FounderDuels

Praxair vs Solvay S.A.

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Solvay S.A. is the older of the two, founded in 1863 — 44 years before Praxair.

Founded
1907
1863
Status
Closed 2018
Active
Headquarters
Danbury, United States
Brussels, Belgium
Industry
chemical industry
chemical industry
Employees
Not recorded
9,000
Legal form
subsidiary company
Public limited company (Belgium)
Listed on
Not recorded
Euronext Brussels
Parent
Linde Group
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Praxair and Solvay S.A..