Reilley, chief executive of Praxair, the largest producer of industrial gases in the Americas.
Praxair's plants there escaped with little damage, but its customers, big oil refiners, weren't so lucky.
Reilley spends at least three days a week on the road, visiting customers and Praxair plants.
"Praxair has the best execution track record in the industry, " says Laurence Alexander, an analyst at Jeffries.
Air Products makes roughly 80% of its molecules from scratch, while Praxair and other marketers simply package and resell.
Praxair (PX), not a household name but it is the largest producer of industrial gas in both North America and South America.
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By design, no one segment occupies more than 21% of Praxair's sales.
Praxair may be a good company, but it is a dangerous investment.
Praxair (PX) reports its fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday, January 23, 2013.
Reilley, chief executive of Praxair (nyse: PX - news - people ), the largest producer of industrial gases in the Americas.
Reilley of Praxair (nyse: PX - news - people ), one of the best performers, and on page 134 one of the worst.
Despite an expected dip in profit, analysts are generally optimistic about Praxair (PX) as it prepares to reports its third quarter earnings on Wednesday, October 24, 2012.
Among the largest underlying components of XLB, in trading today Dow Chemical Company ( DOW) is off about 1%, and Praxair Incorporated ( PX) is lower by about 0.8%.
Among the largest underlying components of IYM, in trading today Dow Chemical Company ( DOW) is up about 1.4%, and Praxair Incorporated ( PX) is up by about 1.8%.
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Reilley, who grew up in Oklahoma and still has a slight twang of an accent, didn't exactly inherit a smoothly running ship when he left DuPont in 2000 for Praxair.
He is expanding Praxair's presence in emerging markets such as India, China and Brazil, where last year he signed deals with Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil company, to build liquefied natural gas plants.
Among the largest underlying components of VIG, in trading today Nike ( NYSE: NKE) is up about 1%, Praxair, Inc. ( NYSE: PX) is off about 0.3%, and TJX Companies ( NYSE: TJX) is lower by about 0.4%.
Reilley, who grew up in Oklahoma and still has a slight twang of an accent, didn't exactly inherit a smoothly running ship when he left DuPont (nyse: DD - news - people ) in 2000 for Praxair.
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