An Introduction to Praxair

An Introduction to Praxair

1. An Introduction
to
Praxair

Making our planet more productive

www.praxair.com

Copyright © 2011 Praxair Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.

2. Praxair At A Glance ¿SEBIPRANAIR 1

= A Fortune 300 company with 2010 sales of $10 billion

= One of the largest industrial gases companies worldwide
and the largest in North and South America

= Operations in more than 30 countries
= 26,000 employees

= One million customers worldwide

3. Praxair At A Glance

= Markets Served

e Aerospace

e Chemicals

e Electronics

e Energy
— Petroleum Refining
— Oil & Gas Production
— Utilities/Gas Turbines
— Solar, Biofuels

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e Food & Beverage

e Healthcare

e Manufacturing

e Metals

e Varied smaller markets

= Leader in advancing supply systems and equipment, and
in developing applications technologies; about 3,000

active patents

4. A Sterling Reputation

= Acomponent of the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index — 8 years

= Code of conduct ranked among
top 10 chemical companies by
Ethisphere magazine

= Regularly rated among the most
shareholder-friendly chemical
companies (Institutional Investor)

Dow Jones.
€ Sustainability Indexes
Member 2010/11

5. Sales by Markets Served

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Manufacturing 23%

Aerospace 3%

Healthcare 10%

Energy 11%

Electronics 9% Metals 16%

Food and
Beverage 7%

Other 11% Chemicals 10%

6. An Industry Pioneer

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commercial | orsite gas | businessin | remote | MOBS! | offerings to Germany, joint venture in
oxygen plant | SUPPIY Europe, process |“ nologies | electronics | Packagedgases | ihe Middle East
in North Mexico, monitoring markets businesses in
America: Entered | South Korea | and control North America Entered
Brazilian Russian
First market market
distribution of
liquefied gas
1907-1930 1940-1950 1950-1990 1990-2000 2000-2011

7. Strategic Global Position

Industrial Gases Sales by Region

Excludes worldwide sales of Praxair Surface Technologies (6% of total sales)

8. Global Market PRAKARR 1

Total 2010 Industry Sales: $66 billion

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Other 26% Praxair 14%

Air Products &
Chemicals 13%

AirGas 4%

Taiyo Nippon
Sanso 4%

Linde 19%
Air Liquide 20%

Source: Spiritus Consulting
Excludes non-gas sales

9. Sales by Distribution Method ina 1

Packaged Gases 29%

(cylinders & equipment) dierenanusons

Other 16%

On-Site 25%
(includes non-cryogenic)

10. n ¿E24APRAXAIR
Customer Benefits 1
= Praxair is a recognized leader in...

e Uninterrupted supply

e Expertise in the industries we serve

e Responsiveness to customer requirements

e Safety

= Praxair helps customers...
e Improve productivity
e Decrease energy consumption
e Produce higher quality products
e Cost-effectively achieve environmental and safety standards

11. Major Gas Products ¿EEBMPRANAIR 1

= Atmospheric gases (derived from air)
e Oxygen, nitrogen, rare gases (argon, xenon, krypton, neon)

= Process Gases (derived from industrial processes or
natural gas)

e Hydrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, acetylene

= Specialty Gases
e Electronics gases (arsine, phosphine, silane, mixtures)
e Instrument gases and mixtures

12. Services

= Design and installation of advanced gas-delivery systems
= Site-gas, utility and energy management

= Total materials management

= Safety and technical training

= Process analysis

= Pipeline leak detection, purging and cleaning services
= Inventory management

= Mobile nitrogen pumping services

= Enhanced oil and gas recovery services

= Food testing services

= Specialty gases analysis and testing

= Productivity-enhancing equipment management services

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78% nitrogen
21% oxygen
1% other gases

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15. Applications

of Praxair products and technologies

Metals Production Welding

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Gasoline Production Oil & Gas Production

Food 8. Beverage

Aviation

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16. Applications

MARKETS. APPLICATIONS.

Metal Fabrication Welding & cutting

Primary Combustion in electric arc furnaces
Metals Refining of metal products
Cast iron melting in rotary furnaces

Chemicals & Vent-gas recovery of volatile organics
Pharmaceuticals Vapor and liquid phase oxidation

Petroleum Catalyst regeneration
Refining Enhanced oil and gas recovery
Gasoline reformulation

Food Freezing and chilling
Packaging
Beverage Carbonation

CUSTOMER BENEFITS

Productivity, Cost Reduction
Product Quality

Productivity, Energy Savings
Product Quality
Flexibility, Cost Reduction

Environmental
Productivity, Cost Reduction

Productivity
Productivity
Environmental

Productivity. Flexibility

Shelf Life. Flavor, Safety
Quality, Shelf Life

Quality

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PRODUCTS

Argon

Oxygen

Argon
Oxygen

Nitrogen
Oxygen

Oxygen
Nitrogen
Hydrogen

Nitrogen,
Carbon dioxide

Nitrogen

Carbon dioxide

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17. Applications

MARKETS APPLICATIONS

Electronics Semiconductor fabrication
Lower cost, Reliability
Atmosphere control

Healthcare Respiratory assistance
Magnetic resonance imaging

Metals & Heat treating
Materials
Processing

Environmental Water treatment, pH control
Remediation
Whitening pulp and paper
Waste incineration

CUSTOMER BENEFITS

Productivity
Management
Product quality

Patient health
Performance, Reliability

Product Quality
Productivity

Emissions reductions/
Flexibility

Chlorine Elimination
Emissions reduction
Productivity

PRODUCTS

Total Materials
Specialty Gases
Nitrogen

Medical Oxygen
Helium

Gas Mixtures
Argon
Hydrogen

Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen, Ozone
Oxygen

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