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Posted July 22, 2015

Airgas acquires Weldinghouse and Priority Energy Services

Airgas recently acquired Weldinghouse Inc. and its affiliates, and Priority Energy Services, LLC.


Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed. The company has now completed nine acquisitions since beginning its 2016 fiscal year on April 1, 2015, totaling approximately $74 million in aggregate acquired revenue.

Weldinghouse is an industrial gas and welding supply distributor that generated more than $19 million in sales in calendar year 2014. Headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas, Weldinghouse has four locations throughout southern Texas and nearly 40 associates. It will become part of the Airgas Gulf Coast Region.

Headquartered in Covington, La., Priority Energy Services is a nitrogen services company with approximately 75 employees operating out of seven locations in Louisiana, Texas, and West Virginia. Priority Energy Services generated more than $21 million in sales in calendar year 2014.

The acquired business will be integrated into Airgas as a newly formed business unit named Airgas Priority Nitrogen, LLC.

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