Praxair (PX) will raise its quarterly dividend by 8.3 percent to $0.65 quarterly in 2014. This will mark the industrial gas company's 21st consecutive year of annual dividend increases.

Praxair, Inc. Is an industrial gas company with activities in North and South America. The company’s primary products are atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen etc) and process gases (carbon dioxide, helium hydrogen etc). The company also builds equipment that produces industrial gases. Praxair serves several industries, including healthcare, petroleum refining, manufacturing, food, beverage carbonation, fiber-optics, steel making, aerospace, chemicals and water treatment.