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2011 MDM Market Leaders: Top Industrial Distributors No. 4

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Headquarters: Radnor, PA
2010 Revenues: $3.9 billion
Change in Sales from 2009: 11.28%
Employees: 14,000
Locations: 1,100
Key Executives: CEO Peter McCausland; COO Michael Molinini; CFO Robert McLaughlin; CIO Robert Dougherty; General Counsel Robert Young Jr.; SVP HR Dwight Wilson; SVP Corporate Development Leslie Graff

The distributor of welding gases and equipment took a brief break from its growth by acquisition strategy in 2010 as it fought off a hostile takeover bid from Air Products, which ultimately failed. It has returned to acquisitions in 2011. Airgas recently announced the alignment of its 12 regional companies into four new divisions, identified as North, South, Central and West. The operating structure is aimed at helping Airgas leverage its new SAP platform.

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