% nitrogen credit to registered World Challenge GT and Touring Car winners. Additionally, Airgas offers a 50% credit to a runner-up finisher and a 25% credit to a third-place finisher.
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Airgas Names Sam Thompson President Airgas West Region; Mike Chandler President Airgas NCN Region
RADNOR, PA – March 11, 2009 – Airgas, Inc., (NYSE: ARG) today announced that J. Samuel Thompson has been named president of Airgas West. Thompson replaces Glen Irving, who has joined the Airgas corporate sales department in a new role expanding marketing expertise in metal fabrication markets. Michael T. Chandler has been named to fill the role vacated by Thompson as president of Airgas Northern California and Nevada (NCN).
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Airgas Offers Six Free Technical Suites for Improving Lab Efficiency at PITTCON 2009
RADNOR, PA – March 9, 2009 -- Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) today announced that it will hold six free technical suite sessions to discuss the demands facing analytical and life science laboratories, and the methods essential to improving lab efficiency at the 2009 Pittsburgh Conference (PITTCON) in Chicago from March 9 through 12, 2009. Attendees of the show should register for the sessions by visiting the Airgas booth (#2021) at McCormick Place South in the McCormick Convention Center.
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Airgas Unveils New Specialty Gas Reference Guide at PITTCON 2009
RADNOR, PA – March 9, 2009 -- Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) today released its new multi-edition Specialty Gases and Equipment Reference Guide at the 2009 Pittsburgh Conference (PITTCON) in Chicago, IL. The literature, available in its traditional print form, is now available in CD and Internet formats, allowing for up-to-the-minute, automatic updates each time a user opens the e-catalogue from their computer desktop.
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Airgas Listed in Fortune Magazine as one of the World's Most Admired Companies
Airgas was ranked in March 16 issue of Fortune under World’s Most Admired Companies, #4 in the category of Wholesalers: Diversified.
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Friday, March 6, 2009
Save $25 to $100 on Bosch Cordless
Trade-in any 18V professional drill driver or hammer drill driver from March 1 to April 30, 2009, and receive $$ off your purchase of BOSCH 18V Litheon tools.
25 off
CompactTough™ drill driver (36618-02)
$50 off
BruteTough™ hammer drill driver (17618-01)
$50 off
BruteTough™ drill driver (37618-01)
$100 off **
4-tool combo kit (CLPK40-180)
**Must turn in 2pc 18v pro branded cordless tools
25 off
CompactTough™ drill driver (36618-02)
$50 off
BruteTough™ hammer drill driver (17618-01)
$50 off
BruteTough™ drill driver (37618-01)
$100 off **
4-tool combo kit (CLPK40-180)
**Must turn in 2pc 18v pro branded cordless tools
Get Free Stuff or Cash with Miller!
From March 9 to July 31, 2009, you can get free stuff or cash back from Miller when you purchase an eligible product!
Just purchase one of the items listed below, provide a copy of the sales receipt (must be dated March 9 - July 31), showing proof of purchase, and the completed redemption form which can be found online at MillerWelds.com/freestuff. You will recieve by mail in 2-4 weeks a selected accessory valued up to $349 or a cash rebate of up to $150.
Eligible Products:
Elite Series Auto-Darkening Helmets
Diversion 165 TIG Welder
Millermatic 140 Auto-Set MIG Welder
Millermatic 180 Auto-Set MIG Welder
Millermatic 211 Auto-Set with MVP MIG Welder
Millermatic 212 Auto-Set MIG Welder
Spectrum 375 X-Treme Plasma Cutter
Spectrum 625 X-Treme Plasma Cutter
Spectrum 875 X-Treme Plasma Cutter
Wilcat 200
Bobcat 250 (Gas Models Only)
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Greener pastures in store for refrigerants
By: Chris Miller
Search-Autoparts.com - North Olmsted,OH,USA
The current trend in automotive refrigerants can be summed up as this: everything's new and nothing's new.
The automotive industry is gearing up for a replacement for the environmentally unfriendly R-134a, but no new alternative formulas have been created since last year when we reported on this chemical category.
The frontrunner for replacing R-134a refrigerant appears to be HFO-1234yf, a single-component refrigerant with a much lower global warming potential (GWP) than R-134a.
"You're dealing with tremendous economic problems. I think it's going to give people a bit of an excuse to slow things down," says Jay Kestenbaum, senior vice president, product management for Airgas Refrigerants, Inc. "Incomes are down, profits are down, so how fast can you push someone to make a change. You're looking at a product that will be 10 to 15 times the multiple of R-134a. It's a big price difference."
