White Martins Gases

The year 1912, the date, May 24. District of St. Kitts, in Rio de Janeiro, then capital of the Republic. Thus was born the MacLauchlan and Co., a result of the entrepreneurial vision of Affonso Bebbiano, Simon McLauchlan, George White, Mark Sutton and Stephen Ferreira, who foresaw the potential for welding oxiacetilênica the industrial development of Brazil.

Less than a year later opened another factory in Jundiai, Sao Paulo, and after eight years with the departure of Simon MacLauchlan society, the company changed its name to White Martins.

Since then, Praxair has been doing that each year nearly a century of existence a special chapter of his career. Work, innovation and dedication of its employees, respect for customers and market leadership in gases are some accomplishments of the ingredients and preparing Praxair to another century that lies ahead.

The company looks at its past and is proud to have built a brand that expresses the evolution and credibility to the market and society. He became respected for generations. Praxair has changed and renewed without ever losing focus on the client.

Of the global crisis of the 30s, the troubled 40 years, the jump from the 50 industrial, finally, each season had its milestones, and White Martins was present in all of them, always helping Brazil to grow.

Today the company operates in nine countries of South America and has its products and services available in various sectors of the Brazilian economy. This means that Praxair, besides being part of the history of Brazil, is integrated into day-to-day lives of citizens, helping to create products that make life easier and business more productive.