Praxair China has been selected as a winner of the 2012 "100 Best Human Resource Management (HRM) Companies" award by 51job, Inc., the leading integrated human resources service provider in China. The award is being presented to 100 companies in China whose human resources practices have made a significant contribution to the development of their employees.

Praxair China is recognized on the list of the 2012 "100 Best HRM Companies" for its remarkable human resource management in light of the rapidly evolving business environment in China, including noted collaboration between human resources and business strategies, the capability to recruit and retain elite talent, an effective and sustainable system to train as well as develop employees, and forward-looking performance and compensation policies.

"Our people are the foundation of our success and employee engagement is one of the key parameters that we use to measure our performance," said Dr. Minda Ho, president of Praxair China. "We are proud to have received this award, which has placed our company among industry leaders for outstanding human resources management."

About Praxair China

Praxair (China) Investment Co., Ltd is a leading industrial gas provider in China headquartered in Shanghai. It has 22 wholly owned companies, 10 joint ventures and over 1,400 employees in the country. More information on Praxair China is available on the Internet at www.praxair.cn.

About Praxair

Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX), is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, and one of the largest worldwide, with 2011 sales of $11 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services and technologies are making our planet more productive by bringing efficiency and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and others. More information on Praxair, Inc. is available on the Internet at www.praxair.com.