Praxair, Air Products hike North American prices

Praxair will increase prices for customers in the bulk and packaged, industrial, electronics, specialty, and medial gas industries in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, effective 1 January. Nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide will rise up to 15%; argon and hydrogen up to 20%; helium up to 30%; facility fees or monthly bulk product charges and cylinder rental rates will increase up to 15%; and hard goods up to 15%, the company says. The increases are due to persistent supply/demand imbalances for some products in North America combined with rises in the...

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