Industry key note speaker Steve Angel has been at the helm of Praxair for the past 10 years and has served as a key executive there for the past 16 years. Angel joined the company in 2001 as its executive Vice-President. In February 2006, he became its President and CEO. He was then appointed Chairman in April 2007.
Angel began by giving an overview of Praxair’s strategy, its philosophy and its relationship with independent distributors.
He said, “First of all, 2016 sales were at $10.8bn. We have suffered roughly a 20% decline in revenues and profits in the past few years due to negative currency translations. We do business all around the world and in local currencies we are doing well,”
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