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. Praxair has approximately 26,500 employees globally and is active in over 50 countries. The company supplies atmospheric, process and specialty gases, high-performance coatings, and related services and technologies to a wide diversity of customers, including those in the aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, primary metals and many others.