Its gas operations consist primarily of packaging and mixing industrial, medical, and specialty gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, and argon, in pressurized cylinders; and transporting these cylinders to customers from one of the company’s distribution or retail locations.
The company sells welding equipment and supplies, including welding machines, wire, fluxes, and electrodes, as well as various supporting equipment.
Valley National Gases also distributes propane to industrial and residential customers.
Its customers base include metal fabrication, construction, general industrial, research and laboratory, and hospital, as well as other medical, commercial, agricultural, and residential customers.
The company operated 64 locations in 11 states, with 8 production and distribution centers in the eastern United States, as of August 10, 2004.
Valley National Gases was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Washington, Pennsylvania.
