Airgas, Inc.(NYSE: ARG), through its subsidiaries, is the largest U.S. distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and related hardgoods, such as welding supplies. Airgas is also a leading U.S. distributor of safety products, the largest U.S. producer of nitrous oxide and dry ice, the largest liquid carbon dioxide producer in the Southeast, and a leading distributor of process chemicals, refrigerants and ammonia products.
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Airgas contacts:
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Corporate Offices:
259 N. Radnor Chester Road
Radnor, PA 19087-5283
Closest Airgas Store:
866-924-9427
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Airgas Safety
800-827-2338
The University of Pennsylvania has hundreds of Cryomed units/liquid nitrogen freezers. As we all know laboratory space is at a premium within the university. Hence the need for the Airgas Cryorepository.
Airgas is best suited to ensure the long-term viability of your samples better than all alternatives. We can keep your samples more secure than you can yourself. Airgas has an established cell storage repository within minutes from the University of Pennsylvania. The Airgas center is designed to provide safe, secure, and efficient long-term storage. Airgas is uniquely qualified to provide the best services to the university because:
- We have available, relatively low-cost space convenient to Philadelphia.
- We have trained, experienced local personnel to manage the repository
- We have a systematic approach toward repository management and storage site transition to help ensure sample viability is maintained.
- The critical resource necessary to the long-term viability of the samples, liquid nitrogen, is our business. The repository is located at a source of this critical resource