Insider Trading Roundup: Airgas, Inc. (ARG)

Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG) insider has recently participated in insider trading activity. Division President – North, Claypool Pamela J sold 100 shares for $14,028 via one transaction Feb 10. Another notable insider trading was done by Jones Douglas L. on Feb 03, who is the Division President – West. The insider sold 4,000 shares at an average price of $140.13. Moreover, an insider selling of 2,500 shares was carried out by Worley R. Jay, SVP – Distribution Operations, on Dec 23. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 3,037 shares in total. Division President – South Broadus Charles E. Jr sold 9,900 shares for $931,095 through one transaction Sep 15. Following this sale, this insider’s stake in the company comprises 1,105 shares, priced at $155,230.4 as of Tuesday.

The stock has experienced a total of 3 insider trades in the past three months. These trades include 3 sell activities and 0 buy trades. Furthermore, over the past 12 months, the stock was traded 20 times by insiders. In 19 of these trades, the insider was a seller while an employee of the company was the buyer in just 1 instances.

Airgas, Inc. (ARG) on 16 February, 2016 announced that it will exhibit and demonstrate specialty gas products and technologies and host an informational course at the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON) at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA from March 6 – 10, 2016.

The course, Gases and Gas Delivery Systems for Analytical Applications (Course #142), will be taught by Frank Kandl, Director of Business Development – Airgas Specialty Gas Equipment, and Reginald Bartram, Gas Chromatography Consultant for Airgas, on Wednesday, March 9. Attendees will learn how to properly select all necessary components for an analytical system that uses gases to create consistent results and eliminate the need to rerun a sample, maintain quality baselines, and reduce operating costs.

“Our customers are always striving to optimize their results and find efficiencies where possible,” said Kandl. “With this course, attendees will understand how to select the proper gases to ensure consistency and repeatability in applications while reducing operating expenses, as well as how to configure the most effective gas delivery system and component selection.”

Airgas will also exhibit and demonstrate unique products and technologies, including the Supelcoat line of components for gas delivery systems, created by the Sigma-Aldrich Co., LLC and available through Airgas. The Supelcoat coating prevents any interaction of reactive trace gas species with “wetted” internal surfaces of fittings, hoses and valves. This coating inhibits the interaction of low concentration corrosive and volatile compounds in the calibration gas mixtures used in critical environmental testing, plus in other applications where all the sample delivery components should be totally inert.