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Search-Autoparts.com - North Olmsted,OH,USA
The current trend in automotive refrigerants can be summed up as this: everything's new and nothing's new.
The automotive industry is gearing up for a replacement for the environmentally unfriendly R-134a, but no new alternative formulas have been created since last year when we reported on this chemical category.
The frontrunner for replacing R-134a refrigerant appears to be HFO-1234yf, a single-component refrigerant with a much lower global warming potential (GWP) than R-134a.
"You're dealing with tremendous economic problems. I think it's going to give people a bit of an excuse to slow things down," says Jay Kestenbaum, senior vice president, product management for Airgas Refrigerants, Inc. "Incomes are down, profits are down, so how fast can you push someone to make a change. You're looking at a product that will be 10 to 15 times the multiple of R-134a. It's a big price difference."
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Graybar earns top distributor spot on Fortune list
St. Louis-based electrical distributor Graybar earned the top spot on Fortune magazine’s breakout list of the most admired diversified wholesalers in the country. The list is part of Fortune’s “Most Admired Companies” list, in which Apple took top honors.
Four other industrial distributors made the top 10 in the Wholesalers: Diversified category. W.W. Grainger ranked second; Airgas ranked fourth; Motion Industries’ parent company Genuine Parts Co. ranked fifth; and electrical/industrial distributor Wesco International took the number 10 spot.
Graybar and Wesco International ranked seventh and fifth, respectively, on INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION’s 2008 Top 10 Electrical Distributors list. W.W. Grainger, Airgas and Motion Industries are among the largest industrial distributors in the country, taking top spots on ID’s 2008 Big 50 list.
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Four other industrial distributors made the top 10 in the Wholesalers: Diversified category. W.W. Grainger ranked second; Airgas ranked fourth; Motion Industries’ parent company Genuine Parts Co. ranked fifth; and electrical/industrial distributor Wesco International took the number 10 spot.
Graybar and Wesco International ranked seventh and fifth, respectively, on INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION’s 2008 Top 10 Electrical Distributors list. W.W. Grainger, Airgas and Motion Industries are among the largest industrial distributors in the country, taking top spots on ID’s 2008 Big 50 list.
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Specialty gas company plans to build distribution plant in Elkhart
By YaVONDA SMALLS, South Bend Tribune Staff Writer
Airgas Great Lakes Inc. has plans to build an industrial gas fill/distribution plant on property in Banks Industrial Park, plot No. 7, in northeast Elkhart. The future site is located off County Road 6 on the northeast corner of Northland Drive and Cooper.
Airgas Inc. is the largest U.S. distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases and related hardgoods, such as welding equipment and supplies.
It also is the third-largest U.S. distributor of safety products, the largest U.S. producer of nitrous oxide and dry ice, the largest liquid carbon dioxide producer in the Southeast and a leading distributor of process chemicals, refrigerants and ammonia products.
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Airgas Great Lakes Inc. has plans to build an industrial gas fill/distribution plant on property in Banks Industrial Park, plot No. 7, in northeast Elkhart. The future site is located off County Road 6 on the northeast corner of Northland Drive and Cooper.
Airgas Inc. is the largest U.S. distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases and related hardgoods, such as welding equipment and supplies.
It also is the third-largest U.S. distributor of safety products, the largest U.S. producer of nitrous oxide and dry ice, the largest liquid carbon dioxide producer in the Southeast and a leading distributor of process chemicals, refrigerants and ammonia products.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Airgas will be at your local trade shows!
Conex Show – April 7 & 8 at the CT Expo Center in Hartford, CT. Come visit us at booth #1117 to see what we can do for your construction business. From power tools to safety supplies, we have everything your jobsite needs! Representatives will be on hand to discuss the latest welders from Lincoln Electric and plasma cutters from Thermal Dynamics.
Eastec Show – May 19-21 at the Eastern States Expo Center in West Springfield, MA. Once again, Airgas will be at the east coast’s largest manufacturing show. Visit us at booth #1421 to see the latest in metal cutting, welding and automation. Representatives from Miller Electric and Hypertherm will be on hand to answer your questions and provide solutions for your business.
Eastec Show – May 19-21 at the Eastern States Expo Center in West Springfield, MA. Once again, Airgas will be at the east coast’s largest manufacturing show. Visit us at booth #1421 to see the latest in metal cutting, welding and automation. Representatives from Miller Electric and Hypertherm will be on hand to answer your questions and provide solutions for your business.
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