Airgas Supply Company

Jan 09, 2019

Airgas has over 1,100 locations throughout the US with a manufacturing facility in the Cedar Falls Industrial Park.  They are a distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases as well as a product line of safety products, welding equipment, specialty tools, and MRO products. Airgas has a presence in all 50 states plus overseas.  They have a facility located in the Cedar Falls industrial park that supplies the local market.

Against The Grain

Clarion Inn

5826 University Ave.

Cedar Falls 50613

Mr. Chuck Nielsen

Mr. Chuck Nielsen is a District Manager with Airgas USA in the Eastern Iowa area and manages 5 stores in Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Mason City, Fort Dodge and Fairfield. Chuck's piece of the Airgas organization includes 5 branch managers, 5 accounts managers and 35 drivers and inside sales associates in his district. The 5 locations generate roughly 27 million in sales.  

Chuck's career in the packaged gases business started in 1993 when he applied for a position at Miller Medical Service in Waterloo in the home medical field of the business in sales and service. In 1999 Chuck took a patient services position with Apria Healthcare until he was approached in 2004 by Apria's supplier Airgas about working for Airgas starting in their medical division. After 1 year with Airgas in the medical division Chuck moved to branch manager for the Cedar Falls location, in 2008 became an operations manager for Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, in 2014 returned back to the Cedar Falls branch and the areas account manager and in 2017 entered his current position of district manager.

Chuck was born and raised in Waterloo, IA and a graduate of Waterloo West High, Hawkeye Community College and Upper Iowa University. Chuck is the father of two children Grayson 14 and Carson 11 and coaches a youth travel baseball team and a youth travel basketball team in his free time.

Chicken parmesan, linguine pasta, honey glazed carrots and chocolate cake.  Rolls, coffee, tea & milk included.