Airgas Sponsoring 2024 SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference
June 20 2024 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, will once again sponsor and
supply all industrial gases used at the SkillsUSA National
Leadership & Skills Conference in Atlanta from June 24–27.
Airgas will supply the industrial gases and equipment needed for
many SkillsUSA Championship competitions, including ARCAL™ gas
cylinders equipped with SMARTOP™ or EXELTOP™ cylinder valve
technology. Competitions using the Airgas industrial gases will
include Collision Repair Technology, Diesel Equipment Technology,
HVACR, Residential and Commercial Appliance Technology, Welding,
Welding Fabrication and Welding Sculpture.
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Airgas will supply the industrial gases
and equipment needed for many SkillsUSA Championship competitions,
including ARCAL™ gas cylinders equipped with SMARTOP™ or EXELTOP™
cylinder valve technology. (Graphic: Business Wire)
SkillsUSA serves nearly 400,000 career and technical education
students and teachers in middle schools, high schools and
college/postsecondary programs nationwide. Within SkillsUSA
chapters in over 4,000 schools, SkillsUSA provides students with
immersive learning experiences, industry-specific training and
career readiness knowledge. Students also gain opportunities to
hone their skills in career competitions on the local, state and
national levels.
Bill Pharmer, Senior Director of Airgas Advanced
Fabrication Technologies, commented, “Airgas is proud to supply
industrial gases at the SkillsUSA national competition for the
second consecutive year. We witnessed the positive impact that our
sponsorship support had on the competitors, instructors and other
attendees last year, and are excited to continue in 2024 as high
school and college/post secondary institution students explore
welding, engineering and technical careers.”
Airgas, Inc.
Airgas®, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of
industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and
related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety
products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and
process chemicals.
Airgas helps its more than 1 million customers advance their
business performance and reach their full potential with reliable
products, services and expertise used to create, build, care, serve
and sustain. With nearly 18,000 associates, over 1,400 locations, a
robust eBusiness platform, and Airgas Total Access® telesales
channel, Airgas is ready to help customers fill their potential,
every day.
As an Air Liquide company, a world leader in gases, technology
and services for Industry and Health, Airgas offers customers an
unrivaled global footprint and industry-leading technology and
innovations.
For more information, please visit www.airgas.com
SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is America’s proud champion of the skilled trades.
It’s a student-led partnership of education and industry that’s
building the skilled workforce our nation depends on with graduates
who are career ready, day one. Representing nearly 380,000 career
and technical education students and teachers, SkillsUSA chapters
thrive in middle schools, high schools and college/postsecondary
institutions nationwide. SkillsUSA’s mission empowers students to
become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible
community members. That mission is accomplished through the
SkillsUSA Framework of Personal Skills, Workplace Skills and
Technical Skills Grounded in Academics, which is integrated into
the classroom curriculum. Through Framework instruction, students
develop the character-shaping leadership skills — teamwork,
communication, professionalism and more — that successful careers
and lives demand. At the same time, students hone their high-level
technical skills against current industry standards in more than
130 skilled trade areas, from 3-D Animation to Welding. The result?
Focused, confident and highly skilled graduates who are ready to
work, ready to lead and ready to make a difference in our schools,
workplaces and communities. A vital solution to the skills gap,
where more in-demand skilled trades positions are available than
qualified professionals to fill them, SkillsUSA has served over 14
million difference-making members since 1965. To learn more, visit
www.skillsusa.org. Air Liquide is a world leader in gases,
technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in
72 countries with 67,800 employees, the Group serves more than 4
million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are
essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody
Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the
Group’s activities since its creation in 1902.
Taking action today while preparing the future is at the heart
of Air Liquide’s strategy. With ADVANCE, its strategic plan for
2025, Air Liquide is targeting a global performance, combining
financial and extra-financial dimensions. Positioned on new
markets, the Group benefits from major assets such as its business
model combining resilience and strength, its ability to innovate
and its technological expertise. The Group develops solutions
contributing to climate and the energy transition—particularly with
hydrogen—and takes action to progress in areas of healthcare,
digital and high technologies.
Air Liquide’s revenue amounted to more than 27.5 billion euros
in 2023. Air Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange
(compartment A) and belongs to the CAC 40, CAC 40 ESG, EURO STOXX
50, FTSE4Good and DJSI Europe indexes.
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