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nexAir adds 25 branches in Florida, Georgia

Memphis, Tenn.-based nexAir LLC, a distributor of atmospheric gases and welding supplies, has merged with 23 Praxair Distribution Southeast LLC (PDSE) branches located in Florida and southeast Georgia and acquired two Praxair Distribution Inc. (PDI) branches in eastern Georgia.

PDSE was formed in 1997 as the result of a joint venture between PDI and the George W. Fowler Co., an industrial gas distributor in Florida owned by the William B. Porter family. The family has taken an ownership interest in nexAir, and PDSE has become a wholly owned subsidiary of nexAir.

The affected PDSE and PDI branches will be rebranded with the nexAir name.