NexAir is a leading supplier of compressed gases, bulk gases, beverage gases, used and surplus welding equipment, safety supplies, medical equipment and value-added services to customers in the mid-Southern United States. Based in Memphis, Tenn., nexAir is a family-owned company with more than 65 years in the business. With 20 additional service locations and more than 350 employees in...
nexAir was formed in 1996 through the merger of two family‐owned Memphis companies – Mid‐South Oxygen Company (founded in 1...946) and Standard Welders Supply/Standard Oxygen Service (founded in 1940 and purchased by the McEniry family in 1950). Bob McEniry served as CEO of nexAir from 1976 to 2007, when he turned the title of CEO of the third‐generation family‐owned company over to his son,